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applezz
06-16-2004, 10:05 PM
On the drive home today I hit a huge pothole. There were 10-15 cars with flats in the next mile of road! I thought I was lucky till I got home and looked. Lost my front wheel cover and have a huge dent in my wheel :x Can just 1 wheel cover be purchased from the dealers?

mitchell
06-16-2004, 10:23 PM
AHHHHHH!

I just got new rims and you have spoken my nightmare.

tell me they were stock....

showroom
06-16-2004, 10:25 PM
write the DOT and report that pothole immediately! you may be entitled to some $$$ to cover the repair. BTW you can get individual wheel covers, but they are around $50-$60 each. :shock:

TheScionicMan
06-16-2004, 10:44 PM
Yes, but they are expensive. You can buy a whole set of after markets for half the price and be a little different than the other cap-riders... OR

I would post up a WTB in the private party classifieds here on SL. I'll bet someone has bought some rims and has an extra cap.

What style was it?

WagenMaster
06-16-2004, 10:52 PM
I have a set of 9 spoke hubcaps I just took off my car when I bought wheels.

One has slight scuffing ever since I bought it, used them for 1500 miles.

PM me if you're interested in them...

Sorry 'bout the pothole.

ncscion
06-17-2004, 05:58 AM
go to auto zone and get the spinner hubcaps. $45 for all four

XBman
06-17-2004, 08:33 PM
yeah that does suck man

BBgunna
09-21-2005, 12:46 AM
one of my coworkers hit a pothole and bent a wheel pretty bad. he actually took pictures of the wheel and the pothole and street where he messed it up. He sent them to the city with a complaint letter. to my surprise, they actually sent him a check for the cost to replace the wheel. i don't know if you want to go through the trouble, but it's worth a shot. he got like $500 out of it.