Hubcaps or no??? - Page 2 - Toyota Yaris Forums

KRAZGRL · 07-13-2010, 09:34 PM

Hubcaps = Ugly!

For my Yaris and another one, I simply pulled them off. Just give it a good tug and they'll pop right off.

I took my hubcaps off simply because I like the look of no hubs vs stock ones I don't care for. I just washed my car... I'll take some pics and post them. Plus, I like the look of the dark stock wheels with my dark tint (white 09 3door).

(My goal is to get new wheels when I need tires... I'm considering the Konig Heliums in matte black.)

firemachine69 · 07-13-2010, 10:02 PM

I had a wheel get bent last winter, so I even'd out both sides by taking off both hubcaps when I replaced the one rim.

My axle threads and nuts are now a pile of rusty junk.

Keep them on.

Unless you're like me, and planning to get some aluminum interceptor-style covers made up by a millwright...

KRAZGRL · 07-13-2010, 10:07 PM

Okay... mine w/o hubcaps. Can't wait until I can get the wheels I want.

The last 2 pics are for fun... just messing around with the wide angle lens.

firemachine69 · 07-13-2010, 10:08 PM

Well you west-coast folks don't know what rust is.

KRAZGRL · 07-13-2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by firemachine69

Well you west-coast folks don't know what rust is.

Rust? What's that?

Qmobile · 07-13-2010, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by firemachine69

Well you west-coast folks don't know what rust is.

well said well said indeed

yarrr · 07-14-2010, 01:57 AM

laughing too hard to answer almost anything.

1st, bella, pedantic doesn't mean what you think it does. Try anal retentive
2nd, everyone who thinks steelies look ghetto, plastic rims aren't?
3rd, well made hubcaps? rofl, i never scraped or hit anything and I lost a toyota emblem. ghetto pieces of garbage that make your car look like a toy.
4th, west coast people know quite a bit about rust, just not on cars. Ocean air rusts just about anything. We just don't poor corrosive salt all over our roads.

KRAZGRL · 07-14-2010, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by yarrr

laughing too hard to answer almost anything.

1st, bella, pedantic doesn't mean what you think it does. Try anal retentive
2nd, everyone who thinks steelies look ghetto, plastic rims aren't?
3rd, well made hubcaps? rofl, i never scraped or hit anything and I lost a toyota emblem. ghetto pieces of garbage that make your car look like a toy.
4th, west coast people know quite a bit about rust, just not on cars. Ocean air rusts just about anything. We just don't poor corrosive salt all over our roads.

Oh gawd... The last house my parents ownded had an ocean view, so we had the "nice ocean breezes". Well, we also had all kinds of things rust/become corroded (lamps, door knobs, COMPUTER parts).... Ugh, I'm glad I now live about 20 min away. Great to be close, but not too close. lol

bkndacn · 07-14-2010, 02:25 AM

Well Yoshi (my Yaris) spent the first 2 years of his life in Maryland even during the worst winter on record (which I tottaly drove through

) so this lil guy knows rust

I live less than a mile from the ocean and ive noticed that the ocean mist makes my car a different kind of dirty!!

RedHatch08 · 07-14-2010, 02:40 AM

I've been having this discussion with myself.

Keep the caps?
Pull the caps and go with steelies?
Paint the caps?

Can't afford rims right now, so I'm just sticking with the caps.

Previous owner scratched the sh!t out of the front right one, so they're not attractive right now.

I'm not a huge fan of steelies either though. I used to have a Sentra coupe that I bought nice aftermarket caps for, and they got STOLEN pretty soon after I got them. HUBCAPS STOLEN. So after that I just ran with steelies and said fukc it.

bkndacn · 07-14-2010, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by RedHatch08

I've been having this discussion with myself.

LOL its really not good to have a conversation with yourself! In Germany we have a saying for that .... roughly translated it is "the men with the white tennis shoes are going to come pick you up"

meaning your goin to the crazy house!!! LMFAO jk

Qmobile · 07-14-2010, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by RedHatch08

. I used to have a Sentra coupe that I bought nice aftermarket caps for, and they got STOLEN pretty soon after I got them. HUBCAPS STOLEN.

who steals hubcaps!?! seriously.....I'm both amused and shocked by this!!

KRAZGRL · 07-14-2010, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedHatch08

I've been having this discussion with myself.

Keep the caps?
Pull the caps and go with steelies?
Paint the caps?

Can't afford rims right now, so I'm just sticking with the caps.

Previous owner scratched the sh!t out of the front right one, so they're not attractive right now.

I'm not a huge fan of steelies either though. I used to have a Sentra coupe that I bought nice aftermarket caps for, and they got STOLEN pretty soon after I got them. HUBCAPS STOLEN. So after that I just ran with steelies and said fukc it.

If you give me $5 and pay for shipping, I can send you out one of mine (off of an '09) to replace your scratched one. lol

RedHatch08 · 07-14-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KRAZGRL

If you give me $5 and pay for shipping, I can send you out one of mine (off of an '09) to replace your scratched one. lol

Thanks but I think I'll just stick with what I've got for now. I really just need to set aside the ca$h for some rims at some point.

I'm probably not going to do much to the car until the warranty is up. I've got about 2,000 miles left, so I'll think more about it then.

RedHatch08 · 07-14-2010, 03:01 AM

That's great.

I'll watch out for the men with the white tennis shoes.

When I see them coming I'll know why they're here.

RedHatch08 · 07-14-2010, 03:06 AM

^
Yeah EXACTLY!

