Experiment: smooth wheel discs tested A-B-A - 4.6% mpg improvement @ 65 mph

[cfg83]

mcrews -

Originally Posted by mcrews

Since the holes are relatively small, I would use very thin CLEAR plastic and super glue to the back of the hole
I do like the look on your car.

Yeah, this as a good idea. I would do that, wait a while, and see if I end up liking it. Sometimes the different look and colors will "grow on you" (hopefully, not like a fungus).

CarloSW2

[Weather Spotter]

I do like the plastic idea, I also think that the style & color will grow on me.

[BamZipPow]

Originally Posted by mcrews

Since the holes are relatively small, I would use very thin CLEAR plastic and super glue to the back of the hole
I do like the look on your car.

I haven't found any cheap clear thin plastic that holds up to UV rays over a long period of time during my testing.

Too bad he couldn't use the Toyota T-100 15" hubcaps that fit over the Toyota steel wheels...they're stainless and hold up pretty good. All you have to do is fill in the holes...

[PaleMelanesian]

How about that aluminum duct tape stuff? The tape that's actually metal foil. Very strong adhesive, and the color should match pretty well.

[Christ]

PaleMelanesian -

That stuff just might work, too. I had thought about it later last night, after I put the laptop away for the night. Keeping it from wrinkling while applying it might be a problem, though.

[Weather Spotter]

I thought about the silver HVAC tape, it would be hard to keep it smooth.

PS, I looked and they are plastic hub caps.

[Christ]

Well, plastic makes life fairly easy.

Sand the area you want to cover down to bare plastic on the backsides, get yourself some sodey pop bottles, and cut pieces to install with plastic cement. (Modeling glue.)

If they're ABS, and you have any pieces of ABS laying around, you can use acetone to "weld" the pieces together. ABS plastic gets all mooshy in acetone, and once the acetone dries, the ABS hardens again.

[cosmicgenius]

Hi all,
first post here so take it with a large grain of salt but I've read this whole thread and there is no mention of how I mounted pizza pans on 15" stock steel rims. I need to note here that this will only work on some applications because my rims have a lip that accepts the pizza pans almost perfectly. (the pizza pans measure 16" straight across and the rim lip inside diameter is approx. 16 1/16") took some channel locks and squeezed the rolled up rim on the pizza pan so that it was forced out in 4 places. now the pans snap into place inside the rim lip like they were made for it. I haven't driven the vehicle at all with them like this as I did it last night. one other note with the balance weights that are on my rear tires i'm just going to cut a slot in the pizza pan and fold it inside so the weight of the cutout is still there just out of the way. I'll post some pics if anybody is interested and if I can figure out how to make them small enough

[cosmicgenius]

had to crop them to make them small enough

[Christ]

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