No, it isn’t. It’s proof that it requires some work.

Those are not the same thing. When you change the tires on your car, that isn’t hacking. But it does require work.

If you change the spokes of your car for aesthetic purposes with a secondary market product then that would be hacking.

Changing a tire for an official tire because your tire broke, not hacking.

Changing a tire with a secondary market tire because your tire broke ? Mmmmh, gray area.

Changing a tire with a secondary market tire that has spikes so that you can ram other cars and poke them like in mad max? hacking.