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Old 04-08-2010, 07:15 AM   #201 (permalink)
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plastic, stainless, or aluminum is probably the better route to go. i used the cheap pizza pans from wal-mart and its been about a month since i installed them and they are rusting pretty bad already.

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Old 04-08-2010, 08:06 AM   #202 (permalink)
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There are aluminum pizza pans -- you want the "coupe" style which have the smooth radius on the edge.
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I've gone the tape route after giving up with pizza pans. My wheels just dont want to accept anything not permanent and I dont want to give up having exposed lug nuts/valve stems.

Used waterproof, paint-able tape so we'll see how it goes. Had to leave one spoke open though for the valve stem. Painted them with plasti-dip so its reversible if it completely goes to crap. But I really like the black wheels with the car now anyway.

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How had you attached the pizza pans? The tape looks fine. Did you try the upper grill blocked and a partial lower block?
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I can't do a lower grill block, I dont have a lower grill. The car got hit in the parking lot and they wanted too much to fix it, so I just amputated the bumper. Theres not much behind that coroplast really.

As for attachment methods, I tried the center bolt and I tried zip ties. Neither of which really worked well. And both of which I would have had to drill out 6 holes, 1 for the valve stems and 1 each for the lug nuts. It would have been too much work for something that I think would have looked worse. The only question now is how long the tape holds up.
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Used waterproof, paint-able tape so we'll see how it goes. Had to leave one spoke open though for the valve stem. Painted them with plasti-dip so its reversible if it completely goes to crap. But I really like the black wheels with the car now anyway.
I like that! Tape would be pretty easy to install. I might have to try that, if I can find some down here in OKC before we roll out.
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Brucey, the Lesbaru looks hawt. Mad Max style... efficient and bad ass!

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I also tried the Wal Mart pizza pans on an Echo. The OEM Echo plastic weel covers make a great mount. The pans just touch the wheel covers at about 3" off center, so a 6" rivet circle of 6 rivets each wheel made a strong mount. The installation was pretty slick. The new wheel covers could be gently pried off, just like the OEM covers. If the Scion covers don't work, you might find a cheap set of covers at Wal Mart which do.

I also shared the rust problem. If you go that route, then paint the outsides, possibly inside also, of the pans before you ever use them.

I like the look of your covers brucey!
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Old 04-21-2010, 08:46 AM   #209 (permalink)
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You've murdered out your whip, son! (as they say on fashion-oriented automotive customization sites)

The front bumper and wheels provide many of the cues that help people identify that car at a glance as a Subaru. With those gone, I had to look twice.
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Thanks for the compliments guys, the tape seems to be holding up well enough.

I know the tape will eventually fail, but the question is how long is eventually (:

And yes, my mirrors are huge. They look like they belong on a truck. It's nice cause there is no blind spots, its bad because of the obvious gas mileage hit I take with them. When I'm on the interstate I tend to fold the passenger side in, it helps a small bit.

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