Taigher

I hit some black ice and broke one of my plastic hubcaps. I also messed up my fender but that's irrelevant.

I could buy another plastic cap but I don't want to. My wheels are in good shape. I grinded the rust off them, sanded, painted and clear coat so they just look really black and clean.

I think a better purchase would be 4 of those center caps. You've probably seen them on police cruisers and taxis if you live in the states.

Is doing this on a 7th gen even possible? The tires are small and I think there's just like 4 lugnuts per tire. I think a nice, polished chrome cap in the center may look nice. Thoughts?

Taigher

Fyi, I still have the stock steelies for my 2003 civic lx. 14 5.5 I think

Colin42

I don't know if you'll be able to find anything that will cover the lugs like on the cop cars, but you should be able to use the OEM hub centers that cover the hub hole in the middle of the rims.
these guys:

Taigher

alright, thanks. I wonder if they make those but just clean chrome without anything on them? Ill have to look around

Colin42

Ebay or similar is probably your best bet. You'll need the bore diameter to figure out which ones you'll need. I don't know the number off the top of my head

Taigher

How do I find that? Is 185/70r14 87s relevant? That's the tire size...

Taigher

I think it's 54.1 millimeters

Taigher

Do those dinky hub centers work without a rim to fit into? That's my question. If they need those plastic hub caps to work then I may as well not buy any.

Colin42

The ones I posted?
They're chrome plated steel and pretty durable.
They snap into the hub bore on the rim, and for extra peace of mind you can bend the tabs out a bit once they're on the rim so that they hold better

Taigher

Okay man thanks a lot

TexasTom

Do you have an OEM part # for those? the honda guy I talked to on the phone was singularly unhelpful.

Colin42

44732-SR3-000, found that by searching for a 96 civic hatch, as long as the center bore is the same as an oe civic wheel you should be ok, I know they used them on crv's/pilots as well, just not sure if they're the same part number

TexasTom

Thanks, Colin42. I appreciate it.

TexasTom

I finally found the parts from Amazon of all places. They're $30/ea. they look great. Thanks, Colin 42. It took a while, but my junk looks MUCH better.

Colin42

very nice!

TexasTom

Funny part about looking for those parts was that I called 4 different Honda dealers, and all 4 didn't have the parts. 3 of them advised me that part had NEVER BEEN IN THEIR INVENTORY. Interesting. Honda would rather sell you a new wheel than have you recondition the existing ones.