Hi folks! I obviously have my master thread for most Lumberjack Engineering products, but this one is a little different so I thought I'd split it out to gauge interest.
My center caps were wrecked when I got my Rock Warrior wheels, so right now the caps are just painted - but they're just not as nice as they could be, haha. So, that means I'm looking at ways to solve that.
Is there any interest in replica Rock Warrior center caps from the community? These would have a machined aluminum face, custom 3D printed backside (that snaps into the center recess in the wheel) from glass-fiber reinforced ASA, and would have 6x stainless steel M3 countersunk screws to connect the two. Not an exact replica of the original (since it'd have the exposed fasteners), but I think it'd complement the wheel well.
The aluminum would be clear powder coated, and the red TRD would be a outdoor-rated vinyl sticker placed into the machined recess.
Also thinking about doing a 'LRD' version for those of us that are fancy.
Rough idea on cost would be ~$150 for a set of 4. I know, that's a lot for center caps - but, considering the only replacement I can find (PTR18-34071), is $189 FOR ONE, I guess it's better than that? Haha. It could be a lot cheaper if someone didn't want them clear powder coated, but I can't recommend that since road grime is going to oxidize bare aluminum fast. If you've got RW wheels powder coated in a custom color this could be a chance to match that though - I could provide the bare aluminum for you to take to your powder coater of choice.
I'll probably have a set machined and then walk through the rest of the steps to finalize cost and get everyone an idea of what they look like in real life - but, just trying to gauge interest for a 'production' run of them. Probably looking for five or so people to commit and I'd do a run of 10 sets. I've posted this to a couple of the FB groups as well, so hopefully across the 100 series community we can make this happen!
My center caps were wrecked when I got my Rock Warrior wheels, so right now the caps are just painted - but they're just not as nice as they could be, haha. So, that means I'm looking at ways to solve that.
Is there any interest in replica Rock Warrior center caps from the community? These would have a machined aluminum face, custom 3D printed backside (that snaps into the center recess in the wheel) from glass-fiber reinforced ASA, and would have 6x stainless steel M3 countersunk screws to connect the two. Not an exact replica of the original (since it'd have the exposed fasteners), but I think it'd complement the wheel well.
The aluminum would be clear powder coated, and the red TRD would be a outdoor-rated vinyl sticker placed into the machined recess.
Also thinking about doing a 'LRD' version for those of us that are fancy.
Rough idea on cost would be ~$150 for a set of 4. I know, that's a lot for center caps - but, considering the only replacement I can find (PTR18-34071), is $189 FOR ONE, I guess it's better than that? Haha. It could be a lot cheaper if someone didn't want them clear powder coated, but I can't recommend that since road grime is going to oxidize bare aluminum fast. If you've got RW wheels powder coated in a custom color this could be a chance to match that though - I could provide the bare aluminum for you to take to your powder coater of choice.
I'll probably have a set machined and then walk through the rest of the steps to finalize cost and get everyone an idea of what they look like in real life - but, just trying to gauge interest for a 'production' run of them. Probably looking for five or so people to commit and I'd do a run of 10 sets. I've posted this to a couple of the FB groups as well, so hopefully across the 100 series community we can make this happen!
