Best way to remove chrome cover on wheels

[Glock Guru]

I want to power coat the oem wheels on my 06 sport. The are a cast aluminum wheel with some kind of snap on chrome cover that goes over the factory wheel. this chrome cover has a very very tight fit over the factory wheel. Is this a "snap on" cover to the wheel or is it part of the oem wheel and not come off? I tried to pry off the cover with a screw driver, but no luck. The goal is to power coat the oem wheels and use the factory chrome center cap so I can have a extra set of wheels for the hunting season. Any help with this matter would be great.



-Troy

 

[NUKEMAN]

Should help you some. I painted mine; powdercoating was just too much $$, and I only run them in the Winter. The covers remove easily with some effort and patience.



https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177222&page=1&pp=15

 

[231jasonS]

Yes they come off but they are silconed with about 10 lbs of very strong super sticky stuff. I tried about 5 different solvents to remove mine but could not i had to scrape it off, even that did not get all of it. I ended up scratching the wheels in a few places and then decided to just paint them instead.



There is a thread with pics of the wheels with the skins removed you just have to search for it. And 3-4 guys talk about how they removed the covers.