I recently bought some Mustang Tribars for my 5-lug upgrade. I was wanting to change the center caps on them. Does anyone know of any that will fit with a TBird emblem on them? Or perhaps those blank centers for pony wheels? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Antonio.
Hmmm... anybody know the dimensions of these centercaps?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8034708805&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
i havent found anything yet, im running sn95 wheels, like 98gt? but i cant find anything that fits...i think im gonna have to fill them and paint em. actualy now that i think about it, i rember hearing about a company that made blanks. thunder306 had some for his ponies
The wheels you're talking about, are they the 15" ones that have three sets of triple bars?
You might try some Ranger/Explorer/Aerostar centers - there are at least two different sizes (one for the "directional" 5-spoke 15-inch wheels like I put on my Dakota, one for the "directional" 10-spoke 14-inch wheels found on Aerostars) and they come blank from the factory. The 14" wheel centers are larger than the 15" ones iirc
After doing a bit of poking around I found that the Aerostar caps are 7-5/8" in diameter. I don't know the 15" wheel's center cap diameter, but I do know it's smaller. These pics show the types of wheels I mean - the center cap shown is from the Aerostar:
Actually I found some. I just need to find some cheaper ones. They want 10 a piece plus 5 bux shipping... EACH!! screw that.
The ones in that ebay link will prolly fit yours wheels. The overall diameter is a little over 6 3/4" and the lip diameter is 6 1/2".
you talking to me?
these are my wheels.
http://foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showpost.php?p=66450&postcount=28
I guess you dont want to know what I paid for some centers ;)
If they were good looking centers I would, but these don't look so hot. And that's a quarter of the price I paid for these wheels, lol.
NOS 77-79 cougar aluminum wheel centers $100 :D
these are mine (http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/pdaniel/bsride1.jpg)
i know none of the turbo coupe, fox mustang, or mn12 centercaps fit.
hey darkthunder. you are out of luck as far as i know. I have searched for centers for the same wheels for months and only thing i came up with is mustang centers from the early pony wheels fit as well as the later pony style wheels but thats it. i got those same wheels but they are painted black with polished lip, for 125 with tires
Well they sell blanks for those wheels and I'd rather have blanks than a horsie. I thought about painting mine black, but since I have a white car I'll leave them be. You got any pics of those wheels mounted on your car?
Thanks for the info.
no i bought them to roll my stang on untill i get my 18" ruff wheels. didn't want to leave it on stands all winter incase i need to get the bird in the garage to work on something
you can use the 94-95 cobra center caps. (with the lug holes) they look pretty neat on them but it has bee a while since i seen a set that way.
Ok I had an idea. Use the centercaps from the snowflakes I am about to discard. The caps are slightly bigger than the hole they cover and the lip setup is different between the to caps but I was able to make it work. :D Sorta...
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/ether947/Tribar%20Wheels%20with%20Tbird%20Centers/DSC01952.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/ether947/Tribar%20Wheels%20with%20Tbird%20Centers/DSC01951.jpg)
As you can see it doesn't sit flush with the wheel but I can live with it. :)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/ether947/Tribar%20Wheels%20with%20Tbird%20Centers/DSC01953.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/ether947/Tribar%20Wheels%20with%20Tbird%20Centers/DSC01956.jpg)
To get the cap to fit I cut little slits around the retaining lip so they would fold in some. I think I need to cut some more slits because it is a pain to install and remove.
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/ether947/Tribar%20Wheels%20with%20Tbird%20Centers/DSC01958.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/ether947/Tribar%20Wheels%20with%20Tbird%20Centers/DSC01957.jpg)
I think they will look REALLY sweet once the wheel are painted black. :D
What do you think?
i just found the place that i knew about before, but couldnt rember. i posted a link to it in the vendor section.
looks good tho :D
I saw that. What a co-inky-. :D