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Old 10-31-2021, 08:38 AM
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I am going to refinish the Sentra wheels on my auto.
Are they actually two piece wheels held together by those surrounding bolts?
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are the bolts simply decoration?
I want to remove them in order to do the refinishing.
thanks for any insight

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Purely cosmetic. Just be careful removing them as the alloy’s quite soft.
 
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The shop that refinished mine, removed and reinstalled them, I didn’t have to do it.
 
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Originally Posted by jahummer
Purely cosmetic. Just be careful removing them as the alloy’s quite soft.
Thanks,
are you suggesting they may pull the aluminum threads when I remove or just be careful not to cross thread?
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Originally Posted by kj07xk
The shop that refinished mine, removed and reinstalled them, I didn’t have to do it.
yep, well I'm the 'shop' so we'll see how things go I operated a restoration show in my previous life.
 
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