Little project, making oem centercaps fit aftermarket wheels

[JeremyH]

Just snagged some more caps off ebay. Gonna do the last 2 wheels here soon. Then take some pics on the car.

 

[NastyStang113]

These are the best and most rewarding types of mods in my opinion. Good work!!

 

[JeremyH]

These are the best and most rewarding types of mods in my opinion. Good work!!

I agree its very rewarding and feels good to do the little stuff like this. Im just glad it worked and i didnt ruin the caps lol

 

[swat 79]

Wow man nicely done they look like they came that way

 

[JeremyH]

Wow man nicely done they look like they came that way

 

[Kona6Stang10]

Way cool man!
Gonna have to do that with mine!

 

[Charlie Sheen]

Found this...

 

[JeremyH]

Thanks roper, guess I will have to keep an eye on it! And pick up some of that epoxy.

 

[Zexford]

Center caps look awesome, its little mods like that that are the most rewarding

Gorilla glue is some serious stuff, I mounted a shelf with it, its still holding up even with winter coats hung on it.

 

[VTXFrank]

+1000 for the Gorilla Glue Epoxy. I use that stuff for all types of home repairs, especially anything to do with wood or plastics!

When I got the wheels I have now, the Mustang center caps sat all the way into the center hole. However, the outer lip of the Mustang caps stopped the cap from looking counter sunk by a half inch into the wheel. That lip made the center cap flush with the hole in the wheels. So I just took off the tires, sat the Mustang center cap into the hole, taped it to stay there and used a high strength glue stick and glue gun I bought at Lowe's to glue the caps into the new wheels.

I've driven on them that way for about three months now and haven't lost one. They aren't loose at all either. This has been through rain storms, 140mph blasts and the cold of winter. The only thing that sucks is that any time you have to get the tires balanced, the caps have to come out. But that glue comes off the caps pretty easily.

Soon, I won't have to worry about it though. I'm going to buy a set of RTR's as soon as they're back in stock.

 

[waketek516]

Not to thread hijack - but this is really similar to how I did mine:

Before:

After:

 

[tigerhonaker]

Jeremy,

Man you do good custom work.

tigerhonaker

 

[JeremyH]

Thanks!

 

[07VistaChicago]

Did the same thing, just used plastic weld epoxy instead. Nice work!

 

[JeremyH]

delete double post.

 

[JeremyH]

Did the same thing, just used plastic weld epoxy instead. Nice work!

Hows it holding up? Im gonna go ahead and expoy mine too.

 

[JeremyH]

Some pics on the car, too bad its raining.

 

[JeremyH]

Update these have been on the car for 2 years now no issues and thats with the impact tough gorilla super glue.
Just moved them over to my new wheels.

 

[Hatchman]

Nice new wheels! What brand/model/size are those? They look great. Those are my favorite center caps as well. One of them main reasons I bought the CT-Rs was that the stock Ford center caps fit! But with your skillz, you can make the Ford centers fit ANY wheels! Nice job.

This mod may come in handy if I ever have to replace my CT-Rs since they discontinued them several years ago.

 

[JeremyH]

Thanks Brady! Thes are the 2013 GT500 replicas. I fell in love with them and couldnt resist. Still like the ford gt replicas as well just couldn't resist changing it up lol