Tired of the big ugly center cap on the new Moto Metal 962s?? Look inside...

BARBER

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Mar 21, 2012
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For those who haven't been following my build thread, I got a set of Moto Metal 962s 20x12 in chrome for my Silverado and have had intentions of doing a different center cap. GMFS Member "danieljaimet" did this first to his 20x12s and followed suit. Spoke to him back and forth some and he used some 4.25 hub bore caps on his. I did some looking for caps in that size. It was decided that on a push through cap that the lip would have to be cut off. Especially if the hub centric rings are to be used. Well I found out that they will need to be cut off regardless for the wheel to fit nicely on your hub/axle. So I searched for some plain stainless steel caps. The 4.25 inch domed Gorilla center caps in S.S. are about the only ones I could find: Gorilla Automotive Products - Lug Nuts, Wheel Locks, Auto Security, Wheel Accessories

Gorilla makes a point/domed cap, but is a chromed steel cap. Wasn't excited about one of those, especially if it needed to be cut. I bought a set of 4 like I linked. I took one and hammered it in on the wheel and it was going to be a damn tight fit all the way on. Took 3/4 of an inch off one and it worked out perfectly.

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Forgive me on the cell phone pictures.
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Original Moto Metal center cap.
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I'll have to put up some more pictures showing the cap inside the wheel from the back side. I'm going to pick up some Loctite locking compound and smear some between the cap and the rim just for good measures. Otherwise they fit into the rim very nice and tight. I'll also be picking up some shorter chrome bolts to thread into the rim where the longer bolts went that held in the original center cap.

On a side note, I will be not be using these caps on my rims. I did some more looking around and found a really badass set of some polished aluminum pointed center caps. I'll put up some pictures of those once they come in.
 
^^this, the main thing I HATE about the motos are the center cap. Kills the look of the wheel.
 
As promised, more pictures of the center cap install.

Cap after cutting 3/4 of an inch off the bottom including the lip.
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This shows how far these caps fit inside the rim by pushing the cap in by hand.
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I decided to use some black Permatex silicone on this cap. Ran a small bead around the cap before hammering it the rest of the way in.
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In.
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In order to use the hub-centric rings, the center caps will probably need another 1/4" cut off and or, pushed through further for the plastic ring to fit into the rim.
 
Old thread, new info..

So I was browsing the web this morning looking for some push throughs for my 962s, and I found some new ones on Gorilla's website.
They're shorter than the ones Barber had, but since he cut his down, these should be perfect!

I ordered a set, and hope to have them on soon as they get here.

Here's a link to them on Summit's website.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/gor-hc202stbc
 
I have a set of bullet caps that will work with these wheels. Pretty much have to do the same mod to make them fit. I never got around to using them before I sold the truck.
If anyone wants them I'll sell them for a decent price. Don't even remember how much they where but I can look.
 
I spent like $12 on mine when I had em, bought a set of the shorter gorilla ones like the ones James posted, cut the lip off, beat them through with a block off wood and done. Super easy lol. Those will work James and they're already black! Good find


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