tiger4life

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So I picked up some SSR GT3 wheels. I've removed all of the bolts, but the face isn't budging. I stood on it (195 pounds) and it wouldn't budge. Any tips? Earlier this morning, I removed an Asanti face with ease.

Also on a side note. Anyone got recommendations on who can redrill them from 5X120 to 5X114.3 super quick in socal? I will call VR wheels tomorrow morning, but just in case that falls through I would like to have some other leads ready. I need to drop these off tomorrow.

Rob Daddy

SSR GT3 wheels are welded together in the center.
I have a set & I know

tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

I know the barrels are welded. Are you saying the centers are welded? Because I know speedaddic got his faces off somehow.

Rob Daddy

Yeah the centers are welded in too. They have to be cut out. He had his cut out. I was gonna do the same thing but for the price they wanted to charge, it wasn't worth it do I bought new wheels & kept my SSRs as spares.

tiger4life

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I appreciate your info, but I just do not see where they got a weld in. I can see a separation line between the face and the barrel. It just looks like the face is press fit on there. I think corrosion may be the problem.

geeznuts

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Put the wheel face down on cardboard and get a 2x4 and a BIG hammer and hammer the face from the back with 2x4 and hammer. I did my SSR GPOs that way the face is not welded. The barrels are welded. Hope that helps

tiger4life

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Not a pic of my wheel because I am too lazy to go grab my camera, but where do you see a weld in this picture?

tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

Thanks, geeznuts. Did you just wack the center of the face or the spoke too? I don't want to crack a spoke on this thing.

Also, do you know if these faces will fit American style lips. I want to move these faces into some Asanti barrels I have which are wider. That's why I want to get them apart today. I want to confirm they will fit before I have them redrilled. I need to figure this out asap because I want to drop them off tomorrow to be redrilled.

abounly

iTrader: (27)

The wheel faces should not be welded. If it was then its just a 1 piece wheel.

2 Piece wheel consist of face and lip welded with the barrel
3 Piece face - lip - barrel.

As someone mention you gotta hit it hard.


Check it out around 5:50

jadu

iTrader: (42)

rubber mallet pound it out evenly

tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

Thanks for the advice fellas. I just got the center out using a rubber mallet and a 2x4. I was afraid at first, but a couple blows to each spoke got it to give.

tiger4life

iTrader: (16)

[QUOTE=Rob Daddy;7288191]Yeah the centers are welded in too. They have to be cut out. He had his cut out. I was gonna do the same thing but for the price they wanted to charge, it wasn't worth it do I bought new wheels & kept my SSRs as spares.[/QUOTE

I am not trying to make fun of you, but unless you have a special set of gt3's someone lied to you. A rubber mallet and a 2x4 got mines out.

Rob Daddy

I'm good! I'm glad you were able to get them out. I was going off the info passed on by other wheel builders. My set is a real set of GT3s.