Well I finally got a chance to look at the air filter tech article -- I had no idea that they weren’t a standard thing! Incredibly easy mod -- thanks for the tip!

 

whooo! i finally got mine and it looks great! I saw a guy on here that did his with white walls and that looks pretty cool, course he painted his wheels red too.

 

Does anyone with a TCM box have this done? i'm going to sell my 18's and am thinking about doing this to the steelies i just put back on. can't stand the wheel covers.

 

I can't seem to find trim rings anyone know where I can get some?????

 

Kragens or any autoparts store

 

[quote="xBHAWK"]Real cool look. At over 20mph no one knows what wheels you have.

Mabey the type of wheels, but going 20MPH or not, my 18" wheels will stand out more that your 15" wheels

 

That was a harsh comment that really wasn't needed don't you think?




Mabey the type of wheels, but going 20MPH or not, my 18" wheels will stand out more that your 15" wheels[/quote]

 

What kind of quality are the plastic trim rings.....I'm kind of leary of buying them as opposed to the stainless...........how well do the abs ones hold up????

 

Quality of these plastic trim rings is good. Scratches and curb hits will show, the rings are relativaly soft. No problems after 6 months. I remove them often, every car wash (weekly). They stay on with the same clip set-up as the stock hubcaps.
Give it a try. You need center caps as well. And the Gorilla Lug Nuts.....
DEN YOU B BLINGIN'

 

Hey man thanks for all your info........I am working a deal out right on some nkb mesh 16x9's with a 30 offset now so I might not need the stock wheels......for the summer anyway

 

I picked up the Trim rings from a Parts Plus store 9.99 each a set of chrome 12mmx1.50 lug nuts $23.99
and the dust covers from Napa auto parts out of the Balkamp catalog part number 730-2411

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I've had mine for a while now and the center cap flew off this morning while taking a corner, I turned areound to go get it and someone had already ran over it, oh well, $2 a piece I went to napa just now and picked up a box, now I have a spare!

 

Thanks for this great idea got my beauty rings at GI Joes yesterday bought the center cap at napa as well whats the best way to polish the balkamp cap from napa I now that question was answered already I just dont seem to find it thanks and I ordered lug nutz from brandsport as well looks really bling thanks again.

 

I think if you go to napa with the part number and size they can actually find chrome dust covers if you want to go super bling........the guy told me they were like $6.25 a piece ouch!!!!!!

 

Are these domed or flat on the top?

I want flat ones so i can see if I like a nice Scion emblem on them.

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I could always exchange them thanks for the info though

 

I did mine a couple weeks ago, even the techs at the dealership thought they were cool. Couple of issues though, I bought the regular napa caps that everyone has here, but I can't get 'em nearly as shiny as the chrome trim rings.

Anyone have the Napa part # for the chrome dust caps? That would save me a bunch of elbow grease!

As for the black steelies, I had the original hubcaps on for about 17K miles, so lots of dust and junk built up inside. I tried cleaning it as best as I could. What else can I do to get that all nice and shiny?

 

^^ELBOW GREASE on the wheels. If they lost their shine, use a polishing compound.
Use the same on the center caps. Then wax twice.
When I wash my car, I pop off my hubcaps and use a separate sponge to wash the wheels and wheel well area. Hubcaps pop off without any tools, just grab and pull.
The trim rings need a pry tool of some kind.
POST A PHOTO.... LET'S SEE THE BLING!!!

 

I should be getting my trim rings and caps today. I am going try Mother Aluminum polish on the caps and see how that works. I had a motorcycle with Machined Alloy wheels and Mother's would almost make them look Chrome.

If that doesn't work I am going to try Chrome spray paint on the caps I figure at under $9.00 for four, if they look bad I will buy a new set.

Also, I am going to keep shopping around for some chrome ones and maybe different styles. I know Balkemp makes a lot of different ones but do not list any for Scion.

I will let everyone know how they turn out and will upload pictures as soon as I can.

 

hmm... I have heard that napa does have chrome ones.. but They may be spendy, when I get home will check with the local store and see if they have any cross ref #s