Wheel centre caps all wrong 😬

Pacemaker1000 · Post by **Pacemaker1000** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:47 am

Coming from Porsche where the point of the shield should always point towards the tyre valve. Should the Jags chin do the same? Anal yes, but it now bugs me that they are all random

It was a sign that the car had been owned by an enthusiast plus was fun to twist one off and see if the dealer corrected it when in garage... they always did

scm · Post by **scm** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:13 am

Pacemaker1000 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:47 am Coming from Porsche where the point of the shield should always point towards the tyre valve. Should the Jags chin do the same?

Of course it should. And the locking wheel nut should be in line with chin and valve, either above or below the centre cap, depending on stud placement.

Pacemaker1000 · Post by **Pacemaker1000** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:16 am

Yes, the locking nut should be opposite the valve too

Darren P · Post by **Darren P** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:41 am

OCD at it best. I’m glad other people are focused on the details. My wife thinks it’s just me.

scm · Post by **scm** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:25 am

Pacemaker1000 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:16 am Yes, the locking nut should be opposite the valve too

Or between the centre cap and the valve (e.g carbon blades). The wheel stud placement differs according to wheel type.

scm · Post by **scm** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:27 am

Darren P wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:41 am OCD at it best. I’m glad other people are focused on the details. My wife thinks it’s just me.

Women have OCD about other things, e.g. toilet seats down, and which shoes go with with which dress.

bob_mcn · Post by **bob_mcn** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:32 am

Mine ae not 'correct'

and I'm not too bothered, I just like driving it and when in the driving seat, I cannot see the wheel centres.

Keith666 · Post by **Keith666** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:59 pm

I’m with Bob, I was privileged with a Union Jack pack when I got mine, so tread plate, caps are shouting Britishness, however they are not synchronized

cj10jeeper · Post by **cj10jeeper** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:14 pm

I agree, OCD or not, centre caps should be aligned
More important to me though is that red and yellow dots on tyres align to rim accordingly
If you don't have a dot on the rim to align to the red dot, high tyre point to low rim point, then yellow dot to valve lowest weight point on tyre to highest weight on rim. Best balance position, less weights and a neater job

Red takes priority over yellow

https://www.tyrebaydirect.com/tyres-exp ... ellow-dot/

Ask most volume tyre shops and they have never even heard of it

Mikeyf · Post by **Mikeyf** » Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:25 pm

Interesting about the dots... Caps should align of course!

Wheel centre caps all wrong 😬

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