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Old 12-26-2013, 12:58 PM   #25 (permalink)
RedDevil
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Sorry to have 'foiled' you.

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Mind you; I used the protective foil ... The foil folds over the edges of the hub cap ... afraid that will make it rip.
I have to call FAIL on my covers, sadly.
The flexibility and softness of the foil turned out to be its weak points. It wore through at the edge, so I had to tear them off.
It really needs something to protect it from being chewed to bits at the rim edge.

The caps were near impossible to remove without grabbing the spokes, so at least one hole in the cover would have been handy.

As for efficiency; had my car serviced and two severe storms on the last tank so nothing to show, just a bad tank FE wise.

OK, back to the drawing board.
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