Hmmm..repro red circle dog dish caps--Fixed!

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Seems like I spoke too soon.  

Bit the bullet & ordered up a set of the reproduction dog dish caps for my new steel wheels going on.
Ordered them from Year One....believe it or not they were the cheapest with the 20% off code I had.

Took about a week to get them.  Got them today & opened the box & found them nicely individually wrapped in bubble wrap & tissue paper.

Took out the first one & I was amazed!  A nearly perfect SS reproduction piece! Dull stainless on the backside like he originals.  Felt exactly as heavy as the originals.  A very well made part.   Ahh I was happy  

Until I decided to "check the rest of them"

Second one I unwrapped was just as nice....got to the third one & I was like WTF?!?!  Right away you can see the backside was shiny....I unwrapped it & it felt like PLASTIC!  WAAAY  lighter than the other 3 & even shinier then them as well.  Fratzog looks different as well....what the heck is this bastard cap I got???!?!?

Of course YO is closed when i got home....I hope they make this right!!!

Crappy cap is on the left in the pics

[DC_1]

very nice! 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Except for the bastard cap I got!!

[bill440rt]

Uh....  oh.......... 

Looks like YO is getting them from two different suppliers then?? How will they know which "right" cap to send you in return?

[Rolling_Thunder]

typical YO   haha       never a dull moment with them   

[tan top]

oh crikey , noooo  !! thats a bummer    ,

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Uh....  oh..........  

Looks like YO is getting them from two different suppliers then?? How will they know which "right" cap to send you in return?

According to someone on Moparts, BE/A is supposedly the only supplier.  They probably had a different batch made up.  YO is just the middle man.  They had to order these from BE/A (thats why it took a week or so to get them)
Funny how they try & slip one of these bastard caps in with a set of 4 like no one would notice.

I just hope YO does the right thing by me.

Anyone else that ordered the repro caps get a bad one?

[randr]

I have a set, i should take a closer look at them may be an odd one in the set

[randr]

looks like mine have same issue! never noticed

[tan top]

  

looks like mine have same issue! never noticed

 oh no !!

thats sneeky if they are slipping an odd one in a set now & again to get rid of them , would of been better off , making up complete sets with the thinner  fratzog

Uh....  oh..........  

Looks like YO is getting them from two different suppliers then?? How will they know which "right" cap to send you in return?

According to someone on Moparts, BE/A is supposedly the only supplier.  They probably had a different batch made up.  YO is just the middle man.  They had to order these from BE/A (thats why it took a week or so to get them)
Funny how they try & slip one of these bastard caps in with a set of 4 like no one would notice.

I just hope YO does the right thing by me.

Anyone else that ordered the repro caps get a bad one?

was about to say that  !! yearone prolly dont even look at the stuff , just box it up in their box & ship it out !!
all mine are the the same , gave them a good check over when i took them out the wrapping  , all four are the same fratzog !!  but was more interested looking for dents !!  , knowing what some of the pattern parts i have had in the past

[randr]

maybe we can swap between us and get 2 matching sets! i have 1 thin 3 thick.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

maybe we can swap between us and get 2 matching sets! i have 1 thin 3 thick.

Thats EXACTLY what I have.....WTF?!?!? 

With BE/A I wouldnt be surprised if this was a way Mike has of "getting rid" of a bad batch.... 

[DC_1]

You would think they would just keep similar looking caps together and not throw in the odd ball, even if they are trying to get rid of old stock.

These are probably coming out of China so I wouldn't be surprised if BE/A or YO are not aware of the issue.

Do they come packaged as a set of 4 in a box?

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

They are individually wrapped in paper & bubble wrap & then stacked together.....so I guess in their defense they might not know which one is which

[DC_1]

Finally a flaw in your car!.....

[69 OUR/TEA]

How many sets of wheels do you have now for the car Chris? 3 or 4???

[Charger-Bodie]

All 4 of mine that I got directly from Mike at the Nats last year are really nice and have the thicker Fratzog.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

How many sets of wheels do you have now for the car Chris? 3 or 4???

Back down to 2....sold the Road Wheels today....

[charger Downunder]

Probably made out of a different mold they should give the bad mold the flick and make them all the same. This is typical of repro stuff no quality control why cant the suppliers who get repro parts made up get them looked at and tried out first by people in the hobby who know there stuff.
Well i always thought the overseas buyers got the rubbish as its a hassle and big cost in shipping stuff back.

