Drum Skins

Try electrical tape for temporary black and step back , see how it looks ~

Do you want them to look black or silver.   I heard of metal bluing and I also think you could use a rust converter like Evapo rust.  Which I have used and it converts rust fairly well.  

Or Nutz ( or liquid film) wool fat, Lanolin based 

I don't know of anyrthing that keeps them perfect...but you can keep trying to keep them going every winter....  just saying. 

Carlos:

So how did you do the mod and how much did you cut out?

Thanks, looks great. Are those from CB Performance?

I love it— seriously love it. 

Stupid-cool. 

HE went to see Dr Pimple Popper.

Bob,

I jacked up the front end until a wheel would turn freely. I then used my Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel and while holding the Dremel very steadily, I cut on the dotted line while turning the wheel round and round until I had cut through.

I then removed the wheel and drum skin and sanded the cut smooth. I didn't remove any material other than what the cutoff wheel took off during the cut. 

I then wrapped the edge of the part that I had cut off with electrical tape and then slit some foam tubing that I had and fit it on the edge over the tape. I originally used some Goop to secure it, but that made a mess so I used some crazy glue. That little foam block was put inside this new cap and placed onto the hub bearing cap. I held it in place with a finger as I slide the drum skin back on and then the wheel. The cap can be adjusted to center it after the wheel is bolted back on. I left it like this for now. I might attach it in a more permanent manner later. Or not.

This is what it looks like without that foam block pushing it against the drum skin. Maybe I can make another cut farther down the cone to further stream line this idea.

All it takes is time.

My drumskins came with my car, so I'm not sure. My car was built by Seduction.

Nice homebuilt fix, Carlos. You make it look easy. A great new look with creative skills. 

Really nicely done ...  YOu could fill the gap with either black silicone to test it first then JB weld it black in that position too ... so many options really .

Excellent job, Carlos. They look terrific. Very creative approach with a nice outcome!

We need better emoticons for applause. Carlos you rock!
-=theron

Carlos, looks really cool. It appears that those particular drumskins are made a little pointier than some, hence you cutting them down to size. They were definitely longer than the ones I had. I painted the "cap" area black, masked it off with electrical tape.

They look like the CB Performance brand at $108.95 a set. Sierra Madre has a version but with the rear centers painted black for $228.80. 

Looking sharp, Carlos!

ALB posted:

Looking sharp, Carlos!

Al it would look sharper or rather holier with holes I thought you say

That looks great!!  

...just an idea:

you can also buy the original Porsche 356 "gum-cap" in Germany we call it Fettkappe (fat cap) however ;-)

Thats the way I did it.

That makes it look real original

Zehr gut

That does look good too. I didn't know they existed.

Can they be installed in leu of the existing hub bearing caps?

I had to expand the existing hole in the rear hubcaps a bit (I use them in the front too), than you can put these caps from inside in the hole and they stick good.

Naaaaa, just tell folks your car is cold. The ladies will understand. 

I took a different approach.  Like Carlos, I wasn't happy with the look but in a different way.  I thought the skins with the fully covered center were for the front and the 2 with the hole in the center were for the rear.  I also thought the castle nut sticking out looked hokey, so I used what I thought was for the fronts to the rear.  For the fronts I found some aluminum fence post caps, widened the center holes and the result are in the pictures.

The 2 rear skins still have the center sticking out. I don't have Carlos' cutting skills.  I liked keeping the front dust caps & rear castle nuts covered.