the first thing to go

haha watch out were the most dangerous kind of yankee fans

however both our benefits (less weight or less drag) for mpg wont financially outweigh the amount of money we could get selling them to some other prius driver with money to burn

 

The weigh about as much as the aerodynamic benefit, yes.

If this was so darn important... why - when they were making wheels specifically for this car - did they not simply design them correctly?

 

Im confused, im not implying they designed them wrong.

Im saying relative to the rest of the cars components the wheels will always create a significant portion of the overall drag no matter what car it is.

other places include the side view mirrors and rear top of the car (due to the sloped back mirror) (which toyota decreased as much as they probably could)

 

Oops sorry. We were making different points. My point is that if the plastic rings did some good... then instead of adding those, why not make the wheels with that benefit in the first place.

I agree that wheels can cause some nasty turbulance. A properly designed wheel minimizes this. On bicycles, for example, they use wing-shaped spokes instead of round. And in extreme cases (track) they make a competely solid wheel cover. Hell in cross winds!

 

I've got a '08 #7 Silver Touring.
I've taken off the wheel rings and would like to get something for the axle in the center of the wheel.

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

if toyota design and put all that money in the car the wheel caps wil be important for the airflow

wy do this if not.

 

Axle covers

How about the chrome plastic Toyota logo caps you see on the non-Touring model?

 

I don't know which thread it was on but it will fit.