Looking for Appliance Wheel center caps

[rtaylor]

That appears to be about the same dimensions externally Arne. I am going to pull the wheel tomorrow and take my calipers and find out what the dimension is on the hole. Thanks Arne. Appreciate the help!

[hls30.com]

Did I miss a picture of the caps you are after in this thread?

WIll

[rtaylor]

Sorry, stupid of me. :stupid: I don't have my camera with me, but attached is a shot of an appliance center cap. It should be clear enough to recognize

[rtaylor]

The guy that had the appliance center caps raised his price to $300. Way too crazy for me. As Ron said in an earlier post, he used Eagle center caps. I finally found some at Masseys in Oklahoma, (405) 239-2010. $39 plus $10 for shipping. They also had the correct lug nuts with a .55" long shaft @ $1.25 each. Washers were a quarter. So this is what my wheels look like now. Not too bad, me thinks

[hls30.com]

Off to make a call-Thanks for the info...I haven't been able to find appropriate washers anywhere!

Will

[406dewey]

I recently purchased stainless center caps at the local trailer sales yard and got adhesive stick on Datsun decals to go in the center. Not original, but looks great, and only $16.00 for the 4 center caps.

[Zup]

406------

Got pix and an address?

The more sources and alternatives the better----and your's is another.

Jim D.

"Zup"

[Arne]

Here's a related question - anyone know of a source for those odd little angled valve stems that the Appliance mesh wheels came with? The four wheels I found had only one stem in them.

[msc247]

there is a company in cali called the lugnut king www.lugnutking.com

[zgermans]

Hello, I'm brand new here and realize this is fairly old thread. I'm wondering if the set of wheels I found for my car are made by Appliance? I have attached a picture.

I'm confused because I thought all Appliance wheels used the two piece 'roto' lug nuts, but the ones I have look like the ones pictured in this thread and they seem to take a straight shank lug nut with flat washer instead of the stepped washer roto types. Can anyone confirm the type of lug nuts these wheels used, and were there other manufacturers who made wheels that look just like these?

Thanks,

Robert

[Arne]

No, those are Appliances, for certain. I've got two sets (8 wheels) just like them. (Still looking for 3 more of those funny little angled valve stems. PM me if you have any to spare!) Your wheels may or may not have the Appliance logo cast in the back side, depending on production date. Mine don't have the logo, but do say 'JAPAN' cast in the back. (Many of the early Wire Mags were cast under contract in Japan. Later wheels were cast in California.)

Appliance went to Roto-Lugs in the mid-to-late '70s. Prior to that they used relatively normal mag shank lug nuts, the only oddity was that the shanks were a bit shorter than typical - 0.55". So yours are the earlier style, that's all. There are still a couple of suppliers for these medium shank lug nuts, or some people just use normal mag shank nuts with double washers.

[zgermans]

Thanks Arne! I don't have any of the angled valve stems, but I found these on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260361777469&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=

EDIT: says Mr Gasket but does not give a part no.

Would those work? (I have no idea what the valve stem diameter is) Also, given that large lip on the egde of the rim should I not trust mounting and such to any old tire shop? I'm a little concerned about the condition of my valve stems, cause I aired up one of the tires and it did not seem to hold air more than 48 hours, but tires came used with the rims. While they have good tread I may need to have them checked and possibly have stem(s) replaced.

Thanks again for the info. on the lug nuts.

Edited March 4, 2009 by zgermans