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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 06:41 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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looks a nice job and if not using the centre caps you really need the enclosed cap wheel nuts
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 10:05 PM
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Agreed, though very pleased with the quality of the refurb. Must admit I was reluctant to deviate from the standard colour but after fitting I'm convinced I made the right choice.
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Old Apr 12, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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Really like the colour! Nice job there. I was thinking of getting my wheels refurb black.
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Old Apr 12, 2014 | 06:15 PM
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Looks awesome. Mine will be going this colour soon, the standard 170 wheel corrosion has taken a hold of a couple of them.
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Old Apr 12, 2014 | 06:52 PM
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Thought it might be too much - black wheels on a black car. Went for a charcoal powder-coat and more by luck than management it's transformed the look totally!
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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 05:53 PM
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Really looks good mate. Well my ST is magnum grey so I thought black on mine would look good! . Where did you get the centre ford gel overlays?
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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 07:00 PM
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They will definitely look great on magnum grey. As you can imagine I've got to know my local Ford dealer pretty well, I gave him the diameter of the hole in the wheel centre and he ordered all the centre cap options. Thought these looked the best!
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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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Ah nice! How much did you get quoted for each alloy?
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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 08:39 PM
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After a lot of searching around for recommendations on the forums I opted for Wheelrite in Chorley Lancs. I paid Ł50:00 per wheel which I thought was more than reasonable considering the condition they were in.
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Hi there, found this image on google images and really like the look of these with the smaller centre caps and the nuts exposed! Do you know what the centre caps are supposed to be for?

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Hi there, found this image on google images and really like the look of these with the smaller centre caps and the nuts exposed! Do you know what the centre caps are supposed to be for?

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I recently had a set refurbed and bought some universal caps from ebay and had gel centres made by DMB graphics, and if you do go that route change the wheel nuts as open ones look crap







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Old Sep 14, 2015 | 06:26 PM
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They are a genuine Ford centre cap but beyond that I don't know. When I get chance over the next couple of days I will take one off an post the part number.
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Hi there ur wheels look relly well. I am think of dowing the same as u with the center cap do u no whot size i need i was told 64 mm but no ider thank
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Hi there ur wheels look relly well. I am think of dowing the same as u with the center cap do u no whot size i need i was told 64 mm but no ider thank
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