yayjohnny
05-31-2011, 10:04 AM
Changed up the center cap again. Here is what it is now
What's required:
1. RS4 Center Caps that come apart (4B0 601 170 A 7ZJ) About $25 each? ** These are the 57.1mm caps so make sure they will fit on your wheels
http://shop.achtuning.com/ProductImages/images/product_images_audi/centercaps/T_B7_RS4_Cap.jpg
2. Flat head driver
3a. Vinyl Route
- Your sheet of vinyl whatever color you want. 12" x 12" is more than enough for 4 center caps.
- My suggestion is to vinyl the cap itself
- Spray paint for the audi logo and the outer ring to contrast
3b. Spray paint route
- One color of spray paint for the cap itself
- Another color of spray paint for the outer ring and the audi logo to contrast
I would suggest getting the OEM RS4 center caps using the part number provided. But you can also find some RS4 replica center caps off eBay that come apart as well. Just make sure you can find a picture of the back of the cap to see if you notice the tabs and clips.
Basically the center cap comes in three pieces:
1. The Cap itself
2. The Audi Logo
3. The Outer Ring
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4061/20110517152847932.jpg
You can make any sort of color combinations out of these three pieces.
1. Disassemble the Outer Ring:
Turn the center cap around and you'll notice 4 tabs holding the outer ring onto the cap.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1034/outerring.jpg
-What you do is stick your nail in the gap where the tabs are (where the arrows are) and push the tab out of the hole to loosen that corner, then do the same for the other tabs until you get the whole outer ring off the cap
2. Disassemble the Audi Logo
This is where it gets a little tricky because the rings are VERY FRAGILE. I broke one of them and it was a pain to fix.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8906/audilogo.jpg
There are 4 clips that goes into 4 holes in the cap.
-Basically what you do is you grab something sharp like a flat head screw driver, and you push the clips out.
-You want to be careful because you want to get all 4 of them out at once so that you don't break any of the clips.
-Once you push them as far as you can from the back, you'll notice that the rings come out on the other side, but is still in there because the clips hold onto it tight.
-You take the flat head and just lift the Audi Logo upwards out of the hole but make sure you do it one side at a time (2 clips) and still try to aim for having all 4 clips out at the same time.
3a. Vinyl Wrap the Cap
-Measure the cap with the vinyl and cut a square piece of vinyl.
-Wrap just the face of the cap, you don't want to get any excess vinyl on the indent for the outer ring because it'll be hard to fit the outer ring back on since vinyl is kinda thick. But you also want some excess vinyl over the edges just so it doesn't look like it's too short and you can see spots where you missed the vinyl.
-Then use the blow dryer and heat up the vinyl while its on the cap and just keep pressing on it. Use your nail to push in the vinyl to make the audi logo indent so that you know where you can put holes in.
-Take a knife, and stick the sharp part into the hole of the cap through the vinyl so that you have a spot to stick the audi logo clip through
-Also stick the knife through the holes that the Outer Ring tabs go through.
I've circled the spots where you need to cut through the vinyl in this picture
I also put a thin coat of clearcoat ontop of the vinyl. But you mustn't put too thick of a coat if you decide to do so because a thick coat would cover the Carbon Fiber design of the vinyl
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/6259/finishedx.jpg
Results
What I did was bought silver carbon fiber vinyl for the center cap, then I got flat black spray paint for the outer ring and the audi logo
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6248/201105171432364turlock.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5918/dsc0278lm.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2606/dsc0275jx.jpg
What's required:
1. RS4 Center Caps that come apart (4B0 601 170 A 7ZJ) About $25 each? ** These are the 57.1mm caps so make sure they will fit on your wheels
http://shop.achtuning.com/ProductImages/images/product_images_audi/centercaps/T_B7_RS4_Cap.jpg
2. Flat head driver
3a. Vinyl Route
- Your sheet of vinyl whatever color you want. 12" x 12" is more than enough for 4 center caps.
- My suggestion is to vinyl the cap itself
- Spray paint for the audi logo and the outer ring to contrast
3b. Spray paint route
- One color of spray paint for the cap itself
- Another color of spray paint for the outer ring and the audi logo to contrast
I would suggest getting the OEM RS4 center caps using the part number provided. But you can also find some RS4 replica center caps off eBay that come apart as well. Just make sure you can find a picture of the back of the cap to see if you notice the tabs and clips.
Basically the center cap comes in three pieces:
1. The Cap itself
2. The Audi Logo
3. The Outer Ring
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4061/20110517152847932.jpg
You can make any sort of color combinations out of these three pieces.
1. Disassemble the Outer Ring:
Turn the center cap around and you'll notice 4 tabs holding the outer ring onto the cap.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1034/outerring.jpg
-What you do is stick your nail in the gap where the tabs are (where the arrows are) and push the tab out of the hole to loosen that corner, then do the same for the other tabs until you get the whole outer ring off the cap
2. Disassemble the Audi Logo
This is where it gets a little tricky because the rings are VERY FRAGILE. I broke one of them and it was a pain to fix.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8906/audilogo.jpg
There are 4 clips that goes into 4 holes in the cap.
-Basically what you do is you grab something sharp like a flat head screw driver, and you push the clips out.
-You want to be careful because you want to get all 4 of them out at once so that you don't break any of the clips.
-Once you push them as far as you can from the back, you'll notice that the rings come out on the other side, but is still in there because the clips hold onto it tight.
-You take the flat head and just lift the Audi Logo upwards out of the hole but make sure you do it one side at a time (2 clips) and still try to aim for having all 4 clips out at the same time.
3a. Vinyl Wrap the Cap
-Measure the cap with the vinyl and cut a square piece of vinyl.
-Wrap just the face of the cap, you don't want to get any excess vinyl on the indent for the outer ring because it'll be hard to fit the outer ring back on since vinyl is kinda thick. But you also want some excess vinyl over the edges just so it doesn't look like it's too short and you can see spots where you missed the vinyl.
-Then use the blow dryer and heat up the vinyl while its on the cap and just keep pressing on it. Use your nail to push in the vinyl to make the audi logo indent so that you know where you can put holes in.
-Take a knife, and stick the sharp part into the hole of the cap through the vinyl so that you have a spot to stick the audi logo clip through
-Also stick the knife through the holes that the Outer Ring tabs go through.
I've circled the spots where you need to cut through the vinyl in this picture
I also put a thin coat of clearcoat ontop of the vinyl. But you mustn't put too thick of a coat if you decide to do so because a thick coat would cover the Carbon Fiber design of the vinyl
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/6259/finishedx.jpg
Results
What I did was bought silver carbon fiber vinyl for the center cap, then I got flat black spray paint for the outer ring and the audi logo
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6248/201105171432364turlock.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5918/dsc0278lm.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2606/dsc0275jx.jpg