im really debating whether to paint the centers black.. cant make up my mind
i am going to test fit them on my ws6 tomorrow before i get in to deep and find out what its going to take to make them fit.... will post pics

 

I did it a really bootleg way but it worked for me. Never had any issues. I bought some center caps off of ebay that I think were for a escalade. The ones in the link below should work.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Set-C...item1c0ad1eded

I then just wrapped a strip of velcro around the little tabs on the back side of the center cap and then a strip around the inner opening of the wheel center and just pop it in place and thats it. On my car I had a moser 12 bolt and the passenger side rear cap I need to cut all the tabs off the center cap and I used a drop of epoxy on the center cap to hold it in place against the wheel center. This was done because the center cap wouldn't sit down far enough in the wheel center because it was hitting the hub or something sticking through the wheel center.

When my buddy borrowed my wheels he had to do the same to the driver side rear wheel but he had a stock 10 bolt rearend.

I still have the four caps you can have them if you want them.

 

well i just test fit the rears and they fit perfect the only thing is i dont know how its possible to fit a center cap since the center bore on the wheels is the exact size of the hub on the rotor it seems like there is no room for the cap to fitin between the wheel and hub on rotor?
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thats ******* righteous man!
Do you know what size that lip is? im guesing 2 inch just want to make sure.

 

dam they came out good

 

i believe the fronts is 2" and rears are 2.5" these classics are c5 offsets

 

thanks .. just need to finish polishing the rest

 

ok guys this is what im working with and one the reasons i want to paint the centers black. anyone know if this fixable? i got convinced to the leave them polished but the little scratches it has here and there bug me and the easiest route to take seems to paint them
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I was thinking you should paint the centers black.But you got those looking real nice the way they are.Keep em polished.

 

Bust out the sand paper. Start out agressive, then work your way down to 1200 grit, then work them over with the polish of your choice. Probably won't quite get rid of something that rough, but will make it way less noticeable. And it's not like paint...can't really go too deep.

 

anyone recomend some good tires.. i want to run 275 40 17 front and
315 35 17 rears i want some that grip decent and last somewhat

 

Loving those wheels man. cant wait to see them on the car!

What about some nitto NT05r for the rears?

 

I run the plane jane 555's on my fronts and the 555r's on the rear, not overly expensive and they have decent life.

 

thanks man , i cant wait either but im still not even done polishing all the wheels yet (still need 2 more), it takes a long time to get em right i want them to look new not some half *** job , but trust me i will post alot of pics..

i havent talked to anyone with nitto NT05r's but i heard they grip good, even though my car isnt my DD i want some street tires maybe drag radials with a good tread pattern that last a while.

 

i heard the 555r in 315 are about as wide as any other brand 275? what size you running and is it true?

 

If it's not your DD and want some serious traction with a drag radial, ET Streets hands down.

 

Here is a link to my set which appears to have been in a little worse shape then yours. The scratch you showed around the lug nut area can totally be fixed. These are pure aluminum wheels. So as some have suggested break our the wet sandpaper and go to town. I started in some area which had rash or even a stone nick with 600grit and I went all the way up to 3000 grit and sanded it out. Then went to town with the tripoli and the white jewelers rouge and then to the Adams polish. I have about 8 hrs I'm each wheels so just know it can be done and don't give up bc you can make them look better then new.

http://www.syty.net/forums/showthrea...ght=CCW+wheels

 

Nice wheels keep them polished they look better

 

wow man you did a good job. the scratch around the lug nut hole is the worst one the rest are minor scratches that you can only see if your really really close to the wheel.. might have try it though
btw how did you polish the inside of the spokes? i tried the mothers power cone and it didn't work to good.

 

thanks... so far i have decided to keep them polished