Hartge Centre caps, severe bodgery !!

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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:01 am

anyone who owns Hartge wheels will know how brittle/poor the caps are, new one's are out of the question they are NLA :(

the wheels look terrible without caps, so I thought I had better try something !

the design is terrible, the lugs that hold them in place are very poor and snap even with carefull removal, most look like this..

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I have some of these caps with missing lugs and after a bit of head scratching came up with a decent bodge ! :D

I am so pleased with this bodgery I thought i would share it !

a visit to the local scrap yard and a few volvo centre caps ! :)
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cut the middle out with a dremel,

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I then 'tidied' it up, using a grinder with a flappy sanding wheel ,

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grind/sand and remove remaining lugs from the the Hartge cap,

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I love sikoflex/tigerseal :)

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left it for a few days to cure properly, and the fitment is great, much more solid than the original caps, and they can be removed without cringing !

tested up to 140 mph, they have stayed on for over 300 miles :D

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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:04 am

Great work mate
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:13 am

Good bodge :D

I've got a couple of broken ones, did you use any Volvo caps or ones from a particular model?
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:15 am

That's no bodge,skilled engineering is more like it!
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:15 am

Nice one - which model of Ovlov do these come from ?
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:20 am

daimlerman wrote:That's no bodge,skilled engineering is more like it!
I must admit it was quite skilled, the tolerances were down to the nearest inch, :D

the volvo caps are from an old 760 worthless turd

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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:20 am

i'm going to guess at 740/940 winkeye
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:24 am

BLoody hell, bet that hurt the brain steve winkeye :mad:
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:37 am

Rav335uk wrote:BLoody hell, bet that hurt the brain steve winkeye :mad:
Maybe, but i bet the relief on the wallet more
than compensated for it.
Simple, effective and cheap.
Good work mate. :thumb:
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:40 am

Well Impressed :cool:
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:42 am

Great work mate :cool:
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:48 am

Good work there :D
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:14 pm

That is impressive bodgery my friend. Big thumbs up :cool:
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:51 pm

Fantastico! :D
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:17 pm

Good job, no bodge in my book.
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:23 pm

TouringTash wrote:Good job, no bodge in my book.

Come on guys its a really good idea but, and its a big but, Any time you break out the tiger seal its a bodge in my book. :D
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:25 pm

RESULT! :D
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:49 pm

Nice work! Interesting seeing E30s starting to turn the corner to proper 'classic' status where parts aren't necessarily available and a bit of ingenuity is called for. :D
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:52 pm

Dezzy wrote:
TouringTash wrote:Good job, no bodge in my book.

Come on guys its a really good idea but, and its a big but, Any time you break out the tiger seal its a bodge in my book. :D

tigerseal FTW ! :D

98% of E30's are held together with this and P40 ! :eek:
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:03 pm

e30topless wrote:
Dezzy wrote:
TouringTash wrote:Good job, no bodge in my book.

Come on guys its a really good idea but, and its a big but, Any time you break out the tiger seal its a bodge in my book. :D

tigerseal FTW ! :D

98% of E30's are held together with this and P40 ! :eek:
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:12 pm

Top bodging :clap:

Watch the price of Volvo caps rise :P , i bet Adi's already got a stash load winkeye
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:17 pm

this should qualify for the wiki seeing as the part itself is nla?
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Post Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:25 pm

magpie wrote:this should qualify for the wiki seeing as the part itself is nla?
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Post Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:10 pm

Thats a brilliant bodge / upgrade! Nice find :thumb:
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Post Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:13 pm

would plastic cement not work steve, like they use on guttering.

Good work, affordable fix
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Post Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:16 pm

Top work there :cool: Impressive.....
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Post Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:32 pm

how on earth did you ever know that volvo centres would click into place nicely? :cool:
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Post Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:40 pm

Excellent idea. Good work for sharing as well. :D
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Post Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:10 pm

Good work Steve, im gonna get some Tigerseal, Gripfills crap.
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Post Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:10 am

Epoxy resin would have been another option too although thinking about it maybe the vibrations would cause some issues...
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Post Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:21 am

Great work :) But are the caps NLA? I checked a couple of months back and they had them in Germany

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Post Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:11 pm

Caps are NLA

Cleared out the stores in germany a few months ago

Ronal dont have any in there store either
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Post Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:16 pm

I had one of the last few sets at about march time, i think there were 3 sets available when i got mine and yep they are now NLA
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Post Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:16 pm

Andy325i wrote:Great work :) But are the caps NLA? I checked a couple of months back and they had them in Germany

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Post Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:01 pm

they are defo NLA I have called / emailed Hartge in germany http://www.hartge.de/
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you name it, spent almost a full afternoon on the blower :( only 17-19" 5 stud caps are available

http://cgi.ebay.de/HARTGE-Abdeckung-Fel ... 19bea22d04

I was told that a Limited run of brand New wheels complete with caps are being made in 2011 :D
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