mim center caps

[murran]

what are right center caps for these things?

[Madhatter]

its pretty much just a round flat cap. Brandon had some on his car http://www.e21bmw.net/community/gallery/mim/index.php

can put just about anything in there as long as its the right diameter, might have to double check the centre bore. Id probably just check them and search on ebay for caps, then some decals to go over the top if you want a logo or something on them.

[drjim]

caps seem to be hard to find, an oversize BMW roundel sticker with a metal backing would do the job nicely - get thee to ebay.

[murran]

right, ive had a brain wave on this!

make a circle to fit it from black perspex.
ive emailed this company that has a shop on ebay.......
http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Plastic-O ... ec0Q2em322
.......about making me 4 5mm thick circles 58mm in diameter and ill glue gun them in from the backside.

see what they say.

[thetomc]

I'm interested to hear what price they quote you.

[drjim]

As the owner of FOUR sets of MIMS I am also interested.

[murran]

ive picked up the plastic/perspex stuff and ive cut the things out myself with a hole cutter. downside of this is they have a hole in the middle.
ive glue gunned them in, look ok really.
ive got some deceptorcons stickers coming. ill post pics when ive finished.

[theneek]

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I custom made these caps for my MiM 1900s











The material is a laser fused plastic done in a Selective Laser Sintering process. I have a few left. Someone was interested in them so I did a google search to see who out there has caps, and ran across this thread.

They are a replica of this style of centercap

[e21-Mark]

You have far too many skills for one man Neek.

[theneek]

You have far too many skills for one man Neek.

I try to share.

[Duracel79]

How much for a set then delivered to the uk? Or maybe a few sets for a group buy?

Ben

[drjim]

+1 I'll be needing some decent caps for my Baur. Can you do them with a BMW roundel???

[theneek]

Hey guys.

I appreciate the interest. Feels good when people enjoy the work you do. I only have 1 set of these caps that I can sell. I don't have my MiMs anymore and the other two sets are spoken for.

As to creating more / creating custom ones. They would be rather expensive. The shop where I had these made before had a 200 dollar minimum, so 4 caps, you do the math. Custom is not really cost effective, but I'm more than willing to take on whatever project you guys might have (for a small fee). I do mechanical design on the side as well as a career. If you had a bunch of folks interested I could see what the cost would be. It'd almost be better for you guys to find a rapid prototyping house on your side of the pond. I'll be glad to ship off the model and you guys can do the group buy local. Easy to ship electrons than it is to ship finished parts Just send me some nice beer or something? I've had my fun with this project.

If there is one of you that wants the last set of caps, just speak up (100 USD shipped?), otherwise whoever wants to try and do the group buy can contact me about the solid model.

[murran]

i remember looking at these on another bimmer site ages ago.

nice things. cant justify spending that much on wheel centers tho.

[theneek]

i remember looking at these on another bimmer site ages ago.

nice things. cant justify spending that much on wheel centers tho.

Well they do me no good. What would you spend on them? I'd like a little something for my time and effort here.