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Originally Posted by BamZipPow
Going with that design...it would give you a gap between the adapter and the cover. You could just "steal" an idea from them and use a couple of long/extended lug nuts per wheel and attach yer aero cover with a couple of bolts that thread into the extended lug nuts.  |
Those long lugnuts have been on my mind for few months, but the problem is that people will need different lengths of lugnuts. Other solution would be adaptors between lugnuts and hubcap. So you would built the spacing you need with spacers. If all this would work the last problem is that I dont think that would be stiff enough for top speed driving. Attachement is quite centre and most of the weigth is on the outer edge. So in tight turns there will be lots of stresses that try to rip the capsel in half. Fatigue may brake it sooner or later.
Estimation for own lugnut tool was about 1000€ so not that expensive...
Also what I have learned from stanless steel hubcaps that the attachement bolts rost easily. That can be solved. I am not at the moment going with those long lug nuts
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