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72Z/28
01-03-2014, 09:10 AM
Hello guys
I have had my new Fikse wheels sitting in my house for almost a year, and finally got the chance to mount them after I had gotten my car back from the bodyshop.
I have run into an issue with the wilwood front wheel hub dust cap and the Fikse wheel center cap fitment. The wheel hub dust cap is a bit sticking further out causing the center cap not to fit.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2014/01/image_zps8d962f77-1.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/72Z28/media/image_zps8d962f77.jpg.html)
I am wondering has anybody run into this issue and what was the solution to get this center cap to sit properly.
Really appreciate your input guys

Apogee
01-03-2014, 09:18 AM
Your hub dust cap is covering the spindle pin, so while there may be some room between the cap and the pin to take advantage of, Wilwood doesn't make a lower profile cap that I'm aware of. Have you contacted Fikse to see if they make a raised center cap for just such reasons? I know that other manufacturers have low, medium and high clearance center caps available.

Tobin
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6D9 Matt
01-03-2014, 11:07 AM
I believe Fikse makes a deeper cap for this. I would call them.

cwylie
01-03-2014, 11:26 AM
CCW made my pad height taller than it needed to be to clear the brakes so I could fit a center cap on over the wilwood dust cap.

72Z/28
01-03-2014, 01:57 PM
Thank you guys. I did contact Alan at Fikses, and they do make taller caps for the front wheels for that reason. However, there current Logo is a bit different than what I have.