Black center caps for my black Cragar Soft 8s
 

I had been wanting some black center caps for my Cragar Soft 8s and I surely wouldn't settle for the chrome caps that can be purchased.

Looking at my stock wheels that I had taken off, I noticed the removable center caps. I figured I could paint those black and use them with the new wheels.

I wanted to keep the ones I had with the original wheels so I went to Ebay searching for some more of the stock JK center caps that I could mess up if my project didn't go as planned.
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Using the Krylon Fusion spray paint for plastics, I prepped the surfaces with a light sanding and cleaning.
http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/th...50_Medium_.JPG

I laid them out
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Painted them
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Before
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After
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I used some cutters to remove the 3 studs on the back of the caps so that the caps would lie flush against the wheel. Then after zipping the lug nuts back on I used #13 o-rings to act as spacers between the cap and the lug nut. (This is because the holes for the lugs are large enough for the lugs to make metal to metal contact when being torqued down.)

With the studs removed, the o-rings are necessary to keep the cap from rattling around while I drive. I simply pushed them over the lip of the lug nut after it was fully seated on the wheel. I did not use an o-ring on the locking lug nut.

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The spare with new center cap
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An overall look
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Looks good. I did the samething about a month ago for my spare cause I didn't like the unfinished look. I never had a chance to take a pic of it.

I found this and am bringing it back from 4 years ago because I think this worked out Great!:rock:

I did the same idea on my '07 2-door, only I matched the body color.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~blkbear/DCP_1900-1024.JPG

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