15" BBS Cap Renovation

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Tan91
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Post Sun Apr 28, 2013 5:36 pm

Basically I have 4 Caps, 3 of them lock-click in-unlock perfectly but one of them is loose, the cap will continue to circulate once it has passed the click point.

To better describe it the locking teeth/tabs have worn of and if you imagine a water bottle that tightens to its max then slips past and is loose again, that's what is happening to this one centre cap.

Is it possible to order certain parts of the centre cap it self or is it the whole thing that needs to be ordered which I want to avoid.

I will try and get pics up some point this week.

Cheers,

Tan.
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Post Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:45 pm

Tanveer wrote: Is it possible to order certain parts of the centre cap
Not as far as I know. You need another one.

14" and 15" wheels have different sizes caps but the plastic parts are interchangable, its the metal piece that is different.
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Post Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:49 pm

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Post Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:53 pm

DHFiS wrote:
Tanveer wrote: Is it possible to order certain parts of the centre cap
Not as far as I know. You need another one.

14" and 15" wheels have different sizes caps but the plastic parts are interchangable, its the metal piece that is different.
That's handy to know, 14in caps are usually a lot cheaper!
cheers,

harry