88 Camaro center caps.
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88 Camaro center caps.
I have a 88 Camaro base 2.8L Metallic Silver and i was wondering if anyone could tell what color the center caps should be. they are the stock 15 inch wheels there are no more center caps on the car any help will be considered.
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
the factory ones on my 1989 rs were black . but , i have seen many others different . good luck .
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
I have a 89 RS mine were silver. But only had one on it when i bought the car.
So I went on ebay and bought 4 after market one's.
I still have the one silver looking one if you might be interested in it.
So I went on ebay and bought 4 after market one's.
I still have the one silver looking one if you might be interested in it.
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Im 2nd owner of mine and they were not black on my 89, they were I guess you could call it a silver/grey color
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Don't know about 89, but in 88 I'm pretty sure they should be grey/silver. Off the showroom floor my car was silver w/dark grey ground effects seperated by a red/black pinstripe. Had silver rims with silver center caps and black lug nut covers. Its that way in the 88 camaro sales brochure as well.
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Here is a minty set from my '87 that I took off 20 years ago. The lettering is (strangely) gold. I'm pretty sure they are originals. Plastic with an aluminum ring around where the lugs would go. I realize the 88 rims were different than 87 rims, were the caps different as well?
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Yes they are very different, the one's in the picture are held on by lug nuts.
The other center caps have clips on that fits in center. I will see if I can get pics of mine. I have the one's that clip in.
The other center caps have clips on that fits in center. I will see if I can get pics of mine. I have the one's that clip in.
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Those caps go to a different wheel. I do believe those go with these wheels if I'm not mistaken.
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Car: 1988 camaro sports coupe
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
here is a pic of an 88 sports coupe from that years sales brochure. It shows the wheels with silver center caps. My 88 had the same wheels stock.
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Here is a minty set from my '87 that I took off 20 years ago. The lettering is (strangely) gold. I'm pretty sure they are originals. Plastic with an aluminum ring around where the lugs would go. I realize the 88 rims were different than 87 rims, were the caps different as well?
those look a lot like the caps I had on my 85 with the 14" rally wheels
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Do you know if those caps are chrome or just metal? I'm trying to replace mine but I don't know what the orginal caps looked like, all I know is that they're yellow now..lol
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If you are referring to the pictures I posted, they are grey plastic with a metal circle around the base. They were stock for my '87 Sport Coupe, before I yanked them off and threw them in the attic 20 years ago when I swapped rims. You would be better off to just scrap the rims and grab a set of IROC or GTA rims. As much as I like originality in these cars, those rims have gotta go!
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Thanks, but I disagree. They have an old school look to them. I definitly need bigger tires. How big can you go on these? 245 for the back?
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I had P245 60R15 on the fronts and they rubbed. P235 was fine on the front. P245 were fine on the back. As far as old school, when I see these particular factory rims, I don't think old school, I think base-model-with-no-options. I've got the factory rims that go with the centercaps I posted above, in my garage. 40,000 miles when I yanked 'em off back in '92. I wouldn't dream of using them, just too plain, but to each their own. I'll agree that you don't see them very often.
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Re: 88 Camaro center caps.
Yea I guess. The rims are definitly nothing nice to look at. I'd loove to have bigger rims, but I just don't know how they would look without the ground effects..??
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