RXSF

Im pretty pissed right now. I was getting the car washed at a local place and sitting on the bench waiting, I noticed that the center caps on my rims were missing! I have pictures attached. For some reason, the fronts have a different set up than the rears. To those in the know, can I just order them online (ebay) and pop them in? Are the front and rears the same? Does it look like they damaged anything?

Also I am confused about which center cap to buy. I am seeing conflicting images from sources that say these are for the IS300 and I dont remember which was originally on there. Its a 2002 IS300 Sedan with 17" stock.

Front


Rear



these?


or these?

RXSF

Oh I think they are the first images, because I can still see remnants of the dirt stains of the star design, but just double checking. perhaps someone has a part number?

TonyN

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Are you sure they were stole and did not just fell off? I mean would they not need to be preyed off and that would leave marks?

RXSF

All 4 fell off? after 8 years of ownership? I dont think so. I was in a sketchy part of SF last night and parked on the street. This is why I have the IS, its the beater and I dont worry about it cause its a relatively old car. I feel like since the design of the center cap (the first image) kind of pops on top of the rim itself, its easy to pry off...

good thing I have wheel locks

donnieb83

Do you have old pics of your car to see which center cap was on yours? Sorry to hear about this crap! I took my stocks off and put on my stockers from my 07 Acura TL Type-S. Our center caps take a pretty good amount of force to pop out from the back.

dsp979

The star design is stock, and can be pried off without marking the wheel.

I would look for the round design that fits the same hole. It won't get pried off as easily.
So measure the size of the hole and find out which Lexus rim has the same size cap.

Good luck.

RXSF

^^ thanks!

No pictures of the car before. I know this is probably a cosmetic issue, but do you think the integrity of the
wheels is affected if they prodded around the tires? I feel like I should bring it to a mechanic to take a look instead of just popping the caps back on. It bothers me that the front wheels has a deeper hole and looks different from the rears. Its like they took more than they should have

dsp979

Nope.

The rears aren't as deep because you have the axle that helps spin the rear wheels. The axle is held in by a large nut, and that little cotter pin keeps that big nut from loosening.

Rear wheel drives are like that. In front wheel drives, your pics would be reversed.

slidingIS

just get another set of the oem star ones and stay away from the sketchy part of San Fran

bod1287

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LOL man... i'm sorry dude... but yea the first ones. there's flooded on ebay

jadu

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sorry to hear too.. prolly some kids up to no good. I've seen emblems stolen, now that sucks

kraven9

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damn that sucks. The first one will fit.

tientony

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hahhaaha same thing happend to me.. one day i walked out of my house looked at the wheels and was like WTF??

slidingIS

haha this is rediculous. they dont cost that much why are people stealing everybodys oem centercaps? are they making flavor flav chains out of them?

tientony

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lol i thought about stealing someone else after they stole but then i thought bout it and just bought another one lol