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Old 09-22-2014, 12:56 AM
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I prefer to see the rotors and calipers, although I like more that kind of wheels with rounded spokes (as in my BBS wheels, also with 'restilized' OE-like center caps) than the straight ones.

However, what you did with those wheels is awesome.
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Very nice center caps job. The rest is matter of taste and no opinion should make you less happy.
Old 09-22-2014, 08:18 AM
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Very nice center caps job. The rest is matter of taste and no opinion should make you less happy.
it took a lot of R&D engineering to solve all the problems presented in accomplishing that one small but neccessary step. If you saw whats 'behind the curtain' I think you'd be one who would appreciate whats there...each center hub assembly required 13 stainless bolts, 8 pieces of ABS plastic, and lots of Permatex Plastic Weld. The Audi cap is not removable from the Bentley cap.

There was a way that a machine shop could have machined a more simple solution that would allow the Audi cap to be removed inorder to remove the Bentley cap from the wheel.
But that would have cost several hundred dollars. And since the Audi caps cost $70 each it was already a pricey modification. So I fabricated the one piece assembly.
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VERY nice! I can't believe you found them on CL!

I love those monoblocks, too. One of my all-time favorite wheels. Can I borrow them for five or six years?

-Tom
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Another proof that the beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.
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Absolutely hideous ...
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