Wheel centre caps

[The Dent Guy]

I bought a set of replacement wheel centre caps with chrome stars as my current ones are slightly sruffy.

So, after carefully poking at my wheels for a few minutes, I gave up thinking I cant be bothered with the hassel of removing all my wheels.

Is there any way of removing the old ones without taking all the wheels off?

 

[steve.link]

You can drill a hole in the old one and then lever/pull it out with a screwdriver

 

[nigel cross]

If you have a thin knife you can slide down the edge and lever it out, mind your lacquer.

 

[Will]

It'll take 5 minutes per wheel to remove them and refit. You could also give the wheels a clean from the inside and clean the mating faces of the hub/wheel up at the same time.

Do it the proper way and avoid marking your wheels and ruining the centre caps

Will

 

[BTB 500]

My method is

• drill small hole in old centre cap (hand drill is fine)
• insert self-tapping screw
• pull screw with pliers to remove centre cap

 

[The Dent Guy]

Thanks to all that responded.......i finally put the new ones on by the following method.

Prise away the centre of the star. Although it breaks off it reveals a ready made hole - hence no need to drill.

Then, as per Bills suggestion, screw in a self tapping screw and pull the head with some pliers.

Job done!!

 

[television]

Thanks to all that responded.......i finally put the new ones on by the following method.

Prise away the centre of the star. Although it breaks off it reveals a ready made hole - hence no need to drill.

Then, as per Bills suggestion, screw in a self tapping screw and pull the head with some pliers.

Job done!!

Dont forget to put the old ones on Ebay, they are sure to sell