I think we've all done it at one point but the question is what is the verdict on riding around with no wheel covers? Is this accepted behavior!?!

 

sure it is... look at all the people with trim rings

 

Admittedly, it's kinda jank. I had painted my black caps and now I have trim rings. It's okay, but they aren't really for showing off.

 

This is how I rolled until I got my 18's......



And Yes I made Center caps out of fence post tops from Home Depot......

 

Yeah likewise, I wouldn't be all "check out my mad tyte wheels y0" but it doesn't seem any worse than the stock covers

 

lol... owning an xB really is a sort of organic experience

 

 

Ive got 2 separate sets of 3, of wheel covers....Ive lost the right rear, on both sets, make fast tight right turns.....and I NEVER see where they end up. So now...Im all about the Steelie look!

 

Mmmmm...maybe with trims rings or something else to jazz 'em up, but just plain ol' black steel wheels look like somebody just stole your wheel covers...

 

I think no wheel covers -- especially if the steelies have chrome lug nuts and trim rings -- looks better than wheel covers that allow the steel to show through . . . like the stock wheel covers, for example. I would MUCH rather see either hubcaps over just the hub portion or full-coverage wheel covers. The stock ones and their ilk look like you're trying to get the look of non-steel wheels, but with the steel showing through, they look PHONY!!

 

You have to paint the covers with color matching paint to take your eye away from the gloss black rims underneath. I did mine in white and they look WAY BETTER than the boring silver that they are painted. Maybe a blacker glossy black paint on the steel rims would work or even a flat instead of the factory matt finish.

 

nothing wrong with steel wheels. id much rather run steelies than hubcaps.

hubcaps just make your wheels look smaller by accentuating the gap between the edge of the hubcap and your fender, thus making the gap appear bigger. if your whole wheel/rim was just entirely black, your fender gap (being also black) would be less noticeable.

i was bored one day and started thinking of all the reasons why i seem to like steelies better than hubcaps. besides, there are plenty of rims out there that are far uglier than the pattern on steelies.

 

i ran no caps for a while till i got my disks.

 

Trim rings and center caps for me.

 

I rocked blackouts for over a year and a half. just bought 17x7 blackouts for my toyota pickup

 

winter = stocks no covers... i like it that way

 

Proud to be a man of steel. Isn't Japanese steel supposed to be some of the best in the world? Show off the quality!

 

When I switched from the blacked out caps to trim rings, the fact that the wheel is 15" is way more obvious with the trim rings than when everything is blacked out... I'm still undecided as to which I like better.

 

Hells yeah, thats how I roll.

 

I never thought about these trim rings... I want it now lol