Hub Caps, Yay or Nay?

[crgildart]

Your turn for an 'am I tempted by the thing... or the gold bling' thread.

 

[François Pugh]

They need to be sandblasted and powder coated. My current set has 13 seasons on them.

Yeah, I'm too lazy to do that.

 

[crgildart]

They need to be occasionally hosed off and rattle canned..

Fixed it for you

 

[cantunamunch]

Fixed it for you

Umm, I thought the point was to give Ghost less rust, not more.

 

[crgildart]

Umm, I thought the point was to give Ghost less rust, not more.

Less VISIBLE rust;. If it's covered in black spray paint it no longer exists..

 

[snwbrdr]

First with steelies only
20190221_171230 by thisistan, on Flickr

Then with New Beetle (2005-2011) hubcaps
Mammoth by thisistan, on Flickr

 

[snwbrdr]

I would so put thse an my Alltrack

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Those are actually alloy wheels, not steelies.

 

[Philpug]

Those are actually alloy wheels, not steelies.

I know but they were designed to look like steelies

 

[crgildart]

First with steelies only
20190221_171230 by thisistan, on Flickr

Then with New Beetle (2005-2011) hubcaps
Mammoth by thisistan, on Flickr

A shot of my car in that much light would show 4750497 scratches and dings where the skis and bikes and camping/fishing gear get leaned against it, sometimes slamming against the doors going in and out of the ski box..

 

[cantunamunch]

A shot of my car in that much light would show 4750497 scratches and dings where the skis and bikes and camping/fishing gear get leaned against it, sometimes slamming against the doors going in and out of the ski box..

see, that's your problem right there - you're babying the car.

If you quintuple that number to a proper, righteous, 25 million or more, it becomes a 'brushed' bronze finish

 

[crgildart]

Center caps V1. Also have some chrome ones on the way.