Replace wheel centre advice

[Daveyh39]

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, 2019 by Daveyh39
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[Steve Q]

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

[niedzial1983]

Just spray them the colour you want without dismantling 🙂

[Magnet]

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.