Hey everyone, how's it going? I thought about posting this in the wheel section, but figured I would get better responses in the 88-91 section. I recently re-finished a set of MR5 wheels that didn't have the center caps. I found a set of center caps, but they're painted.

Here's my question. What is the center cap made of? My goal is to find a set and polish them out. From pics, some look like they are slightly polished. Some are painted. I'm a MR5 noob, so any insight would be greatly appreciated, thanks everyone!

Here's a recent pic of the wheels, I desperately need the center caps as you can see! I'm not too concerned about the lug caps..



Modified by MikeFabRex at 2:21 AM 9/28/2008

 

theyre plastic.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...11094

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...56975

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">theyre plastic.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...11094

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...56975</TD></TR></TABLE>Damn! This is what I assumed. Thanks for the reply man. Any idea of how people are getting that somewhat polished look out of these things??

 

Ok, i have a set of these myself......

the center caps are "metal"



The lugnut covers are plastic, i have these also

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deetz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, i have a set of these myself......

the center caps are "metal"</TD></TR></TABLE>Deetz, you are the man! Thanks for clearing that up, I'm gona invest in some center caps in the next few weeks!

Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Deetz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, i have a set of these myself......

the center caps are "metal"
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theyre really not man.

its just a shiny coating that will flake off easily like the "chrome" border of the honda emblem. the body of it is plastic.

 

np, glad to help

I took me a while to get my stuff too. I came out lucky though, got my wheels in A+ condition with the center caps and tires mounted all shipped from Japan for $900

Six months later i was able to find a used set for $100, but 4 came with broken tabs I spent two more months looking, then bought a whole set "brand new" with the key for $180....that made up for it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

theyre really not man.

its just a shiny coating that will flake off easily like the "chrome" border of the honda emblem. the body of it is plastic. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I wonder if there are a couple different versions, mine are metal, 100%, in fact they even rattle a bit, metal on metal cause a couple are a bit loose.
I'm up at my storage unit again next weekend, i can take one out and take very close pics to prove it

 

if they were metal, the tabs wouldnt have broken so easily.

when i care enough, ill take pics of the real set of mine too.

actually the screw in the middle of the lugnut covers might be stainless, but not gonna bet on that either.

 

It does appear that some are plastic, i did a search and found these couple pics of plastic ones





Like i mentioned, mine look pretty much the same, but i could swear they are metal. I do know there are two or three versions of MR5, i believe mine are slightly different than the ones pictured above.

 

well until you dig up some pics of metal MR5 center caps, i dont want to hear any rumors "some" were metal. cuz they arent.

 

ok, np......i'll post next week as soon as i get a chance, i wouldn't mean to spead miss info

Here a shot of the the special edition caps, i know these are plastic

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">theyre really not man.

its just a shiny coating that will flake off easily like the "chrome" border of the honda emblem. the body of it is plastic. </TD></TR></TABLE>Yea, I'm thinking worse case scenario is that I find some plastic ones, and have some type of shiny coating done to them. I did some searching already, and there's places that specialize in 'chroming' plastic center caps. They do it for as cheap as $10 per cap! My Rota center caps were like that, they nearly looked chrome. I really just want the center caps to bling. They cannot look dull! I really appreciate the help guys! Check out these center caps, this is what I want. More than likely, these owners just have super mint/new caps..






Modified by MikeFabRex at 4:30 AM 9/28/2008


Modified by MikeFabRex at 4:36 AM 9/28/2008