Hub Caps and Wheel Trims - what's the point?

[Barclaybasher]

Love my van but it has stainless wheel trims that rattle - they came with the van but the noise, especially when running against a wall is annoying.
This trip I decided to take them off to discover one had disappeared on the way any way. Now do I spend a hundred quid on a new set and keep the 3 as spares - cos you know I will lose another or just paint the steel wheels.
After taking off the trims, the wheels have rusted a bit but the rears show signs of oil/grease from the hubs - not serious but unseen because of the trims.
And if I buy a new set of stainless trims will they rattle anyway?

 

[Crazylegs]

Oh Lordy you are in a pickle, still look on the bright side, you haven’t got diamond cut alloys with the inevitable white worms.
Paint the steely’s.

 

[buttons]

Love my van but it has stainless wheel trims that rattle - they came with the van but the noise, especially when running against a wall is annoying.
This trip I decided to take them off to discover one had disappeared on the way any way. Now do I spend a hundred quid on a new set and keep the 3 as spares - cos you know I will lose another or just paint the steel wheels.
After taking off the trims, the wheels have rusted a bit but the rears show signs of oil/grease from the hubs - not serious but unseen because of the trims.
And if I buy a new set of stainless trims will they rattle anyway?

Buy a new set, you know it makes sense .

 

[JohnJan]

Buy a new set and keep the existing 3 as spares.

Think of them as clothing that hide the not so nice bits!

 

[Landy Andy]

Buy one alloy

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[Reallyretired]

Get plastic ones, cheaper and dont rattle. Many years ago I put plastic ones on a kontiki, they were plain white with no pretence of being metal and looked quite nice.

 

[Coolcats]

Alloys always look nice

 

[Shrimp]

Buy new ones and cable tie them to stop the rattle and the lose!

 

[Cheshirecat57]

Love my van but it has stainless wheel trims that rattle - they came with the van but the noise, especially when running against a wall is annoying.
This trip I decided to take them off to discover one had disappeared on the way any way. Now do I spend a hundred quid on a new set and keep the 3 as spares - cos you know I will lose another or just paint the steel wheels.
After taking off the trims, the wheels have rusted a bit but the rears show signs of oil/grease from the hubs - not serious but unseen because of the trims.
And if I buy a new set of stainless trims will they rattle anyway?

Cracking first world problem for my list.....thanks

 

[Barclaybasher]

Cracking first world problem for my list.....thanks

All part of being on here...or should we discuss the Holocaust, World peace, BLM, transgender.....

No - because some of what is on here is about motorhoming...

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[Barclaybasher]

Buy a new set and keep the existing 3 as spares.
Think of them as clothing that hide the not so nice bits!

One of my concerns was that the two rear wheels showed some leakage of grease from the hubs.
All the wheels themselves were rusting and that the wheel nuts and hubs are hidden from view.

 

[phase3begins]

Tart the steel up and forget the rattly trims.

 

[funflair]

Put some Stainless trims on that don’t rattle look better than alloys and don’t corrode.

 

[pappajohn]

Shouldn't see any grease from the hub.

 

[Barclaybasher]

Shouldn't see any grease from the hub.

Yes - seemed old but I'll get them checked

Isn't that downside of having hubcaps - you don't see the wheelnuts and hubs?

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[tacr2man]

quite often wheels/Tyres run cooler without trims fitted

 

[gus-lopez]

One of my concerns was that the two rear wheels showed some leakage of grease from the hubs.
All the wheels themselves were rusting and that the wheel nuts and hubs are hidden from view.

If you took them off & washed & polished the wheels each week you could check on them.

 

[rosalan]

You could of course take each wheel off, remove the tyres and get them powder coated. This should look really good afterwards and with no cap to fall off. I have never done it but it sounds plausible.

 

[funflair]

You could of course take each wheel off, remove the tyres and get them powder coated. This should look really good afterwards and with no cap to fall off. I have never done it but it sounds plausible.

They would just look like powder coated wheels though, can’t beat a bit of bling,

Martin

 

[XxAnthxX]

They would just look like powder coated wheels though, can’t beat a bit of bling,
Martin

Then it has to be spinners.....

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