Refurbishing Saleen Center Caps/Introduction

[bigdog2k7]

Hello everyone, my name is Ali and I joined here a while ago to purchase a vehicle that fell through. Anyways, I've been modding various cars for the past few years and last year, I fell in love with a 2003 Sonic Blue GT Vert (5spd of course) and paid it off this year. Well, now the modding begins.

My Saleen wheels are off getting powdercoated a certain color I have never seen before :rockon: and I noticed how Sh*tty my OEM saleen center caps looked. See below:

It's impossible to fix that chrome finish... so I had to improvise. I looked all over the internet and found nothing but expensive Saleen replacements or goofy looking stickers to put over my caps. Well, my car is sonic blue, so why not make my Saleen cap sonic blue? :thumbsup:

If any members here are interested in having this kind of work done, I can possibly set something up to do this as a side gig if forum admin allows.

I will post various other threads full of mods as I go by. Painting/fabrication is my hobby :rockon:

Edit* & Thanks to silicone sealant, these "new" caps are waterproof!

 

[KECHDIS_GT]

I like !!!

 

[2013 Laguna Seca]

Nice job!

 

[mooch29]

That's pretty badass, when I got my saleens they had those Saleen decals on them, but they were peeling up, so I wrapped mine in gunmetal vinyl. What color did you go with for the wheels??

 

[mustangmike02]

nice touch, but those aren't oem. they normally sell for 100 or less a set, but idk what happened the other day, a set on ebay went for $250!

 

[bigdog2k7]

I like !!!

Thank you.

Nice job!

Thank you.

That's pretty badass, when I got my saleens they had those Saleen decals on them, but they were peeling up, so I wrapped mine in gunmetal vinyl. What color did you go with for the wheels??

Thank you. The color I chose is NIC Bentley Blue over Alien Silver which looks very similar to sonic blue.

nice touch, but those aren't oem. they normally sell for 100 or less a set, but idk what happened the other day, a set on ebay went for $250!

Damn, well they came on the saleen wheels that came with the car so I figured they were OEM. Oh well, at least now I don't feel so bad for painting them. :lol1: I don't understand why they want so much money for these and the svt/cobra R caps... I couldn't justify spending the money on any of them when they won't match my rims.

 

[95riosnake]

Very nice, the details are where its at!

Post some pics of your other projects too :thumbsup:

 

[05satinGT]

I can't wait to see pics of the wheels on the car. I'm thinking it will actually look great!

 

[bigdog2k7]

Very nice, the details are where its at!

Post some pics of your other projects too :thumbsup:

Thank you sir, I will. I've posted my nightshaded taillights thread and am going to post one of my multimedia install.

 

[bigdog2k7]

I can't wait to see pics of the wheels on the car. I'm thinking it will actually look great!

Thanks alot! You know, I was a little skeptical at first... and I liked the look of the yellow stangs with yellow wheels and the white saleens with white wheels so I figured I'd go with the blue/black theme for the car. My coater says the wheels should be done by Friday, the sooner he gets them done, the sooner I post pics!

 

[05satinGT]

Any pics of the car is it is now? Current mods?

 

[bigdog2k7]

Any pics of the car is it is now? Current mods?

Here are a few last year when I bought her after porter cable treatment:

Current mods include:
Exterior:
American Muscle Mudflaps
1" Hubcentric Wheel Spacers in the back
Staggered Saleen Replicas (being pc'ed) 18x9 18x10
Custom Saleen Replica Caps
Cobra Mirrors
Short Rubber Antenna
Mach 1 Lip
Cobra Sideskirts
Chrome MUSTANG on the rear bumper
40th anniversary badges on the fenders (looking for something different)
Mach 1 Grille
2500k fog light bulbs
Silverstar Ultras
Tinted tails/sidemarkers

Performance:
Catless flowmaster 2.5" H-pipe
O2 eliminators
K&N CAI
Whoops... forgot the Cobra Brakes in the front.

Interior:
Mach 1 radio bezel
Mach 1 shift knob
Mach 1 Gauge cluster
Pioneer AVH4300DVD H/U
Center console multimedia plug-ins
LED Maplights

That's as of right now. Definitely more mods to come!

 

[05satinGT]

Gorgeous car man. Please please slam it!

 

[Stevo151]

I can't wait to see pics of the wheels on with that color! Nice work too man

 

[TwinTurbo4vGT]

nice touch, but those aren't oem. they normally sell for 100 or less a set, but idk what happened the other day, a set on ebay went for $250!

this.

these are OEM. I paid $90 for mine.

 

[Kevin the Clean 1]

bigdog2k7,

Looks excellent man...

 

[bigdog2k7]

Gorgeous car man. Please please slam it!

I appreciate it, I am actually in process of researching different ways to lower these cars. I'm leaning towards the Eibach convertible kit (approx $250). Are there any supporting mods I'd need with drop springs (caster camber plates, bumpsteer kit, x2 balljoints, etc... ) Or is that all marketing garbage?

I can't wait to see pics of the wheels on with that color! Nice work too man

Thank you! I'm anxious too, I'm going to call and bug my powdercoater later today lol.

this.

these are OEM. I paid $90 for mine.

Those look great, There's a lot more chrome to work with on them to make a more "blue" center cap. I'll have to look into those if I'm not happy with mine.

bigdog2k7,

Looks excellent man...

Thank you sir.

 

[05satinGT]

^ You can do suspension work forever and ever, but if you want to, you could do just springs and nothing else and get away with it. My car only has springs and nothing else. So you could do springs and then other suspension work down the road.

 

[OneManWolfpack]

^ The ****?

 

[mario23_15]

Spammer needs to quit spamming... :nonono:
But good work bigdog2k7 :rockon: