Uzi Crooklyn

thanks for the help dude, i honestly though he was trying to be a smart ass when he said player rims lol, then i forgot that they are wire wheels. lol

knock off is a centercap that screws in that that you have to hit with a lead hammer to get them off i believe, thats why they call it a knock off?

TRU

I guess so, I couldn't tell you. I've been looking into all these lowrider things and I don't understand their language haha. I know the peice you are looking for is a "Bullet Style Spinner" though.

Fabrik8

Knock off wheels don't use studs or bolts, they use drive pins and a threaded centerlock wingnut to hold the wheel on (you hit the wings with a mallet to start the nut turning). They were the predecessors of today's centerlock racing wheels but are now just used on lowrider crap where the cosmetics of the wheel spokes are the most important thing.

Fabrik8

Here's a good picture of a custom made spike:

http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2267671

Clever mounting on that; the back piece seats on the shoulder where the OEM plastic centercaps snap into place. I think spikes look retarded on anything but rat rods but you can follow whatever weird VW trends you want. Get a local machine shop to make them for you. They would be really easy to make on a lathe, all you'd need is to set the crossfeed to whatever angle you wanted and start makin' chips.

DeezUU

Lo-rider style spike caps and the type used on VWs look nothing alike (other than they are both conical). The ones on VWs aren't knockoff style and don't screw the wheel on. They are there strictly for aesthetics.



FWIW, Brian... you are better off buying a few blocks of billet and having some milled down custom. I had 1 made (as a proto) when I had my OZ turbos but then realized my left caps had different diameter emblems and centercaps than my right (?!) so I nixed the project and bolted the spike to the spare. It's not cheap, though... I know someone and it was still $75/spike after I bought the materials. You pretty much just mill the aluminum to the angle/size you want, have the machinist drill a centered pilot hole on the back side, and tap/screw that onto an existing centercap.

shawn22

Hot Topic.

Fabrik8

Oh, and if you want to be baller, do a group buy and get someone like Wenzel to spin some out of aluminum sheet.