I am running floating caps on my Merc and Thought I would share how I am doing it. I am not done with them yet but as I make progress I will post pics and details I picked up a nice new par of 4 bar spinners using some 5/16 all thread, 2 nuts and two large home made washers out of 12ga I made the center mount for the caps. i used the the 2 bolts the hold the washer perfectly level and welded one nut to the back side if the washer. I then centered the washer in the back of the cap and spot welded it all around. tonight I will finish drilling and tapping the spindle for the 5/16 all thread. stay tuned for more details and pics.
I hope you are ready for the self-appointed traditional hot rod police. I personally wouldn't want them, but appreciate your effort. It is something that you don't see every day. And to answer the question, you do it with spinners so you notice they are not spinning. A sombrero cap wouldn't have much effect.
Truth be told floating caps is a very old school custom trick. There was a 1953 Buick prototype that had floating caps
So true. To be honest, although floating hubcaps are not for me (just messes with my head too much), that doesn't mean I can't appreciate how cool they are, which is pretty freaking cool. Hope they work out for you. Paul
Trippy. Im looking forward to this one. And I'm looking forward to see how many people it pisses off lol
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Theres a lot of posts on this topic that makes it seem theres a lot of you that havent seen this befor................REALY. They have been around senic the 70's at least. Its how they came up with the spinning rim idea.
Nice work on the cool floating caps, I'd say run what you like and enjoy them. For me, I like the flipping action of caps so the floating cap isn't for me. See ya, floating in the cruising lanes. CRUISER
I remember seeing a set on an old Kustom when I was a kid in the 70s. My dad said they did that back in the '50s. Therefore, they ARE traditional.
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I think its cool, cooler than the modern spinners anyway. I'm running dog dishes so it obviously wouldn't have the same effect. I'll assume the all-thread passes through the grease cap and is somehow connected to the spindle, right? For some reason, I'm thinking the backs of the caps would scrape the wheels and make a lot of annoying sounds. I gotta assume the caps are stripped of all mounting tabs and generally smoothed on the backs.