I bought a set of 18" KMC Spy a few weeks ago from Discount Tire in South Bend, Indiana. When they were installing them, they noticed the center caps did not fit. They ordered me new ones which came in last week. They did not fit. They ordered a whole new set of wheels thinking that the holes may have been drilled wrong on the wheel. They came yesterday and found out that the center caps do not fit those as well. They called KMC direct today, and they told them to ask me if I wanted to choose a differnt wheel! Evidently they drilled all the wheels wrong or EVERY center cap was molded in the wrong offset. I am dumb founded right now. I don't even know what to tell them.

Thoughts please.

 

Are they in the process of manufacturing new center caps for their screw up? Any chance to install the wheels and roll without them until they make new ones for a while?

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No, they have already stopped manufacturing those wheels and probably won't start again till mid-late next year. I have the ones that don't fit on there right now with just one bolt holding it in.

 

Weird. Never heard of that before. My center caps are pop/ snap on. Like 8 plastic dog ear clips with a spring steel retaining ring that pops and clips into the center bore on the wheel. Wonder if this would work on your setup?

 

no, the center caps for the spy's bolt to the wheel. the offset between the holes do not match up.

Any other thoughts.

 

Get your money back and pick another wheel. It sounds like to much of a hassle for all the money your spending, not unless you are willing to wait forever! I know it's a pain to select another wheel but that's what I'd do.

 

ask them if when the new caps come in are you going to have to send those back? I assume not, so if thats the case Im sure there is a way to temporarily mount them.. and maybe some member have some ideas. also are you talking about the hex bolts that dont match up? or are you talking about how the in grooves on the cap dont match up with your lug nuts?

 

I am talking about the holes in the caps are not aligning up with the predilled holes on the wheels. they are about 1/8" off.

 

Me personally I get a different wheel set-up. Otherwise if you dont want to you'll just have to deal with half azzed looking center caps for a brand new price..

 

Get new/different wheels. If their process control is so bad they didn't capture this mistake. What else might be wrong with the wheels? It doesn't matter if this was improperly bored out centers (they don't drill those) or incorrectly sized molded plastic center caps. Those are pretty big mistakes.

 

So I picked up 3 different KMC Wheels to replace them and what do you know, 2 of the 3 are on back order for another 6 months and the other has not been made for our trucks yet. WTF, I am having no luck what so ever.

 

I wonder if they are going to be offering those screw ups for cheap?

 

haha...maybe. Hey, I just joined that screenfx forum and made a request for a sig, can you check it out for me? Thanks!

 

Lots of wheel companies right now are in the same boat.. After two months of looking and hearing the same things I bought used wheels and tires, lol!

 

About a year ago i had the same issue with pro comp. The center caps they made weren't tall enough to clear the hubs. After about a month of hassling the tire shop for new wheels they magically ended up finding a set of american racing centers that fit.