Removing Rivets?
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i havent ever seen a wheel with removable rivets except real 2 or 3 piece wheel i would say if they where fake ones that thry could be filled in but that would mean filling them with bondo or some sort of filler then repainted.
i have hp designs split 5's on my benz with the rivets and the chrome pealed off of one of the fake rivets and it was like brass color under the chrome and i was going to just get some black touch up paint(black wheels polished lip) and doing each one black but never got to do it.
i have hp designs split 5's on my benz with the rivets and the chrome pealed off of one of the fake rivets and it was like brass color under the chrome and i was going to just get some black touch up paint(black wheels polished lip) and doing each one black but never got to do it.
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could you grind em off and sand em down and either repaint em or polish em out? i mean thats what i think you could do but ive never had any wheels with em to know so i could be wrong
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^I dont have any wheels with rivets. There is just a few I had my eye on and I figured they probably could be removed easily on a cast wheel. Rivets honestly make me sick and I dont know why companies put them on their wheels for looks. The 3pc wheels are another story they have a purpose.
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It's the same theory behind cheaper, cast 1-piece wheels in a similar design to the lightweight forged wheels.. Make them LOOK like the expensive wheels. 3-piece wheels are never cheap, and therefore, the rivets are supposed to give it that 3-piece look..
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Back in my time with Big Time Wheel Co we put alot of those in that just twisted into a pilot hole. You could easily drill out a pilot in the head and then use an Easy -Out to twist them back out. Only thing is your left with a big ugly hole. We had just as many designs where the fake bolts/fasteners were machined into the face. Not much you can do about those.
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My ADR's have little screws. They are allen head and screw in. I have one missing and it looks like ****. If you were to get a set and just take the screws out it would look like complete ***.