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Hey guys, I HAVE worked my center caps over, and while all this talk about red hot, sanding and polishing in theory may work, its really more work than necessary.
The caps seem to be a very thin stainless steel and will scratch if a metal hammer is used. They are so thin that you can bend them with your bare hands (same as the metal bumpers, which I have also finessed in the same way). I would be afraid that heating them, especially red hot, would permanently discolor them (blue) and warp them beyond recognition.
Just get a hard rubber faced hammer, or masking tape over a metal finish hammer and a hard surface like a valve (also taped to prevent scratches), a wood dowel end (closet clothes rod in a vise) and g-e-n-t-l-y work out the waviness and bumps. They will not be perfect but they will be convincing at a fraction of the cost of new ones.
Just my opinion and experience.
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