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Originally Posted by cfg83
Question: How are you going to fit hubcaps onto your alloys?
I thought hubcaps were only for steelies.
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cfg83/CarloSW2,
That's what you'd think... but then there's the Prius.
Prius Gen II 5-spoke 15 in. Standard wheels and 7-spoke 16 in. Touring
wheels come with OEM plastic wheel covers. The silver covers are moulded
to cover the spokes. Most non-Prius folk don't even realize they are there.
And Prius folk argue whether they are primarily "curb rash" preventers
(they do that) or aero aids (nobody really knows). If they are the latter,
any contribution is quite small and hard to quantify with conflicting reports
of +/- 1 or 2 MPGs.
Maybe Toyota put them on just to mess with peoples minds.
In either case, the covers are secured to the wheels with what looks to the
same mechanism found on steelies: a detent all around the wheel near the
edge, and little protrustions on the cover that when mounted are tensioned
into the detent by a ring made of heay wire.
I'm hoping that the critical measurements for the Prius alloy wheel and an
American wheel cover are the same.
And thanks for the pix.
Both of those covers are what I've got in mind.
I like in 15 in. Olds Delta 88/98 covers. I guess I could always go to 15 in.
wheels. I think the 15 in. steelies from the Matrix have the right dimensions;
offset, bolt pattern, etc