2007 wheels or wheel covers

wdfoto · 07-19-2006, 09:47 PM

What will the 2007 wheels or wheels covers look like? Anyone have any idea?

**Tideland Prius** · 07-20-2006, 12:29 AM

same on non-Touring package. Touring packages get the 16" alloys w/ plastic cover.

Soylent · 07-20-2006, 10:19 AM

Interesting...down here we call em rims and hubcaps.

Rancid13 · 07-20-2006, 11:37 AM

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Interesting...down here we call em rims and hubcaps.
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Rims and hubcaps are for conventional gas-only burning vehicles.
The mighty Prius prefers that we call them wheels and wheel covers when referring to its, um, rims and hubcaps.

:P

wdfoto · 07-20-2006, 11:18 PM

what do the hubcaps look like?

wilco · 07-24-2006, 05:05 PM

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What will the 2007 wheels or wheels covers look like? Anyone have any idea?
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I think the 15" wheels will be the same.

If the 16" "touring" package wheels are like the 2004-06 Japanese 16" wheels, they'll look like this.
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Interesting...down here we call em rims and hubcaps.
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Well, they aren't really like traditional hubcaps... more like a fake 7 spoked wheel. Here is a pic without the cover.
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usbseawolf2000 · 07-24-2006, 05:32 PM

Great pics. Do you know how much they weight?

Dennis

wilco · 07-24-2006, 07:21 PM

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Great pics. Do you know how much they weight?
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They are (supposedly) 15.2 lbs.

**Tideland Prius** · 07-24-2006, 07:50 PM

so slightly heavier than ours?

wilco · 07-24-2006, 08:18 PM

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so slightly heavier than ours?
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Yeah, but I don't really know 100% for sure that weight is accurate - it's just what I dug up back when I was seriously considering getting different wheels.

The price for the JDM wheels was so much more than I could justify, that I quickly moved on to considering other options. The lack of choice when it came to good 16" tires in North America, and mileage hit reported by the vast majority of people who switched to 17" pretty much killed the idea all together.

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07-19-2006, 09:47 PM	#1
wdfoto Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas Posts: 29 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	What will the 2007 wheels or wheels covers look like? Anyone have any idea?

07-20-2006, 12:29 AM	#2
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 19,620 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 229 Thanked 344 Times in 243 Posts Friends: 23	same on non-Touring package. Touring packages get the 16" alloys w/ plastic cover.

07-20-2006, 10:19 AM	#3
Soylent Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Miami Beach, Florida Posts: 290 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: N/A Package: #3 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Interesting...down here we call em rims and hubcaps.

07-20-2006, 11:18 PM	#5
wdfoto Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas Posts: 29 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	what do the hubcaps look like?

07-24-2006, 05:32 PM	#7
usbseawolf2000 HSD PhD Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 3,254 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #3 Thanks: 106 Thanked 178 Times in 111 Posts Friends: 59	Great pics. Do you know how much they weight? Dennis

07-24-2006, 07:50 PM	#9
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 19,620 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 229 Thanked 344 Times in 243 Posts Friends: 23	so slightly heavier than ours?