So, heres the first steps of breaking down the wheels into the 3 pieces.
With my wheels, they are bolted together as the barrels, then the lips, then the faces. So this means there is 1 silicone bead that needs to be cut, but I will get into this further in a bit.
What you'll need to seperate the wheels will be the following tools:
Penetrating Spray
^^This stuff is awesome, it comes out in a foam pretty much
A wrench for the back side of the hardwear, in my case a 10 mm box wrench
A socket for the head of the hardwear on the inside of the lip. Alot of wheels will either run 12 point sockets or may have a special tool that is required (OZ, BBS, etc). In the case of these Enkei's, they have a E12 Inverted Torx head (pain in the ass to figure out what it was).
Socket
and a exacto/pen/hobby knife to cut the silicone bead that seals the wheel.
So to get started, lay your wheels face down on something that won't damage the surface of them (IE cardboard, newspaper, towel)
Once they are down and are secure, start spraying down all the nuts and bolts...
Spray them down until they are completely drenched, the more lube the easier the bolts will be to remove. You have to remember that depending on how old the wheels are (these are about 15-20 years old) there will be a ton of crud and corrosion.
Now just let them stew in the lube for a few hours.
Now using your wrench for the nuts on the back side, try and loosen up the nuts so that it will be easier to remove when you go to fully seperate the hardwear.
Thats about as far as I got last night before I hit a road block (didn't have the E10 socket I needed). But I will be splitting one rim tonight (hopefully) and I'll take lots of pictures.
As for the refinishing, I also purchased the stuff required to refinish the lips...
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