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Old February 17th, 2019, 06:34 AM
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SSll kidney trim set

I have a friend that ownes a 73 Omega with 14X7 SSll wheels. There is no stainless trim on any of the wheels. I'm not sure the wheels are original to the car as they have bolt on centers. Should they have these trim pieces? A full set is preferred.
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Old February 17th, 2019, 07:57 AM
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Bolt on centers sounds right for a '73 as the snap-on caps came out in '75, for the A bodies anyway.
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no bolt on caps in 73 fo any model
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Old February 17th, 2019, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by edzolz
I have a friend that ownes a 73 Omega with 14X7 SSll wheels. There is no stainless trim on any of the wheels. I'm not sure the wheels are original to the car as they have bolt on centers. Should they have these trim pieces?.
Short answer is Yes.
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Old February 17th, 2019, 08:40 AM
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I have 10 of these trim pieces, so enough to do 2 wheels, let me know if that will work for you.
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Old February 17th, 2019, 08:49 AM
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My 1974 442 had bolt on center caps.
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Old February 17th, 2019, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jollyolds
no bolt on caps in 73 fo any model
That is not correct. All 1968-74 SSII/III wheels have bolt on center caps. All 1975-up SSII/III wheels have snap-on center caps.
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Old February 17th, 2019, 09:50 AM
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Note: The trim pieces for earlier SSII/SSIII are a different profile than later models.

Early

Later
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Old February 17th, 2019, 10:01 AM
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small wheel bezels

I have 20 of them I would sell for $80 shipped to lower 48
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Old February 17th, 2019, 10:02 AM
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Your second picture wasn't showing up, so I fixed it for you.

To the OP: most people call these bezels.

Mixing the two styles on one wheel really looks silly.


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Old February 17th, 2019, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by joe_padavano
Mixing the two styles on one wheel really looks silly.

Exactly, The one in the pic here, on the lowewr right opening, is correct.
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Old February 17th, 2019, 06:59 PM
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If it matters, there are THREE different styles of these bezels. The silver/bluish wheel shown above has 3 of what I would call the "very last style bezels. These are more flat in profile and have the more pointed corners on the upper corners. Compare that to the two styles Allan shows in his pic in post #8. I think a '73 car would not have used these "very last style" bezels but I'm not sure when they started being used.
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