Pinto Car Club of America

i picked up a really nice set of Mustang II center caps for the slotted rims and was wondering how I can change the Pinto centers in the caps. I have the kicking horse ones on my wagon now but the M2 ones look better and I want to swap them but keep my kicking horse ones. Make sense?. The caps are pitted on the Pinto ones yet the nice ones have the M2 horse.

Thanks

If you get the chrome pieces you like, but want to change out the red plastic center, flip it over, and using a large screwdriver, bend back three of the six tabs that hold in the metal backing plate.  Then, using the plastic handle of the screwdriver, gently push the plastic piece from the outside into the chrome center cap.  If it still will not move, try bending back a forth tab and try again.  When you get the metal disc and the plastic piece out of the chrome piece, you may notice that the metal disc has a thin layer of cork on it.  This is to protect the finish on the plastic piece because the finish is on the inside of the plastic piece.  I recommend finding some thin cork at your local hobby/craft store to replace this, as the cork loses it's flexibility due to age and heat.  Once the new cork has been glued to the metal disc and been allowed to dry, and you have picked the plastic centers you will use, you can start putting them together.  Just place the plastic centers back in from the back, as well as the cork and metal disc, then gently bend the tabs back down.  I say gently, but I had to put the chrome piece on the workbench, and put the tip of a large screwdriver against the tab, and tap it with a hammer.

Good luck!
--Doug