Well, I got the new rear tires on my car on Saturday morning and today while driving my car, Brad and I hear a piece of metal ping, something hits the side of my car and we thought it was something that someone else might have chucked...so later I notice a nice ding/scratch in the side of my car and then notice when I get home that the center cap on my rear wheel is gone. SOaB!!!
Amazing, I've put maybe between 30,000 and 40,000 miles on the car (on the old tires) and managed to not lose a single center cap and Discount Tire puts on my new tires and I lose one two days later.
Brad says to call them and tell them to replace it since they obviously didn't put it back on right.
How much is a new one going to cost?
OH...and the front end is STILL not balanced right. They really suck at this.
Nobody had polished center caps?
QUOTE (Lyressa Roberts @ Jul 4 2005, 07:57 PM) |
Nobody had polished center caps? |
four or five lug Fuch....big diff sweetcheeks....
I went to Dicount Tire to buy some Yokos and they wouldn't mount them if I was going to use spacers with the front wheels. I went to a small family owned tire store and they mounted them, no questions and the tires were a couple bucks cheaper than Discount was. I won't be going back there again. Good luck getting a new cap.
Cheers, Elliot
That SUCKS
QUOTE (Manfred Z @ Jul 4 2005, 09:23 PM) |
four or five lug Fuch....big diff sweetcheeks.... |
I have a couple extra center caps. I'll send ya one.
What kind and what did they look like? My extra's are likely to have a scratch or two on them.
3-prong? I think thats all I have. And none of mine are polished.
I actually need one with the ring on back for my one mis-matched wheel.
If your standards are low (I always say your standards should be proportional to your budget) - then email me and I'll send you one,
Bob O
p.s. BUT include your email address- I find that this emailing system doesn't always do that.
I have a couple of extra sets....what do you have NOW? Ones I have are painted black with fancy crests....
BTW....a wire brush and a rouge wheel polishes them up real nice.
Cool!!! I'll get a picture uploaded tonight...but let me see about this other set first...if I buy the full set, I probably won't run any on the AX wheels as I would probably end up throwing more anyway.
Thanks!!!
I'll get back to ya!
I also use a little clear silicone seal under the lip to help keep them in place.
The three prong caps are for REAL early Fuchs....the brass circle type is prolly what ya need.
QUOTE (Manfred Z @ Jul 5 2005, 08:44 AM) |
I also use a little clear silicone seal under the lip to help keep them in place. The three prong caps are for REAL early Fuchs....the brass circle type is prolly what ya need. |
Brass circular clip on the back. Fur holdin' the cap on the wheel.
QUOTE (McMark @ Jul 5 2005, 10:15 AM) |
Brass circular clip on the back. Fur holdin' the cap on the wheel. |
Personally, After NTB farked up the newly refinished 4 lug fuchs for Betty's 914, I will never take another car to any of the cheapo tire places. The tire monkeys they have changing tires don't know enough to keep from scratching the face of all 4 wheels while balancing the tires, they have no idea what a torque wrench is, and they don't know to match the dots on the outboard side of the tire with the valve stems.
Take them to a high end car dealer or specialty shop. In the DFW area, I use Zims. The tires are always mounted and balanced correctly without screwing up the rims.
You have an excellent point there, Clay. I will definitely do that when I get the real McCoy. The pukes are ok if they get scratched up, but these new one's I'm looking at, if they get scratched, I think I'll cry. Damn...I guess that means I can't put them on my car.
QUOTE (Manfred Z @ Jul 5 2005, 08:44 AM) |
I also use a little clear silicone seal under the lip to help keep them in place. |
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