Holy Cow Batman!!

[DaSmurfy]

man, last night, I was in the process in painting my brake calibers and behold. The stock wheels would not come off. It took me roughly 30 minutes just to remove 1 wheel with alot of banging and cussing:-punch:

but I won. I see that the hub is a bit too big for the wheel so, I took a grinder and brought that puppy down to size. Man, didn't gm noticed this when they stuck the wheels on or is it just my GTO that had a problem??:confused:

[bssofro]

GRINDING????? Ouch..!! Put some ANTI SEIZE lube around the hub after you take a scotch brite pad and clean the gunk, rust off of it first. The ANTI SEIZE will do you justice.

[Striped04]

That's the metal on your hubs reacting with the aluminum on the rims. It's normal and is why you need to put some anti-seize on the hubs after you clean them off.

[smyla]

I hope you didnt grind too much off!!!!

But even with that, you will end up with the same problem if you don't apply the anti-seize. Pull the wheel off while it is still fresh and do the deed.

[FST-MVR]

I feel your pain, I did had to fight like hell to get them off. WD-40 and some light grit sandpaper solved that problem.