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"Proper" Wheel Center Cap and Locking Lug Nut Position
At the risk of starting a minor (or major, who knows?) debate, is there a common (in general) agreement of the clocked position of the Cat on the center wheel caps? Facing towards valve stem, away from valve stem, etc... Same question for the position of the locking wheel nut... This may be a "Nibs" or "****" debate but thinking it's better to ask more questions, and be less certain. Don't want to be that guy with a great car, but without a clue. Thanks for your insight and opinions.
P.S. I understand this an appearance issue and nothing to do with performance. Just sayin'
I only started positioning the centre caps when I had an XK8 with Sepang split rim alloy wheels. There is no visible valve on these and the blanking plug (left) looks much like the other rim bolts. It has to be removed and a valve extension (right) screwed in to inflate the tyre:
Having the centre cap aligned was a quick and easy method of finding the blanking cap.
My 2011 and 2013 XKRs when new came with the crawler facing the valve stem and my current 2014 is the same--this is the factory setting. Only the person who installed the wheel caps and maybe .01% of owners would notice this. I always looked for it when I was shopping for my 2014 last year to show if the wheels were repaired or tires have been changed from new. I was shopping for a new as I could find XKR dynamic R, convertible, unmolested XKR with extremely low mileage in perfect condition--a very hard find today and will get even harder to find.
That's pretty neat, they do have a stock look to them. No LED though. If the center cap was larger diameter it would make more sense. Do I want drivers that close to me on the road to actually see the floating growler?
That's pretty neat, they do have a stock look to them. No LED though. If the center cap was larger diameter it would make more sense. Do I want drivers that close to me on the road to actually see the floating growler?
Why only change the center caps. Go all the way, ground effects, change front growler badge also (nice Rudolph LED look), dice from rear view mirror, and **** carpet on the dash, LOL. Please don't do this to an Jaguar XKR.
That's pretty neat, they do have a stock look to them. No LED though. If the center cap was larger diameter it would make more sense. Do I want drivers that close to me on the road to actually see the floating growler?
But when you're parked they allways face right!:-D
Might buy those floating one's, I like it!:-)