{"id":202,"date":"2024-09-13T20:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wilberts.com\/u-pull-it\/?p=202"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:30:12","slug":"strolling-the-u-pull-it-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilberts.com\/u-pull-it\/news\/strolling-the-u-pull-it-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Strolling the U-Pull It Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"202\" class=\"elementor elementor-202\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8bedc4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d8bedc4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05fa52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05fa52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome back to strolling the U-Pull It. Unfortunately we don\u2019t have a car this month, so today we will be exploring the scrap wheel pile, and see what we can uncover in this mountain of automotive artifacts.<\/p><p>Starting with this mid 90s Buick wheel, I want to steer you attention to the squiggle in between the lug holes, that is the J W L symbol, it is a Japanese standard for safety and stress testing of alloy wheels.<\/p><p>Another fun mark to look for is country of origin. Here is a lineup of GM Wheels\u2013this Silverado wheel was made in America, this passenger car wheel made in Taiwan, and another GM wheel made in China.<\/p><p>Another example is this Mercury Grand Marquis wheel, which is make in Italy.<\/p><p>With all the history that enters the yard, it goes to show, that you will never know what you\u2019re going to find when your strolling the U-Pull It.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c2568a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8c2568a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/f9YlfneK-iY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to strolling the U-Pull It. Unfortunately we don\u2019t have a car this month, so today we will be exploring the scrap wheel pile, and see what we can uncover in this mountain of automotive artifacts. 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