Rally Wheels Center Cap - Differences / Restore
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2022
- If you are looking to buy a set of Chevy or GMC truck Rally Wheels, I am glad you are here! In todays video, I am going to show you all the different types of center caps that came on the GM Truck Rally Wheels. I'm also going to show you how to clean and restore a set. Make sure you check out my Rally Wheels for Trucks and Cheap Rally Wheel Restoration videos as well.
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There was also a longer front 6-lug center cap that came on the mid-70’s 4x4 trucks that had “full time 4wd”. No lockout.
Awesome! I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing!
I have those Center caps with the hidden fasteners on the back. Gold Chevy emblems, 7 inch wheels. I read somewhere that they were installed on 70s vans. Gonna mount them on my 71 short bet stepside C10.
Thanks for responding! That should look good!
Now do beauty rings and lug covers and we will have the complete Itsthechad rally restoration guide 👍
The rings are a pain with all the trucks, suvs and vans. Not a bad idea though!
@ItsTheChad Fair enough. All I know there is a difference, and there's beauty rings I do like, and ones I don't. Lug covers I have no clue, but want to get the correct ones if I decide to run them instead of chrome lugs. You've been a great help, Chad. Much appreciated 👍
I have those exact center caps. They came factory on a 1977 Chevy C-10 my dad bought brand new. They are 15x7 and I still have the wheels, center caps and rings.
Good info! So it sounds like they have been on a couple 15x7s so far. Thank you for responding! This helps!
I just redid a set of centre caps and used good body shop thinner, the kind that gets u high, and sat the cap in it for 5/10 mins and the argent paint peeled off. Also I found that usinga heat gun on the logo decal makes em peel off easier as well as heating the old glue residue before scraping it off. Lastly using the heat gun I heated up the centre cap surface before installed the new decal. Just found your channel and love yor 67-72 C10 videos.
I like the heat gun idea! I will try that in the future as well. I am working on cleaning black paint off a set now. What a pain! I’m glad you found the channel! I sure like these old trucks and the stories that come with them.
Someone had paint my center caps the base black along with the foil Chevy logo black. Took some goof off graffiti remover. The paint bubbles up almost immediately and got through the silver. Chrome looks really great underneath. Now they’re all chrome gonna look sweet back on the truck
Awesome! Good to know that worked for you. I have a similar set painted black. I used carb cleaner and #00 steel wool on one so far. It worked but, but was slow going. I will give your way a try. Thanks for sharing!
@@ItsTheChad71 thanks to your video here I wouldn’t have known they were chrome underneath. Saved me from buying the Plastic Repop ones. Thanks man. Your content is great!
Good video chad. I have a few sets of the 5 lug caps that bolt on from the rear and they were from an early van. I also have some 6 lug rally wheels that are 15 x 7 and work great for the front of the 67-70 to keep the track width similar and not have the front wheel drive look. The 7's are rare and hard to come by, but are out there.
The 5 lug also came in 7,6.5 and 6" for the front for a staggered look.
Thank you! Good to know on the caps! You are right on the 7”. They are getting harder to come by. Thanks you for sharing and for watching!
What about the 1979 knock off style center cap? The best looking cap ever in my opinion, at least I was told they were factory on the 79 I had.
I’m not familiar with a 79 cap. If you’ve got a pic of one, could you send it to me via email or FB? Thanks!
BTW, the 6 lug was not solely exclusive to the 4x4. I had a 1969 GMC 1500 Sierra Grande Custom 4X2, back in 1983 that had 6 lug. I would predict it came that way due to the heavy 1/2 ton option it came with. It rode like a 3/4 or 1-ton. I wish I had a picture of the SPI tag in the glove box.
Good info! I remember those heavy half’s. They got to bypass some emission regulations that way.
I still have my original center caps that someone put knock off caps on I need to restore but I did buy a set of repop plastic caps from ebay for now I plan on buying 15x10 rallies when they are back in stock online
The plastic ones do look nice. I like the look of the 15x10s on the rear!
Is there any way to cut the top off of the center caps cuz I have 6 lug center caps for my 4x4 but they don’t have the 2 with out the top. All 4 are covered
You can cut the centers out if you want. Drill some small pilot holes and jigsaw w metal blade, oscillating saw or Dremel. If not you might see if someone might trade you for a pair of open caps.
I have one of the rally wheels as the spare on my 93 GMC van; the other 4 are a different style, so I guess they used NOS rallies if they had them?
That could have been since they started phasing them out with the square bodies. Might as well use what you got. Cool info. Thanks for sharing and for watching!
Those smoth center caps are 76 and back truck and van center caps and they where on some special models I have 4 sets
Awesome! Thanks for sharing the info Jordan. I thought they might of been older since they mounted from the rear.
Thanks for video, but what do they look like on a truck ?
I’ve got several sets on different trucks in my other videos. Timeless look.
I have a set of universal steelies with no mounting holes. What would the best way be to add a rally style hub caps? Tap and drill? Mounting tape? Screws from the back?
If it was me, and you plan on keeping the wheels for a while. I would use a tap and die.
They have to be 4x4 15in rims ? . I got a 6 lug 16 in set, but have to cut the center out to a 4 in bore. For my 67 c10 2wd
Are they the newer style from the 88-98 trucks? I don’t remember 16” in this style. The 15” 4x4 rallies in this style are the only ones that will fit the 67-70s. I hope that makes sense. If not feel free to ask more questions.
I found some 88-98 chevy plastic center caps at a salvage yard for cheap. Would I be able to use steel wool to polish them ? they have a fair amount of scratches/pitting on them.
You can try some wheel polish or wax but I wouldn’t use anything too aggressive because it’s more of a sticker than chrome.
@@ItsTheChad71 will give it a try, thanks!
Where can I find decent lug nut covers? The aftermarket ones don't thread onto the threaded lug nuts very good
I just usually just buy the generic metal lug nuts from the part store. I buy replacement thread cutter bolts for the center caps at the hardware store.
How can you thread the wheels ? I recently bought some hubcaps for my wheels but on one of the wheels none of the bolt seem to go into the wheel.
I have run into the same issue when I buy new replacement center caps that come with new screws. When I run them in they strip. If you have any of the original bolts that have a cut in the threads at the tip, run them in as a tap. Those are thread cutting bolts and work great.
Do you know of any type of smoothie caps that will fit on these wheels?
I don’t. You might be able to fit something on with the addition of wheel clips.
Where can I get 3.5 in Chevy bow tie decal I been look and I can’t seem to find the ones with black and gold
I found these ones in 3.5” on eBay.
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They are van caps off of 7"rallys
Thanks for sharing that! I haven't got much info on them.
What size is the bolt that attaches the center cap to the rally wheel?
5/16 course thread by 3/4
@@ItsTheChad71 thank you!
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Are you in the Wichita area? I have a set of rally wheels I was hoping you could restore?
I am. Feel free to email me and we can talk.
I need a center cup for my Chevrolet Trailblazer
Check out hubcap haven online. They had a bunch of caps for all sorts of vehicles.
I saw that you cleaned off the paint with the steel wool and cleaner. Why in the world would there be paint on chrome?
GM painted the flat part of the cap where the lugs holes were argent silver to match the wheel color. I prefer an all chrome look myself:
You don't have 1 Chevy 6 lug center cap that mounts from the back... i just need one to complete my set...
I don’t have a 6 lug. I have never seen one around here.
@@ItsTheChad71 ok thank you...
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