Need help Work VSXX Step lip PROBLEM

[4ndy]

hey I'm building a set of 17" face Work VSXX wheels up to a 18" step lip. I got my new barrels and lips off a friend which are brand new and I just had the faces powder coated. I'm having a problem fitting the faces into the lips. It lines up but they will not fit snap into the face. I got the wheels original and never split with Work barrels and lips. The faces snap right into the lips no problem, however on my new ones they aren't anywhere near sitting in. The face fits in the backside of the lip no problem but not the correct side.

my friend is saying that my faces need to be machined now to fit or is the problem that the lips are not made right. I'm thinking that the lips are wrong but he's claiming that the faces are just too big.


Original barrel and lip





now he's telling me that i need to pay 25$ each face to have them machined or should he have to pay for them to fit? He builds wheels on the side so he knows what he's doing to my knowledge. Just don't want to get screwed over. I already paid $1500 for 2.5 polished lips and 7" barrels. appreciate any input guys, thanks!

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

You might have better luck in the wheels and brakes section, which seems to be where all the experts hang out: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5

You should not need to have anything machined, but sometimes even correctly-made lips and barrels can be a bit of a fight. If they only interfere by a little bit, you might try keeping the faces in the freezer overnight and heating the barrels in the oven to about 200ºF. This may shrink the faces and open up the barrels just enough that you can get them together.

[jazig.k]

By my understanding....
You paid for lips to be made for these VSXX and they don't fit?
If you paid for a service, to have lips custom made to suit the VSXX and they don't fit then it shouldn't cost you anything to fix the problem.
But, if you bought a set of lips he had sitting around and they don't suit, then fair enough for you to pay to have them fixed.

What ever happens, something needs machining to fit. Don't machine the faces! Get the lips/barrels machined out to the correct diameter.