Gen III - Why the plastic covers for alloy wheels?

[walterm]

Originally Posted by JThayer

Errrmmm..."designed for appearance"?

If the goal was "cheesy appearance", then they succeeded. Otherwise, not so much...

If there is one that I don't like about my Prius IV it is the cheap looking wheel covers. Yesterday, I noticed that one of the wheel covers had fallen off/been stolen/was missing and I discovered how good the basic wheel looks. I was considering removing all the wheel covers and was thinking "wouldn't it be great if you could buy a something with a Toyota logo to fill in the hole in the center..."

Funny how this thread just happened along at just the right time...

Thanks y'all...

You can get center caps with the Toyota logo on them from numerous sources (like metrotpn.com) and do just that.

http://www.metrotpn.com/ProductDetai...8&SortIndex=31
(all one line, in case it gets split in displaying)

I'm also wondering whether it would look better if the spokes were painted to match the body color (mine is Barcelona Red), but that's hard to tell before trying it and hard to undo if you don't like it after it's done...

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by octavia

Yes. He has a big head, made for a memorable experience.

He corrected me though... chargers are cool but it's challengers that are "ridonculous cool."

whoa.. new avatar. Didn't recognise you and was wondering who was this person that's replying to my post??

lol... ridonkulous... kids these days. Hope you caught up in their lingo.

[Rokeby]

Originally Posted by walterm

I'm also wondering whether it would look better if the spokes were
painted to match the body color (mine is Barcelona Red), but that's
hard to tell before trying it and hard to undo if you don't like it after
it's done...

Here's a picture of our Amapola:



Powdercoated Touring rims, not painted. Three step process, ~$600:
* base coat
* metalflake coat
* clear top coat

Very difficult to match the metalflake flake size, mine's a bit too large.

Still, we like the look very much. Get's lots of stares, thumb's up, and
cell phone pix, even when were doing 60 mph!

[Fstr911]

Sweet looking wheels Rokeby

[Lucky2beme]

My plastic covers already have a crack in them!

Yesterday my tire pressure signal cam on!!!

Found I had a screw way up in the edge!

They say it can't be repaired and there is no road hazard on new car tires!!!

So dealer wanted me to pay $150 + bal etc. because, "I
was the one who ran over the screw!!!!

My DH plugged it with a $5 kit and it is holding just fine!