I was thinking of just a small Nismo decal like the ones on the spokes for the center caps; they look kind of plain with nothing on them. Is there anything like this available? I'd also like it to be the newer style Nismo logo, to match the spoke decals...

 

wow only 185.00 for all 4 caps, what a deal

 

Made these from 4 side emblems on top of the stock cap.

 

Hmm, those Ebay ones are on white backgrounds; I was hoping for a clear background or individual letters like the spoke decals...


Something like these or these would be ok (not sure which is the right size), except they are the old logo...

I like the Rays caps (don't really dig the gold, though), but that's just way too much money.

I thought about the side emblems, but thought it would be a little too overboard on the number of "Z"s on the exterior of the car...

Any other ideas?

 

That looks really good.

 

I have to agree that does look good. Only I would align the Z with the valve stem , much like Porsche does with the crest.

 

Hmm, so are there any Rays decals that would fit? That would be another option...

 

nice I like but I dont think that would work with my bronze nismo rims.. I might have to get those rays caps.. do you know if the bronze cap match with the bronze nismo rims.

 

Ok, I'm a dork. I just realized the Nismo rims have the old Nismo logo on them, so the center cap decals on Ebay should work; just need to find some the right size... the ones I linked above are only 4.4 and 5.5cm. Can anyone tell me what the diameter of the center caps are? My wheels don't arrive until the end of the week. The side emblems are 7cm and if they are a perfect fit, then the Ebay ones are too small, as I don't think a round decal would look good unless it was the same size as the center cap...

 

yeah I think those are two small

 

The centercaps are 2.5" in diameter.
Attached is a pic of my wheels and custom centercaps. I machined the OEM centercaps to get a flat surface; they come as a "domed" surface. I then bonded a cut circle of carbon fiber sheet that was bonded to the centercap, followed by a Z emblem from the rear deck lid, courtesy of Courtesy Nissan! Not everyone likes it, but at least my wheels were unique enough for the Japanese Nismo management to award me the Nismo Award at this summer's National ZCCA Car Show!

 

Wow, that looks great! Got a close-up pic of the center cap?

 

 

A good sign shop should be able to take most any vector drawing you take them and cut out a vynil decal to fit the center cap. Just a thought.

 

True, but remember that you either have to machine the centercap face flat or cut the vinyl in a pie- shape to account for the domed surface of the original centercap because it is not a flat surface to begin with. If you cut the vinyl overlay to account for the domed surface, then there will be an unsightly seam to the vinyl. (Can you tell I thought a lot about customizing the centercaps before I did what I did? )

 

Well true but I was thinking of just cutting out the letters rather than a whole piece to cover the cap.

 

Oh... gotcha. To my knowledge, no one (certainly not NISMO), makes logos in separate letters that small. You need a logo no longer than 2.5" for the centercap, and the spoke logos are 4"-5".