03-08-2011, 08:47 PM
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Smooth wheel covers - what size pizza pan?
For those of you who have done the pizza pan smooth wheel cover mod, what size pizza pan did you use compared to your wheel size? I am looking to put them on the Prius, so I measured the wheel and it is a 15" wheel, but the steel lip is 16" diameter. Also, there is a question of the pizza pan size too. Is a 15" pan actually 15" in diameter, or is it made to fit a 15" pizza and have a lip that makes it larger?
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03-08-2011, 09:43 PM
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FWIW, the pizza pans I ordered were almost exactly the nominal size. 18" pan is about 17 15/16" in diameter, edge to edge. This is about 3/4" smaller than the diameter of the visible metal part of the 17" wheel.
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03-09-2011, 09:53 AM
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That is quite helpful! I'll get 16" pans then.
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03-09-2011, 11:22 AM
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Why not just make them out of coroplast? 
Lighter, cheaper, less prone to damage other vehicles if it comes off...  |
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03-09-2011, 11:30 AM
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Bam, how did you attach the disc? is that the screw head i'm seeing there?
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03-09-2011, 11:32 AM
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Bam, how did you attach the disc? is that the screw head i'm seeing there?
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I tried hot glue at first...didn't hold to my alloy rims. 
Then I tried...Gorilla Glue. Worked just fine...until it comes time to pull them off. It takes a little to break the bond but you can work it off a little at a time.
The hole you see is the tire valve...
I'm gonna run by the local Discount Tire and git some of their scrap tire weights and see if I can use the steel clip part after I melt the lead off and use those to keep the covers on with. |
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03-09-2011, 11:34 AM
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what did you use to cut the disc's?
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03-09-2011, 11:58 AM
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what did you use to cut the disc's?
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Being coroplast...a sharp Xacto knife. Carefully measured the rim and where the cover was gonna sit into. The diameter was slightly less than the Walmart pizza pan. I just held the pan down and cut into the first skin layer of the Coroplast. Pulled the pan off and then finished the cut. Used one of those Stanley shaver/planers to trim it down to size. To git the valve hole, I just pressed hard where the cap was and then drilled it out with a ½" drill bit. Primed it with plastic primer and then painted them with flat black paint.
My material of choice was those small political signs...I think they were 18" x 24". I have a ton of those from the last election. I could probably make 5 more sets. |
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03-09-2011, 01:18 PM
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Lighter, cheaper, less prone to damage other vehicles if it comes off... |
You are correct. Dangit, now what am I going to do with these 18" pizza pans?
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03-09-2011, 01:35 PM
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Dangit, now what am I going to do with these 18" pizza pans?
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...anybody eat pizza?
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