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Thanks Andy, completed the look of my wheels

what2d wrote:Ok, tedious question time. To get these home brew centre caps to fit std steels, what is required in the way of spacers, nuts and bolts? Hate anyone to think I'm lazy, but.......


Cheers, Mitch.

Good question Mitch,

Here's the issues I came across

Front Wheel

I previously had alloy wheels on my bus which came with 10mm spacers and 17mm hex bolts. Upon fitting a Mercedes steel wheel I noticed I couldn't install the cap without using the spacer as the hub cap was too big. After adding the spacer, the cap fitted great and it looked the part.

Rear Wheel

As the rear hub cap is smaller I didn't have any problems with the cap fitting however due to the larger 19mm hex bolts, the cap would not fix in place therefore using a wheel grinder I trimmed 1mm off the lip of the nuts which allowed for fitting.

Good Job really suit the wheels.