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View Full Version : Refurbishing part-metal centre caps, e.g. 8D0 601 165K


HPsauce
16th April 2015, 04:19 PM
I know these fit a number of wheels, though mine are for 20" D2 S8 Final Edition wheels. This design of centre if you're not familiar:
http://www.germanautopartsdirect.co.uk/images/8d0601165k1h7_L.jpg

I currently have a set of cheap Chinese imitations which are "acceptable" but our sponsors finally found the set of the genuine ones for the wheels I bought recently.
Sadly, as expected, they are rather tatty (like the wheels had been) and need a thorough refurb.

Has anyone ever successfully refurbished these, they don't look very easy to take apart and the corroded patches on the metal look particularly tricky?