And this was when I still lived in Canada. This was not Detroit sh!t. I got some nice 5-spoke style caps, and I looked out the window one morning ... caps were GONE.

I was not amused, but definitely shocked myself.

yarisugi · 07-14-2010, 03:42 AM

I like what YAR1S did - blacked out steel wheels with trim rings and center cap.

I also liked what Thirty-Nine did - painted the black steel wheels silver.

Or both? Painted the wheels silver and put back the wheel covers.

bkndacn · 07-14-2010, 04:07 AM

WOW!

Thats crazy that I was just on Youtube looking at how to paint my wheels!!! I wonder if I could get the exact Bayou Blue color and just paint my wheels the same color of the car

that would be sweet!

Where would someone get such a paint?
Where would one get such stylish trim rings and caps (and possibly paint them Bayou Blue!

)

PS: Would I absolutely have to take my tires off the wheels to paint them? bc on Youtube some did and some didn't....(I dont trust them but I trust YW people!

)

and what about that brake-thingy that you can see through the wheels on some cars? can you see them through the Yaris wheels? bc they sometimes dont look too good....

Ive been meaning to take those hubcaps off to take a peek but ive been far too lazy! lol

07-14-2010, 02:40 AM	#10
RedHatch08 Canadetroiter View User's Garage Drives: 2008 3DR 5M Join Date: May 2010 Location: Detroit MI USA Posts: 237	I've been having this discussion with myself. Keep the caps? Pull the caps and go with steelies? Paint the caps? Can't afford rims right now, so I'm just sticking with the caps. Previous owner scratched the sh!t out of the front right one, so they're not attractive right now. I'm not a huge fan of steelies either though. I used to have a Sentra coupe that I bought nice aftermarket caps for, and they got STOLEN pretty soon after I got them. HUBCAPS STOLEN. So after that I just ran with steelies and said fukc it. __________________ K&N Air Filter . Rear Debadge

07-14-2010, 03:01 AM	#15
RedHatch08 Canadetroiter View User's Garage Drives: 2008 3DR 5M Join Date: May 2010 Location: Detroit MI USA Posts: 237	That's great. I'll watch out for the men with the white tennis shoes. When I see them coming I'll know why they're here. __________________ K&N Air Filter . Rear Debadge

07-14-2010, 03:06 AM	#16
RedHatch08 Canadetroiter View User's Garage Drives: 2008 3DR 5M Join Date: May 2010 Location: Detroit MI USA Posts: 237	^ Yeah EXACTLY! And this was when I still lived in Canada. This was not Detroit sh!t. I got some nice 5-spoke style caps, and I looked out the window one morning ... caps were GONE. I was not amused, but definitely shocked myself. __________________ K&N Air Filter . Rear Debadge

07-14-2010, 04:07 AM	#18
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	WOW! Thats crazy that I was just on Youtube looking at how to paint my wheels!!! I wonder if I could get the exact Bayou Blue color and just paint my wheels the same color of the car that would be sweet! Where would someone get such a paint? Where would one get such stylish trim rings and caps (and possibly paint them Bayou Blue!) PS: Would I absolutely have to take my tires off the wheels to paint them? bc on Youtube some did and some didn't....(I dont trust them but I trust YW people!) and what about that brake-thingy that you can see through the wheels on some cars? can you see them through the Yaris wheels? bc they sometimes dont look too good.... Ive been meaning to take those hubcaps off to take a peek but ive been far too lazy! lol

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07-13-2010, 09:34 PM	#1
KRAZGRL Crazy Girl (Kasey) Drives: 09 Yaris 3D; 05 R6; 00civic si Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 383	Hubcaps = Ugly! For my Yaris and another one, I simply pulled them off. Just give it a good tug and they'll pop right off. I took my hubcaps off simply because I like the look of no hubs vs stock ones I don't care for. I just washed my car... I'll take some pics and post them. Plus, I like the look of the dark stock wheels with my dark tint (white 09 3door). (My goal is to get new wheels when I need tires... I'm considering the Konig Heliums in matte black.)

07-13-2010, 10:02 PM	#2
firemachine69 School'er of hard knocks Drives: Silver Yaris 4dr. HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sudbury, On Posts: 556	I had a wheel get bent last winter, so I even'd out both sides by taking off both hubcaps when I replaced the one rim. My axle threads and nuts are now a pile of rusty junk. Keep them on. Unless you're like me, and planning to get some aluminum interceptor-style covers made up by a millwright...

07-13-2010, 10:08 PM	#4
firemachine69 School'er of hard knocks Drives: Silver Yaris 4dr. HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sudbury, On Posts: 556	Well you west-coast folks don't know what rust is.

07-14-2010, 01:57 AM	#7
yarrr Banned Drives: 07 sedan Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: new mexico Posts: 292	laughing too hard to answer almost anything. 1st, bella, pedantic doesn't mean what you think it does. Try anal retentive 2nd, everyone who thinks steelies look ghetto, plastic rims aren't? 3rd, well made hubcaps? rofl, i never scraped or hit anything and I lost a toyota emblem. ghetto pieces of garbage that make your car look like a toy. 4th, west coast people know quite a bit about rust, just not on cars. Ocean air rusts just about anything. We just don't poor corrosive salt all over our roads.

07-14-2010, 02:25 AM	#9
bkndacn View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Toyota Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Havre de Grace, MD Posts: 372	Well Yoshi (my Yaris) spent the first 2 years of his life in Maryland even during the worst winter on record (which I tottaly drove through ) so this lil guy knows rust I live less than a mile from the ocean and ive noticed that the ocean mist makes my car a different kind of dirty!!