Hey guys, I'm looking for some kind of front Axel Dust Covers. I just got new rims and my front Axels are exposed because these are racing rims. I need something to protect them. Previously they were covered by my Nissan center caps on my stock rims, but those will not fit these rims. So what I did, was go onto MS Paint and made a template of exactly what I need. I measured out the dimensions and drew them up for reference...

I will take pictures of the dust caps on my rear wheels just so you guys can see what i am talking about. I'd appreciate any help on this.



Edit: Well i made a slight miscalculation...the LIP should be about .1cm -.2cm

Thanks for looking!!

 

So the wheels you got fit (with center caps) on the rear dust caps but don't fit on the front? Isn't it usually the other way around?

 

Sorry, I don't think I explained it fully. The NEW rims that I put onto the car wont allow me to put my stock center caps onto the front or rear axels. The thing is that the rear wheels have stock center caps along with dust caps that will help protect the rear axels. Although I wasn't able to mount the center caps onto the NEW wheels, the dustcaps were able to me mounted and are protecting the rear axels. The issue is that the front wheels did not come with stock dustcaps, rather the only thing even protecting the front axels were the center caps, and now the axels are bare. So based on the fitment of the wheels on the rear axels with the stock dust caps (not center caps) I need to find something similar to protect my front ones. Hope this clarifies

 

You don't need a dust cap for the front axle because the front axle has sealed packed bearings. there is a stock dust cap on the rear because it does not have sealed bearings.

edit: Additional information found here. I knew I've read something similar before.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=299445

 

Additionally, if you beat on the rear dust caps with a metal hammer, you *should* be able to bend it in far enough to get your center caps on.


edit: and even MORE clarification

Center caps don't usually provide much protection to/for anything...they're strictly cosmetic.

 

But the fronts ARE just sticking out. Rather than let them do that, I'd sooner find some dustcaps to fit the front. I see that you mean i don't necessarily NEED them, but would it just be better if I found some that would fit?

 

Absolutely...for cosmetic purposes. Just wanted to clarify for others reading this thread that this was not a necessity for maintenance/safety of the bearings, just a necessity because an axle with a cotter pin sticking out of the middle of the wheel does in fact look terrible

 

Well said..

 

Anyone have anything??