Has anybody had problems when their compomotive wheels get hot the centre caps fall off?
Compomotive Centre Caps
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Krusty
, Jul 09 2017 05:56 AM
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Posted 09 July 2017 - 05:56 AM
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Posted 09 July 2017 - 07:14 AM
I've the mo's with the aluminium centres and no issue here
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Posted 09 July 2017 - 07:20 AM
Yes
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Posted 09 July 2017 - 08:27 AM
+1. And I know they do it, so I'm extra annoyed at myself for forgetting to take them off before going on track yesterday!Yes
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Posted 09 July 2017 - 08:15 PM
Will mine be affected? Been good for 5 years now though?I've the mo's with the aluminium centres and no issue here
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Posted 10 July 2017 - 09:49 AM
Yep, had it twice now. I thought drilling a small hole in the middle of the O fixed it at my last track day, but lost one just after the day. I think its the poor quality of fitment more than anything else. I want to experiment with diffirent make ones and see if that helps
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Posted 10 July 2017 - 10:19 AM
they get hot and pop off... the plastic and whatever metal the wheel is made from expand at different rates.
There is a video of one of mine firing off over Captian Vines car at croft lol 
Edited by Andrew aka Stuwy, 10 July 2017 - 10:20 AM.
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Posted 11 July 2017 - 05:31 PM
Has anybody come up with a fix? Can you get aluminium centres for the wheels?
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Posted 11 July 2017 - 10:07 PM
Placing a metal ring inside the clips to stop them folding onwards may help. They are a pretty crap design though, and the plastic is shockingly cheap
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Posted 12 July 2017 - 07:54 PM
I'm not near the car at the minute.. can anyone who is check the diameter of the cap I need to replace it? I seem to recall the bore of the centre of the wheel is 60mm?
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Posted 13 July 2017 - 11:43 AM
Has anybody come up with a fix? Can you get aluminium centres for the wheels?
clip them to the wheels then tiger the inside
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Posted 13 July 2017 - 06:01 PM
2 1/2 " or 62.5mmI'm not near the car at the minute.. can anyone who is check the diameter of the cap I need to replace it? I seem to recall the bore of the centre of the wheel is 60mm?
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Posted 13 July 2017 - 06:15 PM
Or just buy Speedlines that have proper centre caps and look much better (wheels and caps) 
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Posted 14 July 2017 - 07:43 AM
2 1/2 " or 62.5mmI'm not near the car at the minute.. can anyone who is check the diameter of the cap I need to replace it? I seem to recall the bore of the centre of the wheel is 60mm?
How annoying that it's not a 'standard' size!! 
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Posted 14 July 2017 - 07:45 AM
Or just buy Speedlines that have proper centre caps and look much better (wheels and caps)
I'm #19 on the group buy list! 
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Posted 11 August 2017 - 12:57 PM
I can confirm that putting a metal ring inside the caps stops them falling off on trackdays 👍
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Posted 11 August 2017 - 02:39 PM
I can confirm that putting a metal ring inside the caps stops them falling off on trackdays 👍
where did you get your metal ring from?
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Posted 11 August 2017 - 04:11 PM
I can confirm that putting a metal ring inside the caps stops them falling off on trackdays 👍
where did you get your metal ring from?
yes share lol
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Posted 12 August 2017 - 08:28 AM
https://simplybearin...html?backstep=1
I cut slots in the ridges with a Dremmel inside the caps to stop the rings popping off
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 07:38 AM
Thats the sort of thing i wanted to do, saved me looking for them rings which i had no idea what they were called
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