Alloy wheel center caps - pain to find?

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Alloy wheel center caps - pain to find?

Post by Driver+Passengers » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:37 pm

Picked up a right scruffy pair of alloys today - basically just so the van isn't sitting on stands while I get my own wheels refurb'd. (I'd be charged extra to store the van vs just taking the wheels down - and I can scrap the spare wheels afterwards and get most of the cost back). But semi-considering having a winter set and a summer set of wheels - so might get both sets done...

The center caps on my own wheels are "okay" - but could do with a new set, esp. if I'm going to go to the bother of getting them colour matched. And the spare set of wheels would need new center caps too.


I don't really know where to start... my own are 151mm, center bore in wheel is just under 60mm. The others will be a mm or two smaller in diameter, bore still to check. I've tried ebay, aliexpress and general googling, but I'm not having an awful lot of luck - lots of Audi and BMW stuff.

Any hints or tips on how to find what I'm looking for?

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Re: Alloy wheel center caps - pain to find?

Post by Northern Bongolow » Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:40 pm

you may need to find the kind person/s that seems to nick the buggers when they come into the country. [-X [-X :cry:
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Post by weebrian » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:47 pm

Plenty on fleabay, various sizes.
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Post by Gasy » Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:15 am

If there the same size as steelies you can always use a drinks can

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Post by Driver+Passengers » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:13 am

They're much larger - covering the wheels nuts as well - more like these, but have to be the right size...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141104911550

I think it's a case of finding out what other vehicle uses the size I want as standard and replacing the center emblem but I'm stuggling. :?
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Re: Alloy wheel center caps - pain to find?

Post by helen&tony » Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:41 pm

Hi
Depending on what wheels you have, I carved a centre cap from hard balsa, sanded, sealed, waxed and moulded, and made fibreglass covers which fitted over the whole centre...
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Re: Alloy wheel center caps - pain to find?

Post by Driver+Passengers » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:20 pm

helen&tony wrote:Hi
Depending on what wheels you have, I carved a centre cap from hard balsa, sanded, sealed, waxed and moulded, and made fibreglass covers which fitted over the whole centre...
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Re: Alloy wheel center caps - pain to find?

Post by dunslair » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:49 pm

I had the same problem Matt. I ended up using branston pickle lids sprayed up and with mazda stick on logos. That was about 6 years ago and they are still there, but starting to rust. I decided (in Scottish tradition) to keep my nuts exposed, so replaced with shiny new ones. :D

Hope you find what you are looking for

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Re: Alloy wheel center caps - pain to find?

Post by Northern Bongolow » Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:58 pm

maybe matt will be loosing his nuts in the near future, no3 here yet matt (any day now). good luck hope everyone is well. 8) 8) :lol:
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Post by Simon Jones » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:50 pm

If you do track down something suitable, you can get some stick on Mazda badges. I had a set of alloys with rubbish badges which I replaced with these which only cost about £4 from China.

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Post by mikeonb4c » Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:03 pm

I started to chuckle at the idea of beer cans but fell into fits of laughter at the news of branston pickle lids. Only in Bongoland folks - the home of cool :lol: :lol: =D> =D>
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Post by dunslair » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:31 pm

Still eating our way through the Branston six years on! ;)
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Post by mikeonb4c » Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:50 pm

dunslair wrote:Still eating our way through the Branston six years on! ;)
Love it =D>
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