K-Mart has wheel covers for $16 / set of 4
 

Hi,

I was in K-Mart last evening and since I need a wheel cover, I checked what they have on sale -- and they are selling all of their 14", 15" and 16" wheel covers for $16 for a set of 4.

Get 'em while they're hot!

I got the smoothest style of 15" and I used some foil tape I have to cover all but one opening:

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I put the wire hoop in the tightest setting, and we'll see how it goes...

How much tape did you use? I had a problem when doing this with just 1 layer of foil tape. It's held up MUCH better with 2~3 layers.

brucey -

I agree. I used one layer to fill the gaps on my alloy wheels and they punctured very easily :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/member-cf...tape-holes.jpg

CarloSW2

I only used one layer -- I could another more I suppose. I was going to wait and see how they did -- I had used foil on my alloy wheels and only had one hole, if I remember right. I'm hoping that this wheel cover manages to stay on -- the right front wheel takes a beating here on these narrow frost damaged New England roads...

Mine looked worse than CFG83's after just a week of driving.

BUT. They have held up awesome once I gave it 2 layers (also plastidip, not sure how much it helped however). Including lots of miles, rain, snow, and gumbo mud.

Why did you replace the wheel disks that you had before with these ? ( The disks in your avatar )

Cd -

I believe he will tell you that the snap-ins fall off.

CarloSW2

Yes, the metal tabs get fatigued and they get jarred loose. The right front in particular gets knocked off fairly often. It fell off on my way home from the X-Prize in June, and I retrieved it. I bent the tabs to be tighter, and it fell off again in less than 15 minutes -- and I was in tight traffic and could stop without causing an accident. So, it's in the ditch on Rt 80 East somewhere in Ohio...