My brother and I took a trip to the local Copher's U-Pull-It to find some parts for his Blazer. We found what he needed, but decided to check out the import section for random finds.

Found a set of nice center caps off a late 70's or early 80's Toyota 4-door of some sort. We then stumble upon an old Toyota pickup for a couple emblems I've been looking for. Lastly, we find a nifty 5-speed emblem of a late 70's Celica.

The center caps (only $15) complement the stainless trim rings (free) from my brother's Blazer. For only $15, these made one hell of a difference on how the car looks. Not sure what to do with the emblems just yet...but the 5-speed emblem is going on the rear hatch of my xB. Thought it was kind of a nifty touch.

Here are the pics:






And here is a quick before the trim rings, center caps, and headlight mod:


These mods cost me a total of $20 and some of my time....but made a HUUUUGE difference in the overall look of the car. Big thanks to my brother to supplying the labor for the headlights and for the free trim rings.

 

Thats really cool, old school mixed with new school. lol

 

THAT IS SICK!

 

i like very crafty

 

The center caps are super mondo ultra swell.

 

x2

 

qft

 

OH...... I LIKE IT !!!
now just put some of those 3 wing flipper centers over the toyota emblem....teehee

 

Damnn I guess I'm going to all east imports in wylie tomorrow to get some center caps,,, I run those trim rings too.... but I have the fencepost caps....


Well done -
- Saylor

 

those look cool

i wish you knew what car those came off of

good find man!

 

cool find

 

Thats the best steelie setup I have seen, bravo!

 

Nice Find!!!

 

That looks seriously cool! I really like the rings... Did you have to do anything special to get them to stay on? I would like to get myself a set so as to have something good looking when winter comes around. Also, you said that your brother helped you with the headlights... What method did he use to get them apart? Props, again!

 

Get new ones here

http://www.hubcaps.org/tercel.html

 

The trim rings just pretty much securely snap into place...much like a hubcap does. I'm very pleased how these Chevy Blazer trim rings produce a nice looking, deep lip since many of the aftermarket rings don't seem to go back into the rim quite as far. PLUS these rings are polished stainless steel which is a must if you are going to subject them to salt in the winter.

On the headlights we used the oven method. 10-minutes at 200-degrees to soften them up and pry the lense from the housing.

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

 

I guess they are off some year Tercel. They are the third row down, third cap from the left on this page: http://www.hubcaps.org/tercel.html .

After looking at this page, I'm just thrilled I found them for $15 for the set instead of paying $25/each for new caps.

 

x2

 

I'm going to second that as well.

It's so nice, I wish I would have not gotten the alloy rims I currently have.
It's so impressive I dreamt about them last night.

(side note: god damn I need to stop spending so much time on scionlife)

 

wow Alan, great find man.
i needed those when i was rocking the rings.