Alloy Centre Caps

[StuP]

Having been told there is a four week waiting list for my wheels to be refurbed and powdercoated I thought I'd take my frustration out on the centre caps so they'd match the new colour alloys. This is the result (rained whilst I was getting the camera so a bit less shiny):

Centre cap

It was fairly easy to do as the emblems can be prized off using a sharp knife or small screwdriver making it easy to lightly sand, prime and paint both parts of the cap in different colours. Once dry a small amount of glue on the underside of the emblem was all that was needed to fit the two parts back as they were. Looking forward to seeing how they look on the refurbed wheels when they're finally done.

[Mars]

Having been told there is a four week waiting list for my wheels to be refurbed and powdercoated I thought I'd take my frustration out on the centre caps so they'd match the new colour alloys. This is the result (rained whilst I was getting the camera so a bit less shiny):

Centre cap

It was fairly easy to do as the emblems can be prized off using a sharp knife or small screwdriver making it easy to lightly sand, prime and paint both parts of the cap in different colours. Once dry a small amount of glue on the underside of the emblem was all that was needed to fit the two parts back as they were. Looking forward to seeing how they look on the refurbed wheels when they're finally done.

I hope to do this myself. So it was quite easy?? As it seems that the emblem has a locating lug which is glued in. I hope to paint the cap in metallic silver and the emblem in blue to match the colour of my car.

[StuP]

Having been told there is a four week waiting list for my wheels to be refurbed and powdercoated I thought I'd take my frustration out on the centre caps so they'd match the new colour alloys. This is the result (rained whilst I was getting the camera so a bit less shiny):

Centre cap

It was fairly easy to do as the emblems can be prized off using a sharp knife or small screwdriver making it easy to lightly sand, prime and paint both parts of the cap in different colours. Once dry a small amount of glue on the underside of the emblem was all that was needed to fit the two parts back as they were. Looking forward to seeing how they look on the refurbed wheels when they're finally done.

I hope to do this myself. So it was quite easy?? As it seems that the emblem has a locating lug which is glued in. I hope to paint the cap in metallic silver and the emblem in blue to match the colour of my car.

Surprisingly easy as the emblems are easy to separate and can be glued back on after painting. the chrome part needs a fine sand before priming to get the paint to key in properly but that was the hardest part :-)