99 Sport Wheel Help

[shacky]

Two questions

Are the center inserts available? Lost one.

[shacky]

And after using Mothers Mag Polish still have these stains. Any suggestions?

[Deserion]

Center cap emblems are not available as far as I know. The whole caps are, but they're expensive. Get a set of the $20 caps off eBay and you'll have them looking good. I just did this on mine and I'm quite happy with them.

[Tcar]

How'd you get that scrape on your caliper?

[grc0456]

You might try a little compound and elbow grease on the stains, but also wondering what would scrape your calipers like that?

Also the emblems themselves I don't think are available. Most go with the eBay center caps. Me, I sprung for the real McCoys.


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[shacky]

Originally Posted by Tcar

How'd you get that scrape on your caliper?

I believe that's just some Mothers Mag Polish

[shacky]

Is this correct?

[geraintthomas]

The stains could be under the lacquer. It sometimes happens where the lacquer has peeled in an area and the dirt has run under it. In the past I've rubbed it back with sand paper, polished and re-lacquered.

[jakeru]

Mothers Mag Polish might not be the right product for this, if it says it's for bare metals only. What you have there are painted aluminum wheels - not bare metal.

I'd recommend trying a good wheel cleaner, or a autobody polish (for polishing painted surfaces, not specialized for bare metal). If you don't have a general purpose polish already, recommend some Meguiars M105 it works very well and is available in small (8oz) quantity.

Either way, you should get a sense of whether it's working to remove those marks or whether they're below the surface and not going to buff out. But at least some of it looks above the surface to me. Good luck!

[shacky]

Thanks! I have gone over it again and gotten most out.

[Ben006]

I have the emblem from amazon, around 17$ for two if I remember. Not only they fit perfectly, but they are better quality than the OEM plastic ones!

[shacky]

These look nice:

Shiny Gold Plate Replacement Emblem Badge Crest Wheel Centre Cap Hub for Porsche | eBay