cap Warning! Wheel Center Cap Crest Medallion Unglued and Lost

[Kevin Bryck]

2002 996

 

Welcome everyone to another installment highlighting the wonderful world of fragile Porsche parts!

 

Have both 17" and 18" wheels and have recently lost the metal Center Cap logo medallion off of one wheel of each size.

While removing the other center caps every remaining medallion fell right off in my hand.

Metal medallion secured with a random dab of some type of adhesive.

 

We have reached the end of lifespan of whatever adhesive the Center Cap supplier used to keep precious colored metal medallions stuck to those cheap plastic caps.

 

Anyone know how to remove old adhesive?

Anyone have any idea what adhesive to replace it with?

Anyone know how much the Porsche/Piech families made selling replacement center caps last year?

 

Remember when paying through the nose for your precious replacement Center Caps that the Porsche and Piech families are the 7th wealthiest oligarchs in the world per Wikipedia.

 

 

Edited June 21, 2019 by Kevin Bryck

[Michael Laity]

Yea my car is currently missing one. I bought a set of Chinese knockoff caps,. But sadly you get what you pay for.

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[DBJoe996]

I used 3M Emblem Adhesive about 10 years ago....still there.  If I remember correctly I used some mineral spirits and a plastic wedge to clean up  the old adhesive.

[wyovino]

Mine all bit the dust around the same time and I replaced them with cheap Chinese knockoffs. They're not nearly as good but from a few feet away it's hard to tell the difference. If you didn't lose the crests, I would re-glue them.  I think the originals are something like $60 each.

[JFP in PA]

Wheel centers are always a sore spot with just about every manufacturer, even lowly Nissan and Honda centers go $40-50 each.