Got new wheels today for my TII...

The wheels fit great.... but the cap for the wheel bearing sticks out through the center of the wheel and the wheel center cap will not seat properly...

like so...



I emailed Tire rack about it to see if i can get different center caps... BUT

If Shuk doesn't make deeper center caps, what are my other options??

Anybody know where to get generic caps????

 

you can remove the stock dust caps, take them to a machine shop and have them cut them down and reweld them. Or you can run a slight spacer between the brake rotor and the back of the wheel

 

thats my next adventure.. tonight I'm going to go home and see home much room is behind the dustcaps to the spindle... If there is enough... I'm going to cut it and weld it.. if not, its looking for new caps time.

 

I thought the second idea was a little better and less intrusive if possible. Spacers would solve this if theres 2-4mm of space

 

Spacers.... just to put a center cap on.... no way.. besides... the wheels are CLOSE to the outside of the fender as it is..

Jake from the tire rack is sending me some other brand wheels center caps.. I'll see if they work and switch the emblems around... If NOT... then i'm going to have to do something drastic... like add a spacer to the cap by cutting off the back and JB Welding a 1/4 ring between the cap and the mounting tabs....

If that dont work... I'll have to keep searcing for deeper caps..

 

Had the same problem with my new 17' ADR wheels , they couldn't find a deeper center cap so I had a guy machine a thin 3/8" wide spacer about 3/32" thick that the cap fit into, and the spacer inside the mag wheel
1990 gxl coupe with 17" ADR Wheels

 

YEP... thats what I'm going to have to do... the deeper caps that they sent me won't fit on the rim............ MAN.. all that time in finding the PERFECT offset, width and tire sizes and.. i get f'd by the center caps!!!!!!!!!

 

If it's just BARELY hitting and keeping the center cap from going on, you can actually hammer the center cap down. Sounds ghetto, but there's TONS of space available behind the center cap. I had to do this with the GAB rims I had on my old 10th. Pop the center cap off (use a screwdriver and hammer) and you can see how far you can push in the center cap.

Once I figured out how far I could go, took like 1 minute with a hammer and I was done.

Dale

 

He he.... well dale...... there isn't TONS of room.... there IS room, but not enough... I already bitched up a center cap and could not get enough room!!!!!