[Omathisen]

The spinner center of the Compomotive wheels, five bolts, are held in place by a couple of Allen screws on the sides. Loosening these should allow the spinner unit to be moved out. Except for the first one the shop tried, it did not. They managed to scratch the end as well and bend the plate that covers the lugnuts. This weekend I will try as well.
I have had these wheels for some 13 to 14 years and I happen to like them and kept putting off buying new rims, until I finally have to admit that finding 16 inch tires to fit in the rear seens to be next to impossible (275/50/16 range).
The wheels have been off before (obviously), but I have had no reason to move the spinners before. Now, it sounds like a good idea to loosen them every so often.
So, I have ordered new wheels from Vintage wheels for the sake of finding tires, but would like to keep my old ones as well. The Vintage wheel sales peson was very helpful so I am hopeful that these wheels will will work out nicely.
Right now the car is on jack stands, while we hit +90 degrees in NY today, a 100-year record, according the news. And to make things worse, today I got an invitation in the mail to test drive a new Ferrari (California?) at Monticello (guess they have to "sell" cars too in this economy). Don't know how I got on that list, but I am itching to drive my ERA.