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by **RickyBoxler** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:19 pm

Ok I was lookin at the ride today..and i was thinkin it would be cool to replace the toyota logo cap thing that covers where the bolts are to remove your tire. I wanna keep the stock rim and tire,but i was wondering if any of you knew if there was any way I could replace this cap (is there a technical name for it?). Maybe buy something custom for it or have a machine shop make one? Any ideas?

by **CrazyCraig** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:44 pm

You'd pobably have to have a machine shop custom make new center caps, and it'll probably cost alot of $$$$. I work with a guy who had a 1968 Roadrunner who actually drilled and tapped his spindles and bolted on the Roadrunner emblem (the cartoon character). When the car was in motion, the Roadrunners in the center remained stationary and upright. It was really bizarre to see and kinda cool. It blew alot of minds as well. You might wanna try something like that.

by **Peter** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:08 pm

CrazyCraig wrote:You'd pobably have to have a machine shop custom make new center caps, and it'll probably cost alot of $$$$. I work with a guy who had a 1968 Roadrunner who actually drilled and tapped his spindles and bolted on the Roadrunner emblem (the cartoon character). When the car was in motion, the Roadrunners in the center remained stationary and upright. It was really bizarre to see and kinda cool. It blew alot of minds as well. You might wanna try something like that.

haha, trippy stuff. now im curious as to how it would look like if the toyota emblem in the center would stay still and upright....cool

by **RickyBoxler** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:26 pm

HOw much money do you think were talkin bout here..ballpark anybody? I mean were just talkin bout 4 lil metal things..of course mroe custom work would be harder. HOw bout 4 plain metal caps that just countours to the existing rim?

by **Peter** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:30 pm

you can try ripping off the toyota emblem, and get the whole thing chromed or make it match the rim or something....iono, i'll try photoshopping it for you

by **Peter** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:41 pm

i tried photoshopping, and no matter what i do, it looks weird. i think u should just leave it stock...iono... or just take out the toyota emblem if u'd like. hell, just save the time effort money, and get new rims

by **Peter** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 8:50 pm

talk about debadgin ur car, but i think it looks pretty good w/out the toyota emblem. what do u guys think?

by **RickyBoxler** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:07 pm

Doesnt look half bad the problem is youd be able to see the nuts and bolts..which wouldnt be to hot. I would LOVE to get new rims..but im tryin to stay stock as possible and i figured replacing the covers would be my original version of rims-). I could try to see if i could remove the emblem..but chroming back over it wouldnt work because its more of an alloy..not chrome so it wouldnt match.

by **Jaimster** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:07 pm

Oooooohhhhhh

Very interesting! Not bad!!

by **Peter** » Tue Feb 25, 2003 1:07 am

just use silver car sray paint or something. find something that'll match it. but dont do the fake plastic hex bolts, leave those black

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