Motoring Discussion > After a couple of rare centre caps...	Accessories and Parts
Thread Author: J.B	Replies: 23

New Fri 29 Oct 10 13:05   After a couple of rare centre caps... - J.B

I say 'rare', but that's only because i've had SO MUCH trouble on getting my hands on them. Ive found a couple of sites specialising in custom wheels, but they either dont stock them anymore or have never heard of them. They're made by 'Veloche', are called 'Spike 520'. A quick google search will bring you up pictures, but heres a link in case you don't know which one's mine : custom-wheels-car-rims.phatkars.com/images/520%20SPIKE-600.jpg As you can see the centre cap is far from ordinary, and it has proven difficult for me to source them, so i have decided to try my luck on some motoring sites to see if someone can point me in the right direction. I live in the UK, so unless dealers can ship quickly and cheaply from overseas, then the dealers will have to be in the UK also. It is just the centre cap that i am after. (The spiky bit in the centre) Thanks in advance for any advice/help you can give me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 13:16   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Zero

OMG that's hideous. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 13:20   After a couple of rare centre caps... - J.B

bought the car second hand with the wheels on. doesn't look too bad when theyre on the car, but they look worse when they dont have centre caps on -.- Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 13:25   After a couple of rare centre caps... - madf

Obviously designed by Boadicea... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 14:11   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Pat

Welcome to car4play JB, and please don't be put off:) Some of us have a wierd sense of humour but we mean no harm. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 15:51   After a couple of rare centre caps... - hawkeye

mmmmmmm ... nice! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 18:19   After a couple of rare centre caps... - J.B

only had it for a couple of weeks, bought it because it was crazy, a bit like me really :D Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 20:47   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Kevin

I think you might need to contact the manufacturer. A quick Google reveals the following: tinyurl.com/3xs6w7p Veloche wheels are manufactured in China by a Company called "Master Pacific Co. Ltd". Registered address is The 28th Floor, No. 933, West Zhongshan Road, Shanghai. The Spike 520 is currently only exported to the US. Looks like your centre caps are going to be coming from either China or US. Shipping by air freight takes about 7 days in both cases. Kevin... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 20:59   After a couple of rare centre caps... - J.B

Thanks i'll send them a message Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 29 Oct 10 22:03   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Alastairw

Out of interest, what car are these wheels currently attached to? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 10:56   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Mike Hannon

Are they missing because they are illegal in the UK? Hope so. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 11:01   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Bellboy

i think beastie boy fans took em Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 12:46   After a couple of rare centre caps... - J.B

for the lulz thumbsnap.com/eUfAbGhQ Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 13:33   After a couple of rare centre caps... - WillDeBeest

Crikey. What does lulz mean? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 15:21   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Bellboy

well it looked ok till i saw the morris minor indicators why would anybody want them? i even fitted led sidelights in my truck yesterday in a move to modernism (i knicked em out of a sales car) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 15:23   After a couple of rare centre caps... - swiss tony

>> for the lulz >> >> thumbsnap.com/eUfAbGhQ >> Each to their own! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 16:03   After a couple of rare centre caps... - J.B

think the indicators were taken from a land rover, but im not sure, i bought it like that lulz: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lulz Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 16:16   After a couple of rare centre caps... - L'escargot

This company may be able to help. tinyurl.com/3xdrrp6 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 18:11   After a couple of rare centre caps... - J.B

im not paying $79.99 for a piece of plastic...ive sourced the makers now anyway, just waiting for a reply edit: that company charges ridiculous amount for pieces of plastic o.O www.centercapsdirect.com/C012-1-Giovanna-Wheels-Chrome-Center-Caps-Display-Model-1268.html Last edited by: J.B on Sat 30 Oct 10 at 18:14 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 18:24   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Runfer D'Hills

Welcome JB. At least we can can be fairly sure that you are probably potty enough to fit in here ! Are we allowed to be impertinent enough to ask what in the name of all that's holy attracted you to that particular car ? It is, to be frank, a bit of a statement isn't it ? Quite what it says though I'm not really sure ! Hope you enjoy it anyway. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 20:13   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Iffy

...At least we can can be fairly sure that you are probably potty enough to fit in here !... He won't fit in with me if he carries on using stupid non-words such as lulz. The Ka looks quite a decent job - I've seen plenty worse. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 20:19   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Zero

Its been used, its documented, its understood, So its no longer a non word, just one you don't know about or like. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 20:23   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Iffy

...it's understood... Not by many, I'll wager. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 30 Oct 10 21:01   After a couple of rare centre caps... - Phil I

>>Not by many, I'll wager. "In Barnsley m'lud they speak of little else" I was seized with desire when I saw these fitments and considered they would go well with my plated valve caps (set of 4 at £1 set from Poundshop) However my desire faded when I realised a set of four centre caps would set me back $280. and there would be a substantial costs for delivery to the West Country U.K Happy Motoring Phil I ps. Just clocked 18K in the last four years after buying QX Man's QX. Reply to this message | Report message