[resq302]

Wow that sucks Chris.  Hope they do right by you.  Would suck to know that you have one odd ball cap on your car.  Just for arguements sake...if Chrysler were to have two suppliers for these hub caps, what could the odds be that this could have been like this from the factory also? 

[1969chargerrtse]

maybe we can swap between us and get 2 matching sets! i have 1 thin 3 thick.

Thats EXACTLY what I have.....WTF?!?!?  

With BE/A I wouldnt be surprised if this was a way Mike has of "getting rid" of a bad batch....  

 Wow, surprised you made that comment?  That's the exact problem I had with parts I ordered from him.  

I'm sure Year One will take the one back, or the whole set.  They have great low shipping rates too.  

[1969chargerrtse]

How many sets of wheels do you have now for the car Chris? 3 or 4???

Bada bing!  I love the original look he had from the start.  Must be bored or something?

[resq302]

it happens when you start running out of things to do.  An idle mind is like idle hands..... it never leads to anything good.  Only trouble, and a big hole in your wallet!   

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Well on a good note Year One made good on their word of sending me another set.

"Tyler" promised me this set would be "inspected" by hand for a matching set before going out.....NOT.

Opened the box & exactly like the first set, the third cap down was the bastard cap....again!!!

Long story short, I took one of the SS ones out of the new set & sent back the 2 crappy aluminum ones along with the other 2 SS ones.

I now have a full set of SS caps....all is right with the world.

Sent Mike from BE/A a PM on Moparts about the YO replacement set being the same....read it & never replied.  Didnt think he would

[Rolling_Thunder]

Hmmm -  well at least the problem is solved...         

[tan top]

Hmmm -  well at least the problem is solved...         

  good it sorted  !! 
perhaps they just did not notice the difference

[Daytona R/T SE]

Great...

Now... I've got to unwrap my set and check 'em out

[bill440rt]

Yay!! Happy dance!   

[DC_1]

Well on a good note Year One made good on their word of sending me another set.

"Tyler" promised me this set would be "inspected" by hand for a matching set before going out.....NOT.

Opened the box & exactly like the first set, the third cap down was the bastard cap....again!!!

Long story short, I took one of the SS ones out of the new set & sent back the 2 crappy aluminum ones along with the other 2 SS ones.

I now have a full set of SS caps....all is right with the world.

Sent Mike from BE/A a PM on Moparts about the YO replacement set being the same....read it & never replied.  Didnt think he would

So between the 2 sets you received and the set Randr mentioned he received with similar issues, this sure appears to be more than a simple mistake.

[bakerhillpins]

So between the 2 sets you received and the set Randr mentioned he received with similar issues, this sure appears to be more than a simple mistake.

Yep, and it also feels like its not going to get solved any time soon, and unsatisfactorily to boot.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

The funny thing is that it seems like "I" am the only one who complains/notices these things?   

Same crap happened with the repro headrests they offer....when I got my set they "looked" nice but when you put them into the seats they sat too far down in the seat.  Called Mike on it and said no way...I've sold tons of these & no one else complained...I was the first

After about a month of set, after different set Mike asked me to send him one of my originals to match up.  Turns out the posts were inserted too far into the headrest itself causing the short appearance.   I even got him to make the correct gasket for the underside of the headrest....his originally came with a crappy slab of vinyl glued to the bottom to cover the molding hole.

My original headrest is on the left....middle was getting closer....right was the first one he sent me....sheesh...

[charger Downunder]

Advertised as ssteal and you get an aluminum one that sucks. We all have to stand up to these sellers and send the parts back. It will work the way down the line, and the manufactures will learn you cant skip on a Mopar enthusiast.
It is so disappointing to see bad quality repro parts.

[Rolling_Thunder]

yeah -  I am lucky enough if I need any of those caps I can go down to Classic Industries and inspect them all before I take them home.   

[tan top]

looks like i was lucky in getting a matching set back in march from year one !
its awesome stuff that all these repop parts are being made !!  going back 22 years when i got mine !! would never imagined  all this stuff would be available ,
but why go to all that trouble of producing the parts, ((& thankfull there are company's out there that do ! don't get me wrong !)))   , but  when  many of them are not right , either by fit , look , etc etc  , if your going to reproduce a part !! why the hell cant you make it like the originals ! technology has come leaps & bounds in 40 plus years !  i'm getting a bit carried away now & moved on from hub caps & headrests    , but if your going to make the stuff make it right ! not nearly    , wonder if the chebby & ford mob have this problem 
not trying to stir anything up !