Aero Hub Caps.

Interesting. Too bad you have to drill your rims to install them. Otherwise I would seriously consider them.

 

Now you have me thinking I see they make them in 14" too.

 

Mmm...sexy. I can see it now, driving down the strip with the windows down and some good tunes playing. In the passenger seat, my cat: the only female willing to get within 30 feet of my car. And only because I locked her in a box first .

Sorry, couldn't resist. I would be interested in a quantification of what these things can do.

 

FYI. That car belongs to "theforce" on either priuschat.com or greenhybrid.com.

 

Wow, they actually intend that you break the bead on the
tubeless and re-seal it. Without mentioning use of any of
the funny bead-sealant goop that, say, the tire shop used
on the Hydroedges the other day... sometimes it astounds
me that tubeless tires work at all and don't leak faster
than they do.
.
_H*

 

The Plexi will cloud over on you pretty quick in this environment. As for drilling the rims, next time you get close to a rock climber, check out his rims.

Randall

 

Wayne,
I use a lot of 1/16" clear lexan. The material is tougher than plexiglas, will not crack or craze, can be bent with a sheetmetal brake, or cut with sheet metal shears. Draw a circle with a compass, and cut out with shears and you would have a nice tough plastic disk. The brake dust and road dust would probably start to accumulate in the spaces between the spokes though, and since it is glass clear, would look pretty bad if not cleaned out frequently.
A 4X8 sheet is about $60-$80.

 

put some on my plain jane civic back in Aug - no noticeable gain in FE. Recently took them off because they squeak pretty badly at low speeds...

 

These look like fun. About $5k per

http://www.forgiato.com/radurra/about.htm#clear

 

wayne,

I sprung for the "moon eyes" brand, and they were snap on...

**edited to add that they are snap on for my steel wheels**

 

Hello everyone! That is my car you see in the first post by the great xcel.

I just wanted to reply to some of the posts here on how I installed mine.

I did not want to drill through my rims because I did not want to risk damaging them or the tire. What I did was mount the hubcap onto the trim ring. This allows for a quick pop off with a screwdriver or what I like to use is a nylon Toyota panel/clip removal tool to keep from scratching the rims. I laid the hubcaps on the trim rings and drilled 6 holes. I used pop rivets to connect the two together. So far they are holding on strong for over 5000 miles and at 101mph.

I think I saw no more than a 2mpg increase buts thats not why I bought them. I bought them because I like the look.

If you want to read all the info I posted about them you can visit http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=17996

I think I will try to spend some more time over here and read up on whats going on. I've been meaning to get my fuel mileage in the database over here for a while now but havnt got around to it yet.

 

Why couldn't these discs be attached to those gawdawfal 15" wheel covers on a Gen III prius?
Mine are just getting dusty in the garage.

 

Yes, they could be attached. Ours have been stored in a cardboard box since about the 10th day we owned the gen III. I pulled into a parking place in Charlottesville, VA by our 08 touring that never had caps on the 16" wheels. On the other side was a Scion TC without caps. The TC wheel spokes are very similar to the gen III wheels. When I got home, I purchased the center caps for an 05-09 and boxed the plastic up.

 

i think you can buy some that arent screw on on ebay in stainless for 80 for all 4