Try http://www.hubcapannie.com/hubcaps.asp .

A while back I needed simulated wire wheel covers for my Mom's old Ford
wagon. I ordered the replacement from hub cap annie. They were less
than half the price of Ford. When the cover came, it was new, in a
ford box. I also ordered a wheel fromo them and got good results.

Ed

 

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:12:36 GMT, hachiroku , said the following in
rec.autos.driving...



> But can I play with HER ----? ;)

Whatever floats your boat... Just becareful about catching any farm
animal diseases from the nemesis r.a.d. judy diahreea dairya. ;)

--
Paul

Self-appointed unofficial overseer of kooks
and trolls in rec.autos.driving.

 

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:12:36 GMT, hachiroku , said the following in
rec.autos.driving...



> But can I play with HER ----? ;)

Whatever floats your boat... Just becareful about catching any farm
animal diseases from the nemesis r.a.d. judy diahreea dairya. ;)

--
Paul

Self-appointed unofficial overseer of kooks
and trolls in rec.autos.driving.

 

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:12:36 GMT, hachiroku , said the following in
rec.autos.driving...



> But can I play with HER ----? ;)

Whatever floats your boat... Just becareful about catching any farm
animal diseases from the nemesis r.a.d. judy diahreea dairya. ;)

--
Paul

Self-appointed unofficial overseer of kooks
and trolls in rec.autos.driving.

 

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:12:36 GMT, hachiroku , said the following in
rec.autos.driving...



> But can I play with HER ----? ;)

Whatever floats your boat... Just becareful about catching any farm
animal diseases from the nemesis r.a.d. judy diahreea dairya. ;)

--
Paul

Self-appointed unofficial overseer of kooks
and trolls in rec.autos.driving.

 

Old Wolf wrote:
>
> hachiroku wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:41:31 -0600, Mark A wrote:
> >
> > > "Scott en Aztlán" <scottenaztlan@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > >>
> > >> Heh heh - yeah, instead you get curb rash on your expensive alloy rims,
> > >> which cost even more to replace than hubcaps. :)
> > >>
> > > I am not overly picky about scratches on my alloy wheels. It does help if
> > > one gets alloys with a matte finish, instead of a highly polished finish.
> >
> > Nah...file the scrape down, sand it and then get some tripoli and some
> > finish rouge. In about 3 hours you have a nice, polished rim again.
>
> My alloy wheels have this funny plastic coating or something
> on the face (They don't have it on the rim). I fixed some kerb rash
> by sanding the rim, but when I tried to lightly sand the face, it
> just made big white scratches in that plastic ----, which I hadn't
> noticed until then. What would the purpose of that ---- be?

To make you want to buy new ones. You didn't know that? Same reason paint
peels or fades. Same reason headliners sag.

> Also, in some places it has big white growths UNDER it, it looks
> kind of like a fractal pattern.

Be unique. Encourage it. Soon everyone will want it.

--
Cheers,
Bev
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo
"Few skills are so well rewarded as the ability to convince
parasites that they are victims." --Thomas Sowell

 

Old Wolf wrote:
>
> hachiroku wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:41:31 -0600, Mark A wrote:
> >
> > > "Scott en Aztlán" <scottenaztlan@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > >>
> > >> Heh heh - yeah, instead you get curb rash on your expensive alloy rims,
> > >> which cost even more to replace than hubcaps. :)
> > >>
> > > I am not overly picky about scratches on my alloy wheels. It does help if
> > > one gets alloys with a matte finish, instead of a highly polished finish.
> >
> > Nah...file the scrape down, sand it and then get some tripoli and some
> > finish rouge. In about 3 hours you have a nice, polished rim again.
>
> My alloy wheels have this funny plastic coating or something
> on the face (They don't have it on the rim). I fixed some kerb rash
> by sanding the rim, but when I tried to lightly sand the face, it
> just made big white scratches in that plastic ----, which I hadn't
> noticed until then. What would the purpose of that ---- be?

To make you want to buy new ones. You didn't know that? Same reason paint
peels or fades. Same reason headliners sag.

> Also, in some places it has big white growths UNDER it, it looks
> kind of like a fractal pattern.

Be unique. Encourage it. Soon everyone will want it.

--
Cheers,
Bev
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo
"Few skills are so well rewarded as the ability to convince
parasites that they are victims." --Thomas Sowell

 

Old Wolf wrote:
>
> hachiroku wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:41:31 -0600, Mark A wrote:
> >
> > > "Scott en Aztlán" <scottenaztlan@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > >>
> > >> Heh heh - yeah, instead you get curb rash on your expensive alloy rims,
> > >> which cost even more to replace than hubcaps. :)
> > >>
> > > I am not overly picky about scratches on my alloy wheels. It does help if
> > > one gets alloys with a matte finish, instead of a highly polished finish.
> >
> > Nah...file the scrape down, sand it and then get some tripoli and some
> > finish rouge. In about 3 hours you have a nice, polished rim again.
>
> My alloy wheels have this funny plastic coating or something
> on the face (They don't have it on the rim). I fixed some kerb rash
> by sanding the rim, but when I tried to lightly sand the face, it
> just made big white scratches in that plastic ----, which I hadn't
> noticed until then. What would the purpose of that ---- be?

To make you want to buy new ones. You didn't know that? Same reason paint
peels or fades. Same reason headliners sag.

> Also, in some places it has big white growths UNDER it, it looks
> kind of like a fractal pattern.

Be unique. Encourage it. Soon everyone will want it.

--
Cheers,
Bev
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo
"Few skills are so well rewarded as the ability to convince
parasites that they are victims." --Thomas Sowell

 

Old Wolf wrote:
>
> hachiroku wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:41:31 -0600, Mark A wrote:
> >
> > > "Scott en Aztlán" <scottenaztlan@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > >>
> > >> Heh heh - yeah, instead you get curb rash on your expensive alloy rims,
> > >> which cost even more to replace than hubcaps. :)
> > >>
> > > I am not overly picky about scratches on my alloy wheels. It does help if
> > > one gets alloys with a matte finish, instead of a highly polished finish.
> >
> > Nah...file the scrape down, sand it and then get some tripoli and some
> > finish rouge. In about 3 hours you have a nice, polished rim again.
>
> My alloy wheels have this funny plastic coating or something
> on the face (They don't have it on the rim). I fixed some kerb rash
> by sanding the rim, but when I tried to lightly sand the face, it
> just made big white scratches in that plastic ----, which I hadn't
> noticed until then. What would the purpose of that ---- be?

To make you want to buy new ones. You didn't know that? Same reason paint
peels or fades. Same reason headliners sag.

> Also, in some places it has big white growths UNDER it, it looks
> kind of like a fractal pattern.

Be unique. Encourage it. Soon everyone will want it.

--
Cheers,
Bev
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo
"Few skills are so well rewarded as the ability to convince
parasites that they are victims." --Thomas Sowell

 

"Scott en Aztlán" <scottenaztlan@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:97qpe110t9vui0vmnc4e30bglqva5p14nl@4ax.com...

> I can't wait until we have cars like the ones in "I, Robot." Not only
> will they eliminate the loss of throughput caused by incompetent Sloth
> drivers, but they have spherical wheels so they don't need hubcaps!
>
The only car company that seemed to survive that far,
was Audi, however, and I still haven't forgiven them for
all the electrical problems they had in the '80's.

Bernard