[RedDevil]

Say what - I joined the fun!

I bought a 1/2 m by 1 m sheet of 2 mm thick Lexan for my upcoming aero projects, first and foremost of which were my aero wheelhub covers.
The hub covers themselves are nicely curved but have them big holes and dimples that need covering up:

As you can see the sheet of Lexan is covered on both side with a thin blueish protection foil.

We need to carefully pull that off the sheet.
Then drape it over the hub caps (it was just enough for the 4 of them):


Clean the hub caps beforehand and make sure they have double sided sticky tape on the back, like this:


Pull the sheet tight on opposite ends and press it on the sticky tape. Go round the cap pulling the cover evenly flat. Finally trim the excess sheeting so that it does not get in the way when remounting the cap.


The end result. The cover is blueish what corresponds well to the blue accents in the Insights headlights and windows.

Seen in the light of day:


[edit] Well it did look cool for a week or 2. Then it started to rip at the edges. It quickly wears through because the cap rubs on the rim edge. A small piece of rubber found its way though the rim and got locked under the foil, over time it would have grown worse.
It might have worked but was a FAIL.