BaulyCars Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 Hello everyone, After swapping to a new set of Minilites on my car I decided the centre caps could do with something a little more special. Here is what we came up with, engineered for a precise fit in the Minilite centre-bore, and now added to our website for those that may be interested. https://baulycars.com/product/centre-caps/ Do let me know what you think. Kind Regards Toby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mk2 Chopper Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 They look very cool, nice one. Gareth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 Nice idea fitting them from the rear at least they’ll never Fall Off or be Stolen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnC Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 How many do I get for my $160? Sorry if it's on the site but I couldn't see the quantity. Unless a set is one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 (edited) Hi John, It's for 4 caps. Apologies, it was right at the end of the additional text, I've brought it up front hopefully clearer. Kind Regards Toby Edited May 8, 2023 by BaulyCars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rcreweread Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 Toby - your caps look superb, albeit quite expensive but the apparent quality speaks for itself - however, you are only showing them with a "TR 6" logo - can you supply them with other model logos for the other models in the range or alternatively, just a "Triumph" logo? Cheers Rich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 Thanks, Gareth, Niall, much appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steves_TR6 Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 Those are lovely Toby, good work! do these fit the fake minilites or only the genuine ones i have a set of Minator fakes, which could do with new centres…. steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 1 minute ago, rcreweread said: Toby - your caps look superb, albeit quite expensive but the apparent quality speaks for itself - however, you are only showing them with a "TR 6" logo - can you supply them with other model logos for the other models in the range or alternatively, just a "Triumph" logo? Cheers Rich Hi Rich, Thanks for the comments - absolutely if there is interest I'd be delighted to produce variants for the other models or the Triumph logo. Some of the challenge is having a logo design and/or lettering that's bold enough to CNC, but certainly happy to look at the possibilities. Do let me know if you are keen. Kind Regards Toby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 19 minutes ago, Steves_TR6 said: Those are lovely Toby, good work! do these fit the fake minilites or only the genuine ones i have a set of Minator fakes, which could do with new centres…. steve Hi Steve, Thanks a lot - if the Minators have the same centre-bore size and wheel centre thickness then it should work great - I'll try to find the spec of the wheels from somewhere to check it for you. If the centre bore is larger it should be easy enough to shim out the difference. I can't imagine it will be smaller as there isn't much room before the centre-bore fouls the hub ring/flange etc. I'll root around on the Minator spec (who actually makes these?) Worse case I can send you a sample for you to try. Kind Regards Toby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted May 8, 2023 Report Share Posted May 8, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, BaulyCars said: Hi Rich, Thanks for the comments - absolutely if there is interest I'd be delighted to produce variants for the other models or the Triumph logo. Some of the challenge is having a logo design and/or lettering that's bold enough to CNC, but certainly happy to look at the possibilities. Do let me know if you are keen. Kind Regards Toby The caps look splendid. Be aware that the vehicle name Triumph is owned by BMW and they aggressively go after businesses using any of their trade mark brands on product not approved by them. Recently a Mini car sales business in UK with ‘Mini’ in its title was told to change their company name as they were not part of the BMW Mini franchise. Licensed use of historic vehicle logos is from British Motor Heritage. https://www.bmh-ltd.com/licensing/ Additional business for you……Minator alloy wheels that are based on the Minilite wheel are also produced for other classic cars like MG and Austin Healey. Different wording on the caps? Specialist Car Products of Faygate There is also a tie up between them and Minilite What I am not sure. http://minilite.co.uk/contact.php Edited May 8, 2023 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) Hi Peter, Thanks for the kind comments and a much appreciated heads up. I think using the 'Triumph' name/logo is probably best avoided (and in any case probably too tricky to machine into the centre caps as the lettering becomes quite small). At the same time, I would be rather tickled if BMW had BaulyCars on their radar..., good for marketing?! The Minator suggestion for other cars is a great idea, thank you! I bought my Minilites recently from 'Specialist Car Products', they were good to deal with and the wheels still seem great. Kind Regards Toby Edited May 9, 2023 by BaulyCars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Morrison Posted May 9, 2023 Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 Nice job Toby, guess you have more in the pipeline? John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, John Morrison said: Nice job Toby, guess you have more in the pipeline? John. Hi John, I have pretty good stock of the caps (TR6) at the moment. If there is sufficient interest for TR4/TR4A versions I could produce these in the next run (following a little design time to draw/digitise the lettering). We have quite a few more TR-specific products currently under development too... Do feel free to get in contact with anything specific you may be after, always looking for new ideas! Kind Regards Toby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
