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My new centercaps.

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Old 11-27-07, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by andone
Wow that looks nice.
Thanks, the cheapest mods always seem help the most (ie. redouts)

Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
Actually, the OEM wheelcap was significantly larger, by about half an inch in diameter. It would have never fit.

It definately needed a different sized cap.
the 97 ES300 cap is about a half inch smaller than these caps you might want to try those.
Old 11-27-07, 09:57 PM
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nice find

Originally Posted by hapaboy
it would be nice if there was an oval around the L and not a circle.
looks about right to me the oval is there but it doesn't stand out too much
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Originally Posted by kattanh3
nice find

looks about right to me the oval is there but it doesn't stand out too much
Thanks,

Another place you can get these centercaps is www.aaarims.com

I figured anything was better than the stuipd Stern "S" center cap that was black... I bet a lot of wheel are able to fit the factory caps. it may take some slight trimming like i had to do. Its only triming on the plastic tabs on the back on the center cap. Its the four outer most plastic tabs you break off and you leave the inner 8 plastic tabs. Snaps in hard but isn't going anywhere!
Old 11-27-07, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ReLexin
"you can't have your cake and eat it too"
true, atleast he did the work to find some and share them with us!

Originally Posted by ChrisES
That's how stock Lexus centercaps are.
Nice work, they look OEM.
here is my stock; i guess i just can't see the oval in his photo.
Attached Thumbnails My new centercaps.-_v6b6977.jpg  
Old 11-27-07, 10:49 PM
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I wasn't reallt focusing on getting the real feal OEM oval around the "L". I was just looking for something that would get rid of the Stern goofy "S" and the black that totally did not match the chrome rims. If i were buying these caps for a factory wheel i had i would have a problem with them not being OEM but since its and improvement from the Stern centers im happy; in addition to this happiness they were cheap too!!!


You can get OEM chrome one though.... I don't see them worth the extra money though....
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bump this! ReLexin, how much did you pay for the centercaps? Plus I don't see them on their website, only stock centercaps.
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looks good.
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It looks very neat!
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
Question for anybody?

How about centercap decals. I just need the 50mm (approx 2") wide decal for the center of a wheelcap. You know, black with a silver/chrome "L" logo...

Or will the above noted wheelcap fit most aftermarket wheels? The OEM wheelcap on the 18" wheels for the IS did not fit my aftermarket wheels...
I hacked up my oem lexus center caps for the chrome lexus symbol. Then I painted the ones from my aftermarket wheels flat black and mounted the chrome symbols right on there.
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Originally Posted by TEXAS83
bump this! ReLexin, how much did you pay for the centercaps? Plus I don't see them on their website, only stock centercaps.
I think ReLexin sold his car, and bought a G35 sedan, something like that, loong time ago.
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Originally Posted by ReLexin
Just changed my centercaps. Cheap little mod. What do you think??

Before

After
Those are clean, might have to look into this more
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