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How to Modify stock SVT Center caps to Fit American Muscle wheels
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<blockquote data-quote="JuStAkId" data-source="post: 13851245" data-attributes="member: 144736"><p><span style="color: Yellow">Disclaimer</span>: I nor anyone mentioned in this How-to or Svtperformance.com can be held responsible for any damage or injury that may result from this mod. You are solely responsible for any damages or injury that may result.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is going to be a How to on how to Modify stock SVT Center caps (03/04 Cobra) to Fit American Muscle replica wheels </p><p></p><p>First to show you the problem </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542591[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You can see that the American Muscle ones are taller then the oem svt ones. ^^^</p><p>Next thing is to remove your svt top cap. It is just taped on to the actual cap. </p><p>I used a blow dryer to heat up the cap(tape/glue) and then pulled the cap off the base</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong>(1)</strong></span></span></p><p>You have Two options </p><p>Option 1:</p><p>Use a butter knife to split the two (if you do this do not place the knife all the way through, Just enough to pry off the cap (try not to mess up the tape on the cap. Keep the cap heated and it will slowly peel off with the tape on the svt cap part)</p><p>If you go this way skip to step 3</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542592[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]542593[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Option 2:</p><p>or just take whatever means necessary to get the cap off (if you choose this way you will need to do a bit more work)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542594[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Please note if you use something to pry the cap off with you may scratch the black area on the svt cap. If you happen to do don't worry. ^^^^</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong>(2)</strong></span></span></p><p>Next is to remove the glue/tape from the svt cap</p><p>I kept heating it up and pealing off a little at a time</p><p>Once most is off grab a piece of sand paper and rub till it is smooth (warning sanding too much will remove the black on the cap)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542595[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After you have removed and sanded smooth the glue/tape use black nail polish to fix any areas where the black has came off of the cap</p><p></p><p>(Not good)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]542596[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong>(3)</strong></span></span></p><p>Now you are ready to start modifying the American Muscle cap</p><p></p><p>Grab a sander and start sanding </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542597[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The end goal is to sand it smooth to the black area on the American Muscle cap</p><p></p><p>Don't worry the center part will sand out</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542598[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Clean it off real well and heat it up so it is dry</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong>(4)</strong></span></span></p><p>Skip to step 5 if you did option one in step one</p><p>After Grab some 3m double sided tape (any auto parts) and tape entire surface </p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542599[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Before you pull the other side of the tape off heat the tape/cap and press the tape to give it a good bound</p><p></p><p>Next pull the red off the tape. </p><p>Before applying the svt cap heat the tape up</p><p>Press the cap into the center of your wheel (without trying to finger it up)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong>(5)</strong></span></span></p><p>Heat the svt cap tape/glue then apply if you did option one in step one</p><p></p><p>Grab your svt cap and apply (use a good amount of pressure)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542600[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]542601[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Take the cap out of the wheel and keep pressure on it with something heavy </p><p></p><p>Here are some of the differences </p><p></p><p>Modified one is on the left oem SVT one is on the right</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]542602[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]542603[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Good luck to all trying this. Just take your time and they should turn out like oem.</p><p>Hopefully this is a help to those running into this problem </p><p>:beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JuStAkId, post: 13851245, member: 144736"] [COLOR=Yellow]Disclaimer[/COLOR]: I nor anyone mentioned in this How-to or Svtperformance.com can be held responsible for any damage or injury that may result from this mod. You are solely responsible for any damages or injury that may result. This is going to be a How to on how to Modify stock SVT Center caps (03/04 Cobra) to Fit American Muscle replica wheels First to show you the problem [ATTACH=full]542591[/ATTACH] You can see that the American Muscle ones are taller then the oem svt ones. ^^^ Next thing is to remove your svt top cap. It is just taped on to the actual cap. I used a blow dryer to heat up the cap(tape/glue) and then pulled the cap off the base [SIZE="5"][COLOR="Blue"][B](1)[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] You have Two options Option 1: Use a butter knife to split the two (if you do this do not place the knife all the way through, Just enough to pry off the cap (try not to mess up the tape on the cap. Keep the cap heated and it will slowly peel off with the tape on the svt cap part) If you go this way skip to step 3 [ATTACH=full]542592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]542593[/ATTACH] Option 2: or just take whatever means necessary to get the cap off (if you choose this way you will need to do a bit more work) [ATTACH=full]542594[/ATTACH] Please note if you use something to pry the cap off with you may scratch the black area on the svt cap. If you happen to do don't worry. ^^^^ [SIZE="5"][COLOR="Blue"][B](2)[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] Next is to remove the glue/tape from the svt cap I kept heating it up and pealing off a little at a time Once most is off grab a piece of sand paper and rub till it is smooth (warning sanding too much will remove the black on the cap) [ATTACH=full]542595[/ATTACH] After you have removed and sanded smooth the glue/tape use black nail polish to fix any areas where the black has came off of the cap (Not good) [ATTACH=full]542596[/ATTACH] [SIZE="5"][COLOR="Blue"][B](3)[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] Now you are ready to start modifying the American Muscle cap Grab a sander and start sanding [ATTACH=full]542597[/ATTACH] The end goal is to sand it smooth to the black area on the American Muscle cap Don't worry the center part will sand out [ATTACH=full]542598[/ATTACH] Clean it off real well and heat it up so it is dry [SIZE="5"][COLOR="Blue"][B](4)[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] Skip to step 5 if you did option one in step one After Grab some 3m double sided tape (any auto parts) and tape entire surface [ATTACH=full]542599[/ATTACH] Before you pull the other side of the tape off heat the tape/cap and press the tape to give it a good bound Next pull the red off the tape. Before applying the svt cap heat the tape up Press the cap into the center of your wheel (without trying to finger it up) [SIZE="5"][COLOR="Blue"][B](5)[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] Heat the svt cap tape/glue then apply if you did option one in step one Grab your svt cap and apply (use a good amount of pressure) [ATTACH=full]542600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]542601[/ATTACH] Take the cap out of the wheel and keep pressure on it with something heavy Here are some of the differences Modified one is on the left oem SVT one is on the right [ATTACH=full]542602[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]542603[/ATTACH] Good luck to all trying this. Just take your time and they should turn out like oem. Hopefully this is a help to those running into this problem :beer: [/QUOTE]
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