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title: Enable Bulletproof Tires in FiveM Without Editing the Model
description: "**Bulletproof and Non-Bulletproof Tires in FiveM via handling.meta**In this article, you’ll learn how to correctly set whether a vehicle has bulletproof tires or normal tires that can be shot out—without having to edit the model. ## 📋 Configure via handling.meta…"
url: "https://fivemsupply.com/kb-doc/general-vehicles/enable-bulletproof-tires-in-fivem-without-editing-the-model/"
updated: "2026-03-23"
category: "General | Vehicles"
---

# Enable Bulletproof Tires in FiveM Without Editing the Model

**Bulletproof and Non-Bulletproof Tires in FiveM via handling.meta**In this article, you’ll learn how to correctly set whether a vehicle has bulletproof tires or normal tires that can be shot out—without having to edit the model.

## 📋 Configure via handling.meta

Instead of modifying the model or `vehicles.meta`, you edit the vehicle’s `handling.meta`.

Find the line:

```
<strModelFlags>xxxxx</strModelFlags>
```

Here, you change the **7th digit from the right** to determine whether the tires are bulletproof or not.

## 🔧 No bulletproof tires (tires can be shot out)

Use one of these examples:

```
<strModelFlags>220010</strModelFlags>
<strModelFlags>440010</strModelFlags>
```

This makes the tires **not** bulletproof.

## 🛡️ Bulletproof tires (tires cannot be shot out)

Use one of these examples:

```
<strModelFlags>2220010</strModelFlags>
<strModelFlags>2440010</strModelFlags>
```

This makes the tires bulletproof.

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**Tip:** Don’t forget to reload the vehicle or restart the server after editing `handling.meta`.

## 📜 Example before and after

| Situation | strModelFlags |
| --- | --- |
| Default tires (can be punctured) | `<strModelFlags>220010</strModelFlags>` |
| Bulletproof tires | `<strModelFlags>2220010</strModelFlags>` |

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