crested painted center caps
Where to source OEM crested painted center caps for my 1992 Cab with Cup 1 wheels?
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Ebay usually has them
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There are several versions. Ebay is usually a good source however finding the correct vintage for our cars is becoming very hard. If you don't mind the newer crest there are many available. 964 vintage caps have Porsche in Gold lettering vs black and are very hard to come by last set I saw sold for well over $250 and needed refurbishment. Otherwise the black lettered versions can be had cheap.
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The colour crested version that were around in the early 1990's would be these;
http://type911shop.co.uk/.media/273252696868.jpeg Still available easily enough for about $30 a pop. 92836103211 TPP |
Thanks Jim, Cobalt and Pervy.
Yes those are the ones I am looking for Pervy. Thanks for the part number. The search begins... |
I bought mine from 928 International.
http://www.mailordercentral.com/928i...361%20032%2011 No affiliations. |
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Originally Posted by 911PERVY
(Post 10521043)
The colour crested version that were around in the early 1990's would be these;
http://type911shop.co.uk/.media/273252696868.jpeg Still available easily enough for about $30 a pop. 92836103211 TPP Sorry only picture I could find right now. |
is the gold on these caps plated or painted?
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Has anyone taken any steps to refurb tired center caps?
The gold paint or plating on mine is faded to the point the crest looks silver. |
Bought a set from Sunset for $24.63 each. Best price I could find.
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Originally Posted by cobalt
(Post 10524016)
I know those were available for the earlier cars and 928 with 16" wheels but the factory supplied caps for the Cup I's and Speedlines looked like these with the recessed circle and slightly smaller crest. I believe the others are plastic caps the later caps were cast metal.
Sorry only picture I could find right now. |
Originally Posted by 911PERVY
(Post 10532286)
The metal ones with the smaller crest are NLA and were EXC96403800 as fitted to the Anniversary cars. They are still available in plastic with the smaller crest, either flat or dished.
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Originally Posted by g60pops
(Post 10524114)
is the gold on these caps plated or painted?
sure it's a valuable source of inspiration for many task and help for other technical problem that we all have with our car ... ( 964 C4 1991 for me :roflmao: ) i'm very happy to post for my first time .. specially if i can help or give some infos ... even if it's not technical :thumbup: ( excuse me for not having made any presentation) share this info is also passion so to answer the question : it's not plated but epoxy painted .. it's epoxy "gold look" and some cleaning acid products are very "aggressive" with the paint . so the gold look are going away with the time ... i try ( for curiosity purpose too :thumbup: ) to replate the emblems . i try some gold paint ... not fine .. :( so plating seem the good solution. a long long long way ... because they are made of aluminum ( raw aluminum .. not mixed with other metals .. just aluminum ... ) . very very difficult to plate but doable . i have made many "test and try" so now my badges are a little bit "rough" now . on the 4 badges , one is realy almost unplatable now but 2 of them are almost jewelry look ! :roflmao: i'm looking for 4 new "old" badges to retry another plating .. for information : first use diluted caustic to remove the epoxy .. very hard not to go too far and damage the aluminum . the relief ( in french ? ) is vbery deep so a VERY GOOD cleaning in ultrasonic is mandatory ( i try to skip this step but ... it was a very bad idea ..:soapbox: ) a claning solution a activatin gsolution then a zincate solution to zincate first the nickel plating on zinc then gold plating on nickel . some polishing give more brilliant and shine finish . if you are interested i had made a long post with pictures on a french forum http://forum964passion.xooit.fr/t150....htm?start=210 i can upload some other pics here if you want . http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/dsc_5810.jpg some try with gold paint http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/dsc_5811.jpg after a bit polishing of aluminum http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/imag3110.jpg the kit from uk : http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/imag3111.jpg zincate : http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/imag3112.jpg the nickel plating step : http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/imag3210.jpg finaly without polishing ... http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/imag3310.jpg i had replate my hood crest too as it is made of brass ... really too easy comparred to alu :thumbup: just gold plate and it's ok :cheers: http://i79.servimg.com/u/f79/11/59/08/31/imag3211.jpg And a big hello from France |
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Welcome and such an informative first post. |
Originally Posted by g60pops
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Welcome and such an informative first post. i love sharing tips and trick :p especially when i come here to read almost everything about 964 and often find really useful infso :bowdown: as soon i find new old parts badges , i will try to replate them but now .. they will have the perfect glossy finish i want :thumbsup: |
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