Taking apart two piece rims?

[sdm33]

Hi all,

I have Rays Volk AV3 rims and I want to take them apart to paint the inside spoke section. They have 24 hex head bolts holding them together, is it as simple as taking these off and prising the two sections apart. Will they buckle, will they go back together easily? Just hoping someone may have had a crack at this before.

[(B1) MR_fanny]

ive taken my old ssr rims( silver rim + black spokes) apart to repaint them. didnt take me long to take em apart but took me ages to figure out how to get em back together again. what i did was take all the bolts out then on the inside use a hammer and this blunt flat ended piece of metal i found to use in the same way as a chissel. first u start at one point and knock it 2-3 times then slowly work your way around the rim knocking it out 1-2mm every time. eventually it'll just pop out. the hard bit is putting it back in. after an hr or so of trying to mallot it back in the same way i poped it out, i went to the local bolts store and got me 6 of the same bolts but twice as long. then i realigned the center piece and put all the nuts back in. the centre piece will not sit flat but on an angle cause its slightly lager than the hole itself cause its a tollerance fit. u use the 6 or so longer bolts and place it on the end thats highest. now the trick is to pre tighted all the nuts then slowly go around and tighten each nut about 1 turn (the longer ones 2-3 turns to catch up) and keep on doing it until the centre piece fits into the wheel. then its a matter of tightening it all up. hope that helps. i still havent gotten around to respraying my rears. will do that over the holidays:D:D have fun.

[sdm33]

thanks heaps for the detail, now I am really scared. I will have a go at one and see what happens. Thanks again