Plastics moon discs

[donee]

Originally Posted by Vekke

Is this "cool" enough?

Aluminium wheel cover attached with Ziptie Plug.jpg - Windows Live

Hi Vekke,

Very nice. I see you took my advice about the black tie-wraps.

[Vekke]

Now the wheelcovers can be also found at tuneko Ltd web pages.

Less drag = Less fuel | Aluminium wheel hubcaps | Tuneko Ltd

Those went to electric raceabout / ERA. They will participate in michelin challenge bibendum berlin. On my Seat I have one advertisement capsel and one smoke polykarbonate version on each side. They turn people heads quite nicely .

[fusion210]

I came across "wheel shields'' that people use to prevent tire shine over spray from getting on their wheels. They might do the trick. There are a variety of styles. Even better, universal ones you cut down to size.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUPd4WW30vg

Wheel Shield Tire Detailing Tool | Made In Michigan | Michigan Made Products and Gifts

These don't look as nice, but they do appear to be cheap. 3/$20 + $6 shipping. Possibly cheaper elsewhere, and they may combine shipping when adding a single cover.



Amazon.com: Wheel Shield 3 pack: Automotive


Certainly not as perfect as a plastic copy of moon eyes style ones, but they are an option I suppose.

[ECONORAM]

Originally Posted by Vekke

Is this "cool" enough?

Aluminium wheel cover attached with Ziptie Plug.jpg - Windows Live

Vekke, what material did you use for the wheel covers? Lexan? How thick is it? I have tried temporary covers with corroplast, but will probably end up using tie wraps like you did to keep them on the truck...

@ fusion; I have been doing that for years using a circular cut piece of cardboard. I should have patented that, I guess.

[Vekke]

3mm thick polykarbonate is it 1/8"?. Colorado uv 130 is the exact material.

[Piwoslaw]

I just remembered that a few months ago I saw a car with flat plastic hubcaps. They looked like normal, not-too-expensive aftermarket hubcaps which can be found in any store, but they where flat and smooth, no holes or anything. Just what I started this thread about.

Unfortunately, there was no visible info about the maker. Also, during the time I was in the area the car's owner didn't show up. And even if he did, I might have had a hard time communicating - the car's license plates suggested it was from Bulgaria. The car had smaller wheels than my 15", it was something like a Citroën AX, Renault Clio, or something of similar size and age (I forgot the actual make and model).

Anyhow, this shows that flat, plastic, hopefully cheap, aftermarket mooncaps are available somewhere, I'm just not yet sure where.

[Vekke]

Were you able to tell the price also from the looks?

They might be cheap to produce but when it small segment product they cannot sell it so cheap as the basic hubcaps which sell for million pieces. Reason is that the tooling still costs the same.

Anyway cool find then seach for the manufacturer.

[longbow327]

Originally Posted by dcb

I don't have to brake all that much usually. It's better to not over accelerate in the first place from an efficiency perspective.

Race car guy (and wannabees) will definitely want more air on their brakes though.

Your brakes are hot if you use them or not. The pads are always rubbing on the rotors. That's why landspeed guys (and at some nascar track) push the pistons back before runs (just remember to pump the brakes before slamming them down). You might consider running higher temperature range brake pads.

[PaleMelanesian]

errr... not always. One day when I arrived at work (after 10 miles driving) I checked my rotors. They were cool. I touched them. They were cool. I grabbed and held onto them with my bare hands. Nice and cool. I think I can get by with minimal airflow through my wheels.

[seifrob]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

Anyhow, this shows that flat, plastic, hopefully cheap, aftermarket mooncaps are available somewhere, I'm just not yet sure where.

It seems that Górecki (Górecki Sp. j.) has manufactured them and sold them as type "ARROW" under their ARGO brand.

They are still sold here (Poklice ARROW 13 - VAPOL CZ, tažné zaøízení, výfuky, autodíly), but just for 13" wheels. I cannot find them in gorecki e-shop, so I am afraid they discontinued them.

Could you send them an e-mail? If they still make them, I would definitely buy a 15" set (price is around 10 euro per set). At least it will clarify things.

Rob