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05-07-2012, 04:44 PM
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I live in the Toronto area and I had been noticing a trend
of having no wheel covers/hub caps.
Is this supposed to look cool? 
Some even add chrome lug nuts 
Maybe I'm old school but I don't get it.
Sometimes on a black car it looks cool but
to me it usually makes the car look "unfinished".
Also, I'm thinking it might be just a Toronto trend,
when I went down to Buffalo recently I only saw one car
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05-07-2012, 04:46 PM
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Location: Penfield, NY
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Almost every taxicab in NYC runs without hubcaps. Also, lotta cop cars run this way too.
I assume no hubcaps=nothing for old man winter / salt to ruin over time.
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05-07-2012, 04:48 PM
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Many people in the snow belt leave their hubcaps off the car when switching to winter tires and rims then put the hubcaps back on in the spring with the summer tires..
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05-07-2012, 04:49 PM
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Location: Moderate conservative for Obama.
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Cheaper and one less thing to worry about, s'all about practicallity.
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05-07-2012, 04:51 PM
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Location: 'Murica
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I think they look cool with white-letter tires. And maybe even some clearcoat on the wheel itself, so the car doesn't look so "unfinished"
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05-07-2012, 05:43 PM
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Location: La Jolla, CA
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I never had them on the wheels I used for snow tires. The wheels were just black steel wheels with a bunch of round holes, pretty standard design.
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05-07-2012, 06:03 PM
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Location: north of Windsor, ON
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When I had a car with wheel covers, I took them off. If I had a new car with wheel covers, I might take them off. My truck is missing a center cap- I never put it back on after a brake job several years ago.
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05-07-2012, 09:51 PM
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Location: Keosauqua, Iowa
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I vehicles look cool without wheel covers. Mostly because my van is missing the wheel covers and I'm too cheap to buy a set.
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05-07-2012, 10:02 PM
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Location: Denver, CO
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The only thing worse than hub caps are wheels that are missing hub caps.
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05-07-2012, 11:15 PM
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Location: Poway, CA
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No hubcaps = lame.
3 out of 4 hubcaps = lamer
Just my guess as to why some may do it.
Mike
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