astontr6 Posted May 13, 2023 Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 5/5/2023 at 4:28 PM, BaulyCars said: Hello everyone, After swapping to a new set of Minilites on my car I decided the centre caps could do with something a little more special. Here is what we came up with, engineered for a precise fit in the Minilite centre-bore, and now added to our website for those that may be interested. https://baulycars.com/product/centre-caps/ Do let me know what you think. Kind Regards Toby Hi Toby! please can you tell me what is the O/D, plus other dims of your center caps as they may be suitable for Cobra Super Slots? Thanks, Bruce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ed_h Posted May 13, 2023 Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 These look great! I'm putting a set of Minilite clones from JBW on my GT6. I'd consider a set of these with a GT6 logo if they would fit. Ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, astontr6 said: Hi Toby! please can you tell me what is the O/D, plus other dims of your center caps as they may be suitable for Cobra Super Slots? Thanks, Bruce. Hi Bruce, Love Supaslots! For a tight fit in a minilite I arrived at an outermost diameter (at the tops of the little side 'bumps') of 67.75mm. That's the 'precise' 3D model dimension, so some +/- for tolerances after machining and finishing. If your centrebore is only a few mm larger you could shim it out with a suitable material - if its much more you'd start having quite a gap around the cap. If you're smaller, down to say 66.5mm its easy enough to lightly sand down the bumps. The caps are 43.8mm tall overall. But in all cases I would be happy to look at running a set with the right dimension (you could also then choose how much 'poke' you have of the cap out from the wheel face) - do you happen to know the Supaslot centrebores or could measure it accurately? Feel free to let me know or drop me an email anytime. Kind Regards Toby Edited May 13, 2023 by BaulyCars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted May 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, ed_h said: These look great! I'm putting a set of Minilite clones from JBW on my GT6. I'd consider a set of these with a GT6 logo if they would fit. Ed Hi Ed, Thank you, much appreciated. JBW's are a great wheel - they spec a 67.1mm centrebore, which is very near to fitting! Drop me a PM or email and on which GT6 logo you're thinking of (the mk1 GT6 with the 6 below the GT or the mk2 'GT6') Kind Regards Toby Edited May 13, 2023 by BaulyCars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ed_h Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 6 hours ago, BaulyCars said: Hi Ed, Thank you, much appreciated. JBW's are a great wheel - they spec a 67.1mm centrebore, which is very near to fitting! Drop me a PM or email and on which GT6 logo you're thinking of (the mk1 GT6 with the 6 below the GT or the mk2 'GT6') Kind Regards Toby PM sent. Ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
astontr6 Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 19 hours ago, BaulyCars said: Hi Bruce, Love Supaslots! For a tight fit in a minilite I arrived at an outermost diameter (at the tops of the little side 'bumps') of 67.75mm. That's the 'precise' 3D model dimension, so some +/- for tolerances after machining and finishing. If your centrebore is only a few mm larger you could shim it out with a suitable material - if its much more you'd start having quite a gap around the cap. If you're smaller, down to say 66.5mm its easy enough to lightly sand down the bumps. The caps are 43.8mm tall overall. But in all cases I would be happy to look at running a set with the right dimension (you could also then choose how much 'poke' you have of the cap out from the wheel face) - do you happen to know the Supaslot centrebores or could measure it accurately? Feel free to let me know or drop me an email anytime. Kind Regards Toby Thank you for your response, I will measure the centre bore! Bruce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted July 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 Hi everyone, Thanks again for the kind interest in the Centre Caps - I'm working through the list of possible wheels and the first one now complete are centre caps for the Konig Rewind wheel. They're now added to the website. I've twisted DHL's arm to give me better rates, so you should now find these improved too. I also took the plunge on an Instagram page and there's a video clip on the design of the Minilite caps for your interest/enjoyment. Kind Regards Toby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kiwifrog Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Hi Toby I think you would get a very large amount of interest if you took out an advertisement in TRaction which goes to all TR register members. It’s only a fairly small portion who visit the forum on a regular basis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted July 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Hi Kiwifrog, that's a great idea and thank you very much for the suggestion, I will look into that immediately. It's interesting (for me as a new small business at least) how tricky it actually is to reach those who own a TR (there are many thousands of them out there afterall!) - I've even taken to Instagram just recently, but even that is quite tough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CK's TR6 Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Toby, truly high class. A little vignette re Konig Rewinds. The red TR6 stickers for the late OEM centers (available from Roadster Factory) fit the Rewind caps most excellently. However, the Konig center caps are all plastic, and have a tendency to break off the mounting tabs in a most non-excellent manner. So, you get home and lo/behold you are missing a cap or two. A close friend lost two caps on a spirited drive, wheels were 2 weeks old..... The infuriating part is this, I ordered a set of caps from local distributor, took 6 months to get them. My friend was over a month and half. I don't think yours would fall off very easily. Well done, and they look smashing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaulyCars Posted July 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Thanks a lot, CK, that's much appreciated. The plastic caps breaking their tabs off is something I've heard from a few Konig Rewind owners. I hear lots are lost while driving, possibly after the plastic has gone a little brittle. No doubt an irritation, but also not great that your wheel hub centre is more exposed. However, I don't blame the wheel manufacturers too much, I figure the caps are not really their focus and they tend always to be something plastic and cheerful, no doubt for cost reasons. Our caps are a little more costly of course, but perhaps not too bad versus having to buy/replace the originals a couple of times... But the key difference is that they fit in from the back face of the wheel and are shaped to fit against the inside chamfer so its impossible for them to fall through the front (or equally to be pinched by anyone!). And as billet aluminium pieces I expect they'll last the life of the wheel too. I've got a good few sets in stock so I can certainly beat the waiting times! Thanks, again, Cheers Toby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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