63 Hub Cap restoration

[Joseph S.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Just so everyone has info on the current costs to restore 63 Hub Caps. I have done many. If you can reuse your bars and spinners you are in great shape but most are pitted beyond use.

Dent removal and polishing $125 to $175 per pan. Average $600 for the set.
New Repro Spinners. $200
New Bars. $200 per cap. $800 total

My math says $1600 for restoration not counting the cost of a used set and any shipping involved. Also, free labor to disassemble and assemble.

I'm not throwing a dig at you Frank, but $500 for a mint set is a thing of the past. Old world price....or should we say.....Old Town price.

[Danny P.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Just so everyone has info on the current costs to restore 63 Hub Caps. I have done many. If you can reuse your bars and spinners you are in great shape but most are pitted beyond use.

Dent removal and polishing $125 to $175 per pan. Average $600 for the set.
New Repro Spinners. $200
New Bars. $200 per cap. $800 total

My math says $1600 for restoration not counting the cost of a used set and any shipping involved. Also, free labor to disassemble and assemble.

I'm not throwing a dig at you Frank, but $500 for a mint set is a thing of the past. Old world price....or should we say.....Old Town price.

Your absolutely correct Joe , lots of time involved to restore a set 63 Hub Caps.

[Gerald C.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Danny,
They look great. I don't have the tools/machines to complete what you did here. My bars and spinners are not good. But Steve at Brightworks did a great job on my hubcaps themselves. I'll pick up the spinners and bars at a later date.
Jerry

[Danny P.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Danny,
They look great. I don't have the tools/machines to complete what you did here. My bars and spinners are not good. But Steve at Brightworks did a great job on my hubcaps themselves. I'll pick up the spinners and bars at a later date.
Jerry

I understand Gerry, glad Steve got to help you out and your happy with the results that all that matter .

[Gerald C.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Thanks Danny

[Thomas S.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Do the recommended vendors in this post also do early frosted type? I would imagine that is a whole different ball game. When I purchased my used 63 it had an original set of frosted caps that were in very good, but not perfect condition. Then I found out they were incorrect for my VIN. Still have them.

[Gerald C.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Tom,
Give Steve at Brightworks Restoration and talk to him about your frosted caps. He won't steer you wrong.
Jerry

[Gerald C.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

Just received a quote from Bill's Chrome on re-chroming my hubcap bars. His quote was $100.00 per bar and 4 months out.

Yikes.

[Douglas C.]

Re: 63 Hub Cap restoration

I recall being at Bloomington in 1990, looking for a set of '63 hubcaps. There was a vendor there with about a dozen 40-gallon plastic trash cans - each stacked from bottom to top with nothing but '63 hubcaps. I looked throiugh the entire set - must of been over a 100 hubcaps, but never found a rim that wasn't dented. In 2020, I finally picked up a set for $800 off of ebay that the owner claimed to be NOS. They appear to be perfect.