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Old 10-19-2012, 12:23 PM   #16 (permalink)
jime57
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Originally Posted by Beau View Post
Not that it would be an ideal wheel from a weight perspective, but for those running stock steel wheels that accept a stainless beauty ring -- would it not be a very simple mod to first fasten (screw/rivet) the Moon (or similar) disk to the beauty ring, and allow the spring tension of the beauty ring to hold the disk/ring to the wheel (it was designed to do so)? This would seem to minimize some of the downside/difficulty in using/mounting/servicing wheels with disks. No?
I think that would work, but why not just buy the clip on Moons. They have little steel fingers and mount like a regular hubcap. I knew one guy who had trouble keeping them on, but others experience is that they work fine.
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