I have reached the height of cheapness-homemade axle nut caps
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I have reached the height of cheapness-homemade axle nut caps
I wanted some axle nut caps to go with my recently powdercoated front forks, but I couln't find anybody that sold already black ones and I couldn't see spending the money for chrome ones just have them stripped and powdercoated. So while working at HD one day I took a set out of the package and measure the ID, OD and height. Armed with that info I went to Home Depot and picked up two metal pipe caps with the same measurements and a few set screws for a whopping $4.05. I then came home and ground the nubs and whatnot off the caps and sanded them smooth. Then I drilled and tapped a hole for the set screw, primed the caps and then painted with high gloss black engine paint because of its good adhesion qualities. Voila! The finished product looks great. One could also paint their caps color matched to their scoots!
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RE: I have reached the height of cheapness-homemade axle nut caps
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Any chance you could let us know the dimensions that are need for the pipe ends?
Any chance you could let us know the dimensions that are need for the pipe ends?