Prius plastic beauty rings, on or off?

daveleeprius · 06-17-2007, 05:20 PM

I took them off this weekend after rotating the tires. I like the look a lot better. But were they put there for aerodynamic reasons? To protect the disc brakes?

Anyone know?

SW03ES · 06-17-2007, 05:23 PM

Talk about a beaten, dead horse...

robincx · 06-17-2007, 05:37 PM

+ + Aero

mingler · 06-18-2007, 12:06 AM

My car apparently disliked them so much that one of them leapt off (or was it pushed?), so my husband removed the other three this weekend. I think it looks so much better now!

wiiprii · 06-18-2007, 11:55 AM

I'm impressed by how much better the wheels look without them as well. They seem like an afterthought.

Thanks for the poll.

Ehash · 06-18-2007, 12:11 PM

What are they? I just got my 2007, and have read about these wheel things, but I can't figure out which part everyone hates so much....

desertbriez · 06-18-2007, 12:38 PM

even the touring wheels look better when you remove their cover.... especially on the mag grey.... since the under part that's covered up is almost mag grey!

Rae Vynn · 06-18-2007, 12:42 PM

On Saturday, we parked next to a Prius at a grocery store. Poor thing had a ding in the door

we felt bad.

The trim rings on the tires showed some serious scratching. My DH observed that the driver apparently liked hitting curbs.

So, do the trim rings protect the tire itself from damage from curbs? It's about the right height for the curb in front of my house.

hill · 06-18-2007, 12:46 PM

Prius Beauty Rings?
The car doesn't come supplied with such an item, so obviously no one knows what the heck you're talking about :P

Rae Vynn · 06-18-2007, 01:10 PM

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Prius Beauty Rings?
The car doesn't come supplied with such an item, so obviously no one knows what the heck you're talking about :P
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Once upon a time, people would paste little colored (often black) pieces of fabric, paper, or silk, to their faces. The pieces were often cut into little stars, circles, squares... and pasted over pimples, scars, what-have-you.

They came to be known as Beauty Marks. Eventually, the pasted pieces went away, but the name remained for those little indelible imperfections that some great beauties have had.

Nowadays, to consider a piece of black paper pasted to one's face as a way to increase one's beauty seems a bit laughable.

You could call the wheel trim rings "Beauty rings" in the same way.
Some consider them perfectly fine, and others consider them to detract from the appearance of their car.

This may not be the OP's intent, but this is my take on the use of the term "Beauty rings"

View Poll Results: Prius Beauty Rings, on or off?
Yes	22	43.14%
No	23	45.10%
What's a beauty ring? I have the Touring model!	6	11.76%
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06-17-2007, 05:20 PM	#1
daveleeprius Heh heh heh you think so? Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 414 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I took them off this weekend after rotating the tires. I like the look a lot better. But were they put there for aerodynamic reasons? To protect the disc brakes? Anyone know?

06-17-2007, 05:23 PM	#2
SW03ES Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 1,114 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Talk about a beaten, dead horse...

06-17-2007, 05:37 PM	#3
robincx "Fear is the mind killer" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North Boston, NY Posts: 1,291 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	+ + Aero

06-18-2007, 12:06 AM	#4
mingler Red Prii Rule Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 94 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My car apparently disliked them so much that one of them leapt off (or was it pushed?), so my husband removed the other three this weekend. I think it looks so much better now!

06-18-2007, 11:55 AM	#5
wiiprii Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 148 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I'm impressed by how much better the wheels look without them as well. They seem like an afterthought. Thanks for the poll.

06-18-2007, 12:11 PM	#6
Ehash Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 28 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	What are they? I just got my 2007, and have read about these wheel things, but I can't figure out which part everyone hates so much....

06-18-2007, 12:38 PM	#7
desertbriez Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 369 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	even the touring wheels look better when you remove their cover.... especially on the mag grey.... since the under part that's covered up is almost mag grey!

06-18-2007, 12:42 PM	#8
Rae Vynn Resident Witch Join Date: May 2007 Location: Grays Harbor, WA, USA Posts: 2,643 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 52	On Saturday, we parked next to a Prius at a grocery store. Poor thing had a ding in the door we felt bad. The trim rings on the tires showed some serious scratching. My DH observed that the driver apparently liked hitting curbs. So, do the trim rings protect the tire itself from damage from curbs? It's about the right height for the curb in front of my house.

06-18-2007, 12:46 PM	#9
hill High Fiber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South OC So Cal & the Flathead Valley MT Posts: 2,394 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 3	Prius Beauty Rings? The car doesn't come supplied with such an item, so obviously no one knows what the heck you're talking about :P