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cfg83 · 05-12-2008, 04:20 PM

2003protege -

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Originally Posted by 2003protege

yeah, that's the thing, I have 5 spoke alloy wheels. I'll figure something out someday. For right now, I think these look pretty cool haha.

That is egg-zactly my problem as well. Looking forward to your results. At least if they do fly off, "it's just cardboard", so no biggee.

CarloSW2

alohaspirit · 03-03-2009, 01:53 AM

So how are those things doing?

Still holding on?

donee · 03-03-2009, 09:06 PM

Come summer - Fahrenheit 451 !

Christ · 03-04-2009, 12:38 AM

You guys with alloy wheels can usually find steel wheels that match your offset/lug pattern on places like Craigslist or local junkyards, if you actually wanted to use hubcaps.

my first gmc · 03-04-2009, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by donee

Come summer - Fahrenheit 451 !

You're gonna burn a bunch of books?

Ferr3t · 03-04-2009, 12:10 PM

Cool idea, I was also thinking of doing something similar with a more durable material. Fiberglass reinforced plastic? That's available at Home Depot eh? I'll have to check that out.

Ferr3t · 03-04-2009, 12:11 PM

PS, with painting them black...i'd watch out for high brake temperatures in the summer. Don't want to fry your brakes :P

McTimson · 03-04-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferr3t

PS, with painting them black...i'd watch out for high brake temperatures in the summer. Don't want to fry your brakes :P

Real ecomodders don't use brakes, so I don't think that's a problem

I've been thinking about doing the pizza pan covers, Google has some places that sell 13" ones for like $3 a piece, which is pretty cheap. Of course, cardboard is free, but I would think the pizza pans would be sturdier.

2003protege · 03-04-2009, 01:23 PM

Wow... talk about resurrecting a thread.

Like I said, I didn't expect these to last for more than a week. Turns out they lasted about 4 days before it rained and warped them slightly. These were mediocre at best for testing purposes.

alohaspirit · 03-04-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 2003protege

Wow... talk about resurrecting a thread.

Like I said, I didn't expect these to last for more than a week. Turns out they lasted about 4 days before it rained and warped them slightly. These were mediocre at best for testing purposes.

so basically they didnt work

I think we can let this thread die now