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Offline tracywiedrich

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« on: May 16, 2008 3:56 pm »
I'm looking for two E.T center caps with the five little screws that hold it on. I believe these wheels are E.T II's from the seventies. If anybody knows if they make em new lemme know also...thanks Weed

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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2008 1:47 am »
do some internet searches.  Keith and I got some from Californicate a few years ago.  They were plastic, but cheap.

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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2008 5:00 am »
Yeah, I did do a search and I think I might have found some...the dude that owns the place was on vacation and his chinese machinist tried to help me but we seem to have had a failure to communicate , anyway ,the owner will be back Monday so I'll have to try again..

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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2008 1:25 pm »
Tracy let me know what you find, I have been looking for some too. The ones I found close but you would need to file out the holes to make them fit.
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« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2008 5:54 pm »
My dad's got some- I'll put a couple pics up later this week.
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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2008 2:50 pm »
Found some at Roughrider in Bismarck. Started talking to one of the owners about lugnuts and mentioned I couldnt find center caps and he says I got some of those...We tried em on Toms rims and they were off a smidgeon, but they seem to work o.k. Really makes a improvement...

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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2008 1:32 pm »
Tracy, how close were they on your wheels??
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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2008 4:39 am »
They looked like they would be a little misaligned like yours but I temporarily screwed em right on with sheetmetal type screws. I think with the regular type screw thread they would prolly not go on as well. They sure add a lot to the rims...

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« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2008 6:23 am »
On a set I had I used a small round file to open up the holes a bit and once the screws were on you could not tell. I was had american caps on ET rims.
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