If you have some hubs or knock-offs you want to put on your Zed wheels, can you get them engraved?  Is there anything special you need to do or a certain kind of place to look for?

Not sure what kind of hubs and knock offs you're talking about, but any local trophy shop should be able to handle your engraving needs.

Dennis

I suppose they would need some kind of graphic to use as a pattern?

A good engraving shop can scan a graphic, resize as needed, and then engrave it on metal.  Shouldn't be too big a deal for a good shop.

Dennis

Do you know exactly what would be needed, like a DXF or a 2-colour line drawing?

Find a shop and ask what they need.  When I've had it done, the shop I used only needed a line drawing that was then scanned and the engraving machine did the rest..

Thanks, I will look into it.  I think I will cut a disk of aluminium and see how it works out.

Edited March 6, 20169 yr by TomoHawk

I contacted all the trophy shops in my area, and they cannot engrave on something like a wheel nut/spinner.  They can only engrave on something flat with a maximum diameter of about 4 inches.  Plus, I would have to first remove the chrome, then engrave, then re-chrome the part, and it would look bad.

From what I know, the nuts were stamped with the logo before being plated.

 

You might have to find a machine shop with a CNC mill but the price just tripled.

Maybe I'll get one of those plastic center cap inserts, sand it off the clips and a bit more, and GOOP it on instead of engraving.