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Originally Posted by Andyb04
My main attraction to this thread is the ability to use these covers on rims that don't accept hubcaps, and look good. Yeah, if you have steelies then slap some smooth hubcaps on. But my goal is to look good and have good FE!
And yeah, the $70 (now $55) is for the attachment mechanism, but the end result is you are using zip ties, which are plastic.
For $55, I would consider it to be honest. I think extended lug bolts would be the sturdiest solution, but that would definitely be a pain. Zip ties would be pretty easy to install and remove for cleaning.
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I am with you. I actually spent manny manny (and then a few more) hours stipping my stock alloys and polishing them up. Now they look almost like chrome. I would love to insall some transparent covers to get the high end appearance with the wind cheating advantage.
Since I have moved to AZ, I have lost all faith is zip ties. They dry out and degrade in just moths here. The same thing used to happen in Oregon only it tool YEARS rather than months lol. I no longer use them unless they are the stainless steel kind (no joke, they come in ss).
You could mount them to the lug bolts if you took extra long lug nuts, cut the finishing cap off the end, effectively making a coupling nut out of it, and then tread in the required length shaft into that open end. You could use nylon all thread for your mounting shaft to make it light and prevent scratching your clear cover.
If you have center caps on your wheels, you could mount the clear cover to that depending on it's shape and construction. In my case, the capse fit with a spring retainer. The added weight would send them flying on the fist bump.