ZQ8 Bowtie Center Caps

Lo Ry Da · February 28, 2001

I have a set of 4 ZQ8 Style Bowtie Center Caps for sale. These are the 16x8 five spoke factory wheels. You can see pictures of the caps at -

http://204.26.91.118:2500/extras.htm

They

are taking up space so, make me a reasonable offer. :biggrin:

MountaineerTom · March 11, 2001

Do you know, or can you find out if they will fit the factory aluminium wheels on the 1500"s, like mine?

Lo Ry Da · March 11, 2001

Tom,

The S10 caps are too small.

Your 99 4x4 can use the smooth center caps from the last generation 4x4 wheels. There are only 2 things to watch for. The tabs need to be heated & spread out a little to snap into the shallow ring on your rims. The other is putting something small between the cap & rim edge or the cap will sink too far into the rim & not look quite right. Try something like 18ga wire with insulation. Solid wire would probably work best since it would hold the shape.

Here is low6lug's page with this mod:

http://204.26.91.118:2000/mods/mods_on_silverado.htm

MountaineerTom · March 12, 2001

Thanks for the info. The smooth center caps look good, but I have an idea I want to do if I can get all the right stuff. I would like to have all red bowtie's. I wish they made a red outlined bowtie for the grille, like the 454SS. I've thought about having an airbrush shop paint one for me. I still havn't decided yet though.

Thanks again.