Solution for multi bolt pattern wheels and no hubcaps

Rally America has a new product and I thought some of you might like to know about it. We call them "Dummy Studs". If you've got multi lug wheels and have wanted to run without hubcaps so the lug nuts show but thought showing the extra hole in you wheel was ugly, this is for you! It's a little stud that goes in from the back of the wheel so you can put an extra lug nut on to cover the hole. It's got allen hex on it so you can get it nice and tight too.
Here's so pictures





Thanks,
Jimmy

 

Makes it look like a big rig wheel.
Can you push them in from the front and paint the end to match the wheel?

 

Looks like it will just take twice as long to change the tires.

 

Just the thing I've been looking for! I've always wanted to play russian roulette with a four way to the teeth when changing wheels and tires. Aw thhhhhhit, must be the nextht one over.


Seriously though, I'm not really sure the 1 ton look is any better to look at than the empty uni*** holes.

I'd always thought some kind of spider with stamped "knuckles" between the lugs would work to make smoothie style wheels look more like OEM style centers.

 

Jimmy i hate to say it but id put that back on the shelf! I can imagine anyone running without caps on steel wheels anyway if they have dual patterns. Good idea though i just dont think its gonna fly
Dave
ps: ive been wrong before

 

Now, wait a minute. You could use the "Dummy Studs" with lug nuts to hold on the spider and then you would be able to tell which lugs held the wheel on. When you removed the wheel the spider would stay with the wheel.

 

for some reason I think that looks kind of cool. sure would get people guessing as to WTF is going on there. maybe use 2 different lug nuts.. long pointy ones and shorter regular ones.

 

...someone used those metal hole plugs that you can get to plug holes in your dash or on firewalls: they just pop on, are real flat and can be painted to match. I think they make em in plastic too.

 

You are going to get a indecent exposure ticket for showing your nuts.

 

I saw a 50 Ford running chrome uni*** multiholes, but he also had 40 Ford Deluxe hubcaps too...it seems he welded the smaller cap inside of the larger 40 cap somehow, and snapped it on, covered up the little raised lip too...looked good ..any of you guys have pics of older wider caps on the uni*** wheels?

 

2 words...Big Rig.

 

10-4! a little busy for me also

 

There seems to be three different sizes of re-pro caps.

One, a Ford gennie or gennie re-pro the same size.
Pops onto stock Ford wheels.
Available from Bob Drake and other places.
(I tried a set of these on the double bolt pattern - 4 1/2 x 5 and 4 3/4 x 5 - wheels and they wouldn't fit.

The cap that does snap on - like the larger 48 Ford style cap in the pic - is available from the wheel manufacturers in several different Ford patterns.
32, 34, 40, 48 etc.
I would guess that Rally America supplies these caps for their wheels other than the artillery style shown - which is a good looking wheel imo.

The third size is like the small 32 Ford cap shown.
The wheel manufacturers sell these for use with their aftermarket wire wheels.
Said wheels being the resto-rod type, but on the right car they look good.
Fwiw, these smaller caps are the ones I adapted to my 32's slot mags.

Perhaps Wheelkids answer to the extra holes problem isn't for everyone, but it strikes me as being a good alternative.
If nothing else it'll stir up the onlookers.
Maybe we can start calling them "Ten Bolts."

As Rusty1 said, the snap in stamped sheet metal plugs, the ones with many fingers would work well in a polished stainless or chrome style.
Unpainted ones could be painted to match the wheel color.

My preference with the artillery wheels shown would be to run a hubcap, but that's just me....

 

There's also a few other aftermarket hubcap hole sizes. I'll try to list a few off the top of my head.
Like C9 said
1) Gennie, Solid, and stock 40-48 Ford size, which you can get almost any style cap you want on.
2)Smoothie Size-Fits 14" and 15" smoothies, also comes in pretty much whatever cap you could ever want
3)Ford wire size. 5 3/4" Comes on 72 series wires wheels from wheel vintiques and some wheels from Roadster wire wheel.

ALSO,
4) Chevy rally wheel size- Also 16" Smoothies and our 15" Artillery wheel size. Comes in also any style you want as well.
5)OEM style outside knob wheels- 10 1/8th, you can get baby moons and some selected ford and chevy caps for this size.
6)Mclean and Wheel Vintiques wire wheel size- 6 5/16- Come on McLean wire wheels and wheel vintiques wire other then 72 Series.
7) Roadster Wire Wheels, Come on Roadster wire wheels- 6 3/16
8)Chrysler wires size- 6 7/16 Comes on Original chryslers and aftermarket chrylers
Thats all the after market ones I can think of rigth now
Jimmy