My wheels aren't really after market, but they aren't LS wheels, they are oem volvo wheels. Either way, matching center caps to a non ls wheels can be hard, if you want them to have the lincoln star on them. I found some decals on ebay of the lincoln star, so I bought a set. I painted the volvo center caps silver, then put on the decal, and clear coated. They looked good, but the decal was a plain lincoln star, not as nice as the lincoln star on the LS center caps.
A few weeks ago when I put on my new brake pads, I was checking out the center caps on my gen1 wheels and the lincoln star appeared to be an emblem, like the ones found on the grilles. I stuck a flat head under it, lifted and it came off. It is a small version of the grille emblem, which then gave me the idea to stick these on the volvo center caps to get that great looking lincoln star for an oem look.
They look great, much better than the ebay decals, although those are a good alternative. I ordered 4 new gen1 center caps to pull the emblems off of them to get crisp looking emblems. I'll stick them on the center caps and clear coat over to give them some protection and extra shine. I'll be getting tires for my wheels in a few weeks to mount them, finally!
I haven't seen this done before. I thought I would share so those looking at after market wheels can choose to have lincoln center caps for them too.
Sorry the close up pics are blurry. My point and shoot takes forever to capture the picture when the flash is off and with it on, everything was white.
A few weeks ago when I put on my new brake pads, I was checking out the center caps on my gen1 wheels and the lincoln star appeared to be an emblem, like the ones found on the grilles. I stuck a flat head under it, lifted and it came off. It is a small version of the grille emblem, which then gave me the idea to stick these on the volvo center caps to get that great looking lincoln star for an oem look.
They look great, much better than the ebay decals, although those are a good alternative. I ordered 4 new gen1 center caps to pull the emblems off of them to get crisp looking emblems. I'll stick them on the center caps and clear coat over to give them some protection and extra shine. I'll be getting tires for my wheels in a few weeks to mount them, finally!
I haven't seen this done before. I thought I would share so those looking at after market wheels can choose to have lincoln center caps for them too.
Sorry the close up pics are blurry. My point and shoot takes forever to capture the picture when the flash is off and with it on, everything was white.