vw bobby 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Hi all, I have seen a set of 3 piece split rims, but have been welded is there a way they can be taken apart? Here is a pic of them: Cheers Bobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
easypops 8 Posted October 15, 2013 Angle grinder? Plasma cutter? Dynamite? :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vw bobby 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Angle grinder? Plasma cutter? Dynamite? :lol: lol, nice, I like the dynamite one. On a realistic note though so these can be split?, with a angle grinder, will I not cut through the wheel? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Some sort of space laser? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coullstar 0 Posted October 15, 2013 You would have to be very careful. I reckon it would be very difficult to do it and be left with useable wheels without having to do more work to them. Whey were they welded like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bendunstan 10 Posted October 15, 2013 buy a set which are not welded mate, im sure they could be split but there is more scope for it to go wrong than there is for it to go right. I would also be asking myself the question "why where they welded in the first place?" . i would hazard a guess that they were not sealing properly when bolted up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vw bobby 10 Posted October 15, 2013 buy a set which are not welded mate, im sure they could be split but there is more scope for it to go wrong than there is for it to go right. I would also be asking myself the question "why where they welded in the first place?" . i would hazard a guess that they were not sealing properly when bolted up. That is very true mate, I never thought of it that way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted October 15, 2013 Are you sure they're not just fake splits....? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vw bobby 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Not sure mate, they may be as I have not seen them in the flesh yet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tigerfish 10 Posted October 15, 2013 Looks like someone had already tried to do something already, by the looks of the scuff/scrape mark where a grinder has skidded down the wheel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vw bobby 10 Posted October 16, 2013 Yeah the guy said he has tried to scrape the wheel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Chatfield 0 Posted October 16, 2013 Is that a weld or is it some type of sealer?? As said above, why would someone weld a split rim? If it was leaking they would just use some sort of sealer. Rog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vw bobby 10 Posted October 16, 2013 Not sure myself mate, that is what I have been told Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted October 16, 2013 I'd avoid those like the plague!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamie_300 0 Posted October 16, 2013 Lots of Rims form the land of the rising sun come welded from factory. Big names such as SSR and Work, im not sure of the advantages but at a guess it would be so they wouldn't leak? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vw bobby 10 Posted October 17, 2013 Lots of Rims form the land of the rising sun come welded from factory. Big names such as SSR and Work, im not sure of the advantages but at a guess it would be so they wouldn't leak? I just dont see the point in that, why make a 3 piece split rim then, just make a 1 piece Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
