Forgeline wheel question

[andrewb70]

I did this a while back with my Kinesis wheels. For what you are doing there is no reason to split the inner and outer hoops. Just remove the center and do what you are going to do. I suggest having the centers hard anodized instead of powder coated. This is also a good time to polish the outer lip and clean and paint the inside hoop for easy clean up.

Went from this:



To this:







In the last picture you can see little marks that I made with a Sharpie to keep track of the tightening pattern. I went in two steps and in a star pattern. I don't recall the torque values, but you can easily determine that by the size of the hardware.

Andrew

[Vince@Meanstreets]

let us know what you find Mike.

[carbuff]

I disassembled my Forgelines last year to have the centers recoated. You remove the 30 bolts, and the center comes right out. I put 4 bolts back in to hold the inner and outer rim sections together to make certain the seal didn't separate. I used blue loctite on the bolts when I reassembled. I torqued the bolts to 30 ft-lbs. I did them in a circle, no alternating pattern. It takes a good while, and it's a bit of a pain with the wider wheels, but it's not horrible...

[glassman]

They came right apart. Piece of cake. Torque is 25 ft lbs.

Going Black (powder, as its already powder) or maybe a gun metal, if i can get enough of a gloss.

Didn't like my choice of silver, when i put it all together, was disappointed. But part of the fun is the do'overs we get....well, for us backyard mechanics. Sucks when we have do overs at work lol....

[Vega$69]

You don't even need to remove the tires.

A 1/4" battery powered impact driver make the job go pretty fast

[glassman]

yep. used my makita 18v impact to remove after i cracked em free by hand

[WSSix]

I'd go gunmetal or maybe a dark bronze, Mike. I'm not fond of black. It's your car though. Glad it's no so difficult to make this change. Good luck and keep us posted.