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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 05:16 PM
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Default Declad Chevy 5 Spoke with Center Cap

Started to declad four 5 spoke, 20x8.5 Chevy Silverado Chrome Clad wheels.

After I removed the plastic center cap and plastic chrome cladding, I measured the inside diameter of the hub and found that is had a 7" ID.

I researched and found that Chevy Rally Caps, that originally came on C3 Corvettes, had a 7" outside diameter mounting ring where it clipped onto a Corvette rally wheel.

I bought a cheap Rally Police center caps on eBay. It was too tight to work with the inside diameter of the decladded wheel hub.

The rally center cap mounting "ring" is a solid piece and does not give when you try and install it onto the declad wheel.



With a band saw, I decided to pie cut the mounting ring of the center cap into 8 separate sections so it would give a little and allow the center cap to pressed onto the declad wheel hub.

After the eight pie cuts, it took a little pressure to mount the center cap onto the declad 5 spoke wheel, but it was easily removed with a screw driver (not recommended as it may scratch the wheel, but I was careful).

Below is the outcome.






There are other center caps you can use besides the one above. I chose the police rally cap because it was a lower profile and would not protrude past the lip of the wheel.

Here are a few options for center caps.





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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 09:41 PM
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Ugly as ****, but A for effort and thinking outside the box..
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 05:37 AM
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Ugly as ****, but A for effort and thinking outside the box..
Thanks.

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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 01:12 PM
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ooof......
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 07:10 PM
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I don't think they look bad at all similar to a 96 Impala SS wheel......

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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 09:35 PM
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so your truck gets flooded and im the ******* because of pointing out your bad wheel choices..
Got it
Id have to agree tho they look great in that pic since you cant see them..
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