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Found any odd ball center caps ? ( Subaru Preferably )

Well I came across this one :



Just shouts : Pull Here ...

Your welcome to post any that you find here ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

sigh... gone are the day when a ring pull was a better shape, so they'd work in 10c gas BBQ's

Ha - Well Done ...

Here are some more shots of that center cap :





More info found here : http://www.iwsti.com/forums/how-install ... -caps.html

Will see what other unusual center caps I can find ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

I've got a pic somewhere of old oil filters used as centre caps on a brumby, need to find it.

Cheers

Bennie

Well just found what I was looking for :

http://www.pinterest.com/hubcapscom/sub ... nter-caps/

It has a great list of all sorts of center / hub caps ...

Add : & the other site previously mentioned :



More info here : http://www.performancewheels.com.au/Home/Home.asp

Do Note : they may not be around for much longer ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Here are some gen one center caps :



And fitted :



There's more to be found ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Hi All,

Trying to buy some centre caps for my brumby. It has the 'sunraysia type' 14" rims on it but I don't know which specific brand they are. Is there a way to check? They also have a red and green line running around the edge of the rim near the tyre if that helps. The diameter of the centre hole seems to be around 105mm(?) but I cant seem to find any centre caps that size.

Thanks for any help,
Dave.

By the sounds of it, that would be a 'Speedy Desert Rat' - I would need a photo to confirm this.

Sorry it's an aftermarket wheel, so there is no genuine 'Subaru' cap that will fit as far as I know, however there is a 'cup' type center cap I've seen that might fit ...
( I'll post a pic of it when I find it ... )

Or you can put a 'spacer' locating ring in there ...

Add : Thanks to Phil, who posted these :





Should do the trick ...

Add : & yes they are aluminium rings turned specifically to suit Speedy Wheels & Subaru Center Caps / Hub ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Thanks Bantum, will put up an add in the wanted section and see if anybody has something that will fit

Ok Found it :



More info to be had here : http://www.speedywheels.com.au/SpeedyWheels14.pdf

Not sure which one will fit will as you will have to measure the center hole diameter to suit your wheel ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Wow thanks Bantum, very helpful, at least I now know what Im looking for!

I found 4 of the same rims (red and green stripe) at a wreckers and 2 of them had a big black cup like a) or c) in Bantums pic, bottom left.

& this just in from Japan :









It's off an 82' Alloy Wagon Wheel ...

Edit : Changed image links to PB + last image shows hole dimensions + correction to year ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Bantum wrote:& this just in from Japan :

,,,

Its of MY83 Alloy Wagon Wheel ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Anyone know were to get these from ?
Mine are cracked on the rear section where the steel section screws on.
Courtesy of tyre services in the past that knocked the cap out for wheel work.
Off 82 model MY alloys

Yep that sucks with cowboy tyre fitters ...

I normally try & take the caps off myself first before taking wheels into a tyre shop. It's also handy to have a spare set of wheels to swap out, so you can then just drop off the ones that needs fixing & still use your car ...

Haven't had any luck yet with finding any more of the center caps yet, will keep searching eBay etc. for them & will let you know if I come across any ...

P.S. - Apologies for the images not working by the look of things - I will have go back & fix them later ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

They look like an old school horn button!

Cheers

Bennie

Ok - I found a US site that may have them :

http://www.hubcaps.org/options/subc15options.html

@ $30 US bucks each + postage is bit steep - so I will keep trying to find some closer to home ...

Add : Bennie - Yep it does too !

Cheers, Bantum ...

I am not using the original wheel caps as the plastic does become brittle with age and I was worried about them breaking, so I bought these, a perfect fit and relatively cheap too.

No logo caps - eBAy

I then made up logos from this UK based site:

Heko Domed Badges

The end result is not bad at all! I will post some photos later.

Here are a couple of photos:

[img][IMG]http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x41 ... s3qwn6.jpg[/img][/IMG]

[img][IMG]http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x41 ... srwbdl.jpg[/img][/IMG]

Thanks Sublime - will have to lookout for those if I can't find any Genuine ones ...
Cheers, Bantum ...