

| Subject: | Re: Stupid Hubcap question for '74 Westy |
| Date: | Fri, 26 Apr 1996 09:35:07 -0700 |
Mark E. White asked "hubcaps. How do you put them on without putting a big dent in them." I don't know how serious you are about this, but I saw a guy at one of those multi million dollar antique auto exhibits puting on a hub cap and I had to ask what he had in his hand. It was fascinating. He said they sprayed the outside surface of the cap with mold release (silicon spray will do I think) and then made a partial mold of part of the outside surface using epoxey body puddy. When it cures and is shaped to thick piece about a 5 inches long by an inch and a half wide cap mating surface, you have a non destructive way to load the hub cap with a rubber hammer's impact energy. Mine have the little dents you mentioned. Cheers, John Wakefield
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