Hey all. It’s been awhile. I just bought some 1961 Buick wheel covers to put on my ‘54 Chevy 210 and come to find out the wheel covers won’t go all the way in the wheel due to the inner wheel sticking out too far. Is this a lost cause? :/
It's a common issue trying to use certain caps on certain wheels, those Chevy rims have very little dish compared to the wheels those Buick caps originally came on. If it's hitting the wheel itself, it's probably never going to work without some deeper rims. If it's hitting the center grease cap, sometimes you can take the cap off and get a tiny bit more clearance behind the wheel cover, although then you don't have a grease cap anymore. I did that on a car for a while and it was OK.
I removed the dust/grease cap and still can’t get the wheel cover to go in all the way to the wheel :/ I measured the outer rim from the front and it’s 15 inches so I believe in that aspect they should fit.
sounds funny, but get some white flat spoke wheels (cheap) like the kind they use on trailers, paint outer portion of rim red, and snap on hubcaps.
After 3 years and you still don't have Spinners??? Can't imagine how long it's going to take you to something significant!
Have any suggestions? I really don’t want to get new wheels if necessary. Is there anything I can do to fix the spindle sticking far out issue in the front? :/
If you don't want to find a different wheel I would suggest selling the hub caps abd finding something that will fit. HRP
Nope, because I did a "close up of hubcap" its NOT just the spindle hitting , its the raised area around lug nut area. Fog the area am referring to, then try hubcap, move it around then check scratched area,, then clean wheel with SOS,, or paint remover.. get cheap trailer wheels at HF.. to much involved reversing wheel, and probably would not fit rear wheel opening. ( I predict..) sell wheels on H.A.M.B. under 'wanted" always somebody looking for 15 inch wheels to fit Chevy..
The issue is not the diameter of the rim, it's the raised center section of the rim where your old dog dish caps went, that's probably what's hitting the back side of the cap. Either that, or the center spindle. Either way, those hubcaps are not going to snap onto those rims. Even reversing the rim as suggested above is not going to work, as the back side of a '54 Chevy steel wheel is beveled instead of flat like a normal rim and there won't be enough lip left for the caps to catch on. Reversing a rim is definitely not a job for a beginner anyway, can be dangerous if done incorrectly. Study what a stock '54 Chevy full wheel cover looks like, it's a big dome, where as your Buick caps dip back in toward the center. You need caps with enough dome to clear your wheels from the back side, or you need different wheels altogether to run those caps. Good to see you're still around, sorry you haven't had better luck with caps.
At **** why do you guys keep throwing out ******** off the wall nonsense when Squablow gave him the correct answer there damn years ago. Goto the wrecking yard and find some plain steel wheels off a mid 70's Monte Carlo or other mid 70's GM with 15 inch wheels with a 4-3/4 inch bolt pattern. No screwing around and we'll under 100 bucks. Sent from my VS988 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I went back to his first thread, I didn't read all the reply's but these are different hupcaps, I was just replying what was posted today,not 3 years ago. HRP
This is on the 54 Car hubs and drums on my 48 pickup. 57 Buick hubcap from the back side in first photo 76 Cad Seville wheel that has enough recess to put the Buick cap on. Came from my wife's old 76 Seville when she blew trans in it. Buick cap on the 76 rim on my 48 with the 54 Car hubs. All you need is some used mid 70's 5 on 4-3/4 15 inch wheels that are recessed just enough to safely put your hubcaps on. Reversed factory wheels won't normally hold a full size hubcap because the back side of the wheel doesn't have the surface to hold caps. Cutting a wheel to clear is nonsense and shouldn't have been suggested.
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