Home made VW centre caps for Merc steels |
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andy e
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Posted: 16 Apr 14 at 21:08 |
I thought I'd share this if it's of interest to anyone with Merc steels fitted. I've been looking for centre caps for my steels and made up these using 321601171A Mk1 Golf centre cap and 2K0601169 2003-onwards Caddy centre cap. All you need is a drill bit for a pilot hole, 76mm hole saw, black silicon and some adhesive. I drilled a small pilot hole through the back of the caddy then a larger one that was the same size as the pilot drill on the hole saw. Then turn the cap the right way up and cut the centre out with the hole saw, the golf cap will pop right in. I masked up the edge of the hole and about 5mm up from the bottom of the golf cap to make sure I didn't get epoxy resin everywhere when fixing them and also give me a good edge for the silicon. I was pretty happy with how they came out and hope the info is of use to someone.
Cheers Andy e |
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Allanw
Vanorak SYCOPHANTIC TRAINEE WELSHMAN Joined: 21 Mar 10 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 1211 |
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Sweet!
Vancafe Mefro caps fit too. I just brought VW badges to replace the VanCafe ones. |
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Allan :-)
'84 T3 Kombi, EJ25 DOHC, apprentice Viking... Duct Tape can't fix stupid, but it can MUFFLE the sound. |
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T3ADICT
Vanorak Joined: 21 Jul 05 Location: LeightonBuzzard Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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those look spot on.
do they fit with most type of nut/bolt head or do they need to be the 17mm hex ones used on the caddy ?
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WHY T3's.... because they are just so adictive, and having one just aint enough
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andy e
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Sorry mate, I haven't tried yet as I only made them Tuesday evening.
Cheers Andy e |
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GavB95
Yardie Joined: 08 Jul 13 Location: York Status: Offline Points: 673 |
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Nice job Andy!
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