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| flyboy | '91 center cap repair | ||
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The GM center caps are hard to find and expensive ($60 ea.).
The repro's are not a perfect copy. The tabs on mine are brittle, cracking/breaking off. Epoxy/super glue does not bond well. Aftermarket caps have a wire reinforcement which is a good idea (see photo). I cut a shallow groove in my O.E. caps, installed a piece of spring wire and used silicone to reinforce it.This should add to the life considerably. Also note the recess I routed out to allow the caps to work with my aftermarket 11" "A" mold wheels. Attach file:  aftermarket cap.JPG (128.46 KB) P1010004.JPG (119.04 KB) P1010005.JPG (145.36 KB) P1010006.JPG (127.82 KB) P1010008.JPG (121.67 KB) P1010010.JPG (113.01 KB) |
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Posted on: 2010/4/18 23:37
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| BillH | Re: '91 center cap repair | ||
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Nice job, Jo.
Yea, super glue (worthless crap for anything), JB Weld and a lot of epoxys don't work or last about a month. Kudos for doing it inexpensively. There's some read good automotive stuff for plastics, 3M, Lord Fusion, Duramix, SEM but the min costs are like $35 for the tubes. JB Weld makes some plastic stuff and some marine stuff but you have to order it online. I have some Gorilla Glue 2 part here for a different appliction, I should glue some plastic with it and seehow it works. I don't think it will. |
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Posted on: 2010/4/19 0:36
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