For those who've had a tough time finding center wheel caps. I recently purchased some Hyundai Genesis wheels and dear sweet baby jesus, trying to find some Lexus center caps that'd work was a pain.

I read here that people bough wheel centers on ebay, and modified them to work, I went through two sets with no luck. I modified the clips and they'd just keep breaking when I tried to insert them, as well as the paint started to flake as it was getting pressure. I looked into the blank center caps, and couldnt find anything. Then it hit me, why not just modify the hyundai caps. So I go to work

I found a way to separate the center caps by using a butterknife



Youll have to remove the sticky puddy that holds together the plastic part to the aluminum overlay



once done, they should look like this



You'll have to dremel the raised H part down and make them smooth




I had to trim my laser emblem stickers to fit. I ordered a 2' but should've did a 1.75'

here's a test fit after cutting

http://s128.photobucket.com/albums/p...6-23-57_36.jpg

I bought some gloss paint from the automotive store that was for outdoor use for 8 bucks and got to work, here's my homemade paint bench



after a few coats, I let sit and dry



what they looked like once dry



and finally I put the sticker emblems on



I ended up sanding them down once more (but forgot to snap a picture of them)

and final result






I hope this helps someone out there

 

That's pretty badass.

 

very nice DIY.

 

Well done and very clever. Do you mind me asking where you found a set of the genesis wheels? I've been looking for sometime now..

 

I found mine on Ebay, they were dealer take off wheels.

I'm now a member on Gencoupe, and someone just messaged me that are looking to sell theirs

for a pretty darn good deal

 

I'm picking up a set of these wheels tomorrow and was wondering what I was going to do for center caps. Thanks very much for the write up + pics! Much useful.

 

Looks perfect but i remember reading on here not too long ago that someone did the same exact thing to the caps and if i can find the thread it would have saved you time and money.

 

I was PM'd by that person, AFTER I did this

I have no idea why I couldnt find that thread for the life of me, I searched and searched, and none of the words works

 

Very nice! Good DIY and the wheels look great.

 

finally you done,,, nice and clear... i just waiting for tires and front spoilers...
as yours i got genesis rims,,, and paint it black...
coming soon

 

Here Is Mine!

 

THERE HE IS

Lol

 

Hyundai Killer!

 

Ok. Now I want these when I take off the works!

Now to find them. dun dun dun.

 

^ Sell you mine ;-)

Haha, jk! No way!