Mach E GT Flower Wheels Center Cap Adapter

[Alfaa]

I have a 2021 Mach E GT with the 'Flower' wheels and after taking the plastic aero covers off, I found that I much prefer the look of the wheels with the covers removed. It allows you to see more of the big brake caliper and is, in general, a much more 'open' and looks much more like a performance car wheel. The plastic covers also trap brake dust and other crap behind the wheel which can cause scratches on the finish. Finally, more open area improves brake cooling.

BUT... there's one problem. Ford did not supply a center cap for the ugly axle nose and nut. Even worse, there's not actually any geometry on the wheel to hold a traditional center cap at all even if one did exist. There's no lip machined into the center bore to grab onto the fingers of a center cap.

So I designed this adapter that screws onto the axle thread and allows you to transfer the center caps supplied on the aero covers into the wheel without aero covers.

Along with these, I also drilled out the holes in the aero covers slightly so that I could attach and detach them without having to remove the wheel, allowing me to snap them on when I needed the extra range and remove them when I didn't.

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[Droonoc]

This is brilliant! Nice work. I just painted the axle nose and nut black but I’d like to do this instead.

 

[HuntingPudel]

I would be careful when highway driving since the wheel covers are meant to be retained at speed by the lug nuts. The snap detents were not meant to hold the entirety of the mass of the wheel covers onto the wheels at speed coupled with other outside forces.

 

[Alfaa]

I was worried about the covers coming off, too. But have you ever taken them off before?

The outside clips are so incredibly strong that I had no worries as soon as I felt what it took to get them off. They're WAY more secure than any hub cap I've seen. I suspect the reason for the attachment at the lug nuts is probably more about anti-theft.

Also, I did this mod almost 3 months ago and have since driven 2000+ highway miles and hit some pretty nasty potholes and still have all 4 covers.

 

[Alfaa]

This is brilliant! Nice work. I just painted the axle nose and nut black but I’d like to do this instead.

I would like to sell these to the community. At a low price, mostly just to cover my costs. I e-mailed the admins about posting the link to the store I put them up at but have not heard back yet.

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