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15 | 15.79% |
| Steelies look great the way they are, the flat black is sweet! |
  
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36 | 37.89% |
| The stock hubcaps are your best bet, steelies are ugly! |
  
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23 | 24.21% |
| Rock the hubcaps, but paint them ASAP! |
  
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21 | 22.11% |
| Voters: 95. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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02-15-2009, 12:34 PM
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Joey
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Factory alloys FTW
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02-15-2009, 03:04 PM
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Gideon, do you have more pics like that? That's hot. I was thinking of doing the racing wheel moon covers, but yours is a nice alternative to the idea.
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02-16-2009, 12:07 AM
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The trim rings you can pick up at any auto store. I got two for free from an America's Tire Company. They sometimes keep old trim rings after people purchase new rims. The other two I bought for around $30 at Kragen's. The centercaps are from NAPA, from the balkamp catalog #730-2411. They're very cheap, like $2 for a two pack or something I can't recall. They don't fit snugly though, so what I used was some sticky tape for emblems and outside automotive trim pieces and coated the inside with it to close the gap. They fit very well and stayed on for several hundred miles at high speed, until I swapped rims and tires. |
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02-16-2009, 06:04 PM
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Drives: 2008 Yaris RS 4-Door LB Join Date: Oct 2008
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Yes, trim rings and center caps is definitely the way to go in lieu of alloys. Nice set-up Gideon!
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02-16-2009, 09:12 PM
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Drives: 2014 White VITZ Join Date: May 2007
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02-15-2009, 03:09 PM
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Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008
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I like RYU's 3d pic and Gideon's right on with the trim rings.
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02-15-2009, 03:13 PM
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paint the stock covers.... it is cheep and easier than masking off your wheel to paint them
I vote for hot pink wheel covers
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02-15-2009, 04:44 PM
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Drives: 2014 White VITZ Join Date: May 2007
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Gideon's Vitz looks great!
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02-15-2009, 05:05 PM
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 That's exactly what I'll do I think... but where do you get thoes parts?
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02-15-2009, 07:43 PM
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Get a set of these wheels.
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02-15-2009, 07:46 PM
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Yea I like Gideons and remember seeing them along time ago. Again wax to shine and check Advance, Auto Zone or the other big name here in NC for Honda lug nuts...they were like a 1.50 apiece. Honda parts wanted 6.50 apiece. Trim rings not to sure of.
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02-16-2009, 10:52 PM
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Drives: 08 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
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Heres my hubcaps im rolling....
 
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02-16-2009, 11:19 PM
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Drives: 08 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
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 And heres one of me test fitting my acura rims on my yaris. |
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02-16-2009, 11:20 PM
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Drives: 08 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
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 A night shot of my hubcaps and one up close 
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02-17-2009, 02:50 AM
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Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007
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Gideon FTW, that rocks, best treatment of stock wheels ever.
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02-17-2009, 09:58 AM
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I think Toyota should take note here: Drop the plastic wheel covers, sell the Yaris with steel wheels, trim rings, centre caps, and chrome lugs, and offer factory alloy wheels as an option.
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02-21-2009, 09:52 PM
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Drives: 08 liftback 5spd Join Date: Oct 2008
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same as gideon. DO NOT ROCK TRIM RINGS ON SALTY ROADS won't last a single day. seriously. not even a day. well. maybe a day. if you cleaned them afterward. but not two. |
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Drives: 07 Yaris 3dr LB (Bayou Blue) Join Date: Oct 2008
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 they dont bad enough to remove though..... going to try to get some dust caps. I went the other day but they only had two and one was dull as compared to it's shiny companion... 
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