blackmachdown

For those who don't already know, my c5z06 recently went into the shop due to an engine failure. So while the car has been at the shop waiting for its new heart transplant I decided to keep myself busy and sane by working on refinishing my ccw wheels.
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Here is the last picture I have taken of my car since the engine failed...
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First step is to remove all 30 bolts from each wheel


Find a safe place to put them if you are going to reuse them:


Next what you want to do is separate the rims by cutting the sealant:



Now that everything is apart...sit back and take a photo to post on social media:


So I went ahead and got the lips and faces powdercoated. The wheels I got were used and had been taken apart once before. I decided to contact CCW directly and just order the race hardware.

Here is what I went with for powdercoating



Next comes the fun part! You have to completely remove the sealant using a razor and a wire wheel:




ready to be put back together:


So next following the advice of the ccw how to video on reassembling these bad boys I went ahead and went to town!

Here are the results:





And of course since Im getting a forged and larger motor, oh and larger turbos I figure I might need these now!

chassed

Great job! Looks great!

sloopdawg

Sweet!!!

blackmachdown

Thanks man! I love how your gold LM20s turned out btw!

Mike98SilVert

They really turned out great. Like a brand new set of rims and they should go well with your car's color combo.

1Willy1

I love messing with 3 piece wheels

Good idea having the hardware a different color then the rest, you really needed some contrast there

curious how did your engine fail? was it the valve springs?

blackmachdown

No,

I ordered larger fuel injectors to run more boost and e85, one of the injectors failed open flooded my piston with fuel during the tuning part (it cycles the fuel injectors and fuel pump) when we went to turn it on the motor essentially hydrolocked and a piston rod and my crank got lodged together. So now im doing a forged 370 iron block and upgrading to the larger upp turbos.

chassed

Thanks brother!

I have been trying to decide on weather I should do my classics in black also. Tuff choice.

73Corvette

dang dude....nice job those are gonna look SICKKKK

Vetteman Jack

Great job on the wheels. Looks like a brand new set now.

v8srfun

I like the color choice it will look better than the gold centers.

dopefedz

Those came out good. Have the same color combo on my frc and just had these done for my firehawk.

blackmachdown

Oooh I love Firehawks! Post some pics!

tommypenguin

Looks like it was a big project, came out super sick!

BRAVO1

Sweeeeet.......

Mistrezz 06

Great job, they turned great. Post some pics !!!

algZO6

nice job!! love the color of your car. i'm doing mine the same color as we speak.

blackmachdown

Nice, who is doing the work? Mine was done in El Paso (parents live there)

algZO6

a guy in the north east named jessie olivares. he's a one man show and does amazing work. who did yours?

IMXCITD

came out great!