Hi, I have just had my 19” rotor wheel refurbished from grey to gloss black and want to replace the centres so they match.

Has anyone split down a wheel centre into its separate parts to allow the main colour to be changed in my case from grey to black. 

I have bought some black ones from e bay but they are too loose and fall out. 

This is the original cap with ref no. 

 

Any advice welcome.

Edited January 17, 20197 yr by Daveyh39
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Welcome to the forum David, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂

i had the exact same problem of ebay bought ones not fitting. 

surely Audi sell them as there are various black edition models. 

Cheers

Steve

Just spray them the colour you want without dismantling 🙂

Hello David,

As I see it, you have 2 possible issues in terms of simply spraying your current ones:- You will need to remove the ( chrome effect?) Audi roundal logo - if fitted - and if you don't want the logo to be oversprayed black. I would guess you run a fair chance of breakage, since the manufacturer woukd not expect anyone to remove these. 

Second problem:- I'm yet to find a true black aerosol - they are virtually all a 'dirty' black, trending towards a rather browny black. That may not matter to you, but it's worth being aware of. It would also be advisable to prime them with a primer suitable for plastics. 

I would expect the wheel refurbishers preferred not to spray them since they too woould obviously have difficulty with not spraying over the rounals.

Easiest and most reliable way out? - As Steve says. 

Kind regards,

Gareth.