Poll: which hubcaps should I get?

rayray2

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I've got a 97 Mazda Protege...nothing fancy, just a commuter car to get me to work and back. I hit a curb a while back and lost both hubcaps on the driver's side, so I'd like to get a new set. Should I get option 1 or option 2?

Edit: The car looks like this, only blue.
 

mordantmonkey

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the ones with big plastic spinners on them. oh and make sure they have a really cheap "chrome" coating. that'll look cool.
 

cKGunslinger

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How much are new hubcaps? I have a 2000 Protege that is missing 3 caps. The ones in Pic2 look just like them. My car is looking like ass without them.
 

DingDingDao

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I'll make the obligatory request for spinner hubcaps :p

I kid, I kid. Get option 2. Option 1 looks stupid for two reasons: A) you'll see too much of the steel wheel behind it, and B) it's chromed plastic.
 

QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
How much are new hubcaps? I have a 2000 Protege that is missing 3 caps. The ones in Pic2 look just like them. My car is looking like ass without them.

get them from a junkyard if you can't find a similar one parked anywhere
 

mwmorph

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get #2 # 1 leaves too much space between the spokrs for your crappy steel whells to show through. besides, cromed out plastic screams cheap.
 

cKGunslinger

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Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
How much are new hubcaps? I have a 2000 Protege that is missing 3 caps. The ones in Pic2 look just like them. My car is looking like ass without them.

get them from a junkyard if you can't find a similar one parked anywhere
Actually, my car's identical twin parks very near me at work. Unfortunately, that parking lot is covered in cameras. :(

I guess I do need to hit the scrap yard, as they apparently want about $40 each for replacements. WTF?
 

loic2003

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No-one buys hubcaps! it's a chain whereby you take them from other people's cars in carparks. eventually the chain will reach someone who works in a hubcap factory who can get them for free. This is how the cycle works, it's science.
 

rayray2

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Hmmm, never thought about the fact that option 1 shows so much of the crappy steel wheel. Option 2 it is...thanks everyone!! :beer:
 

mugs

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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
How much are new hubcaps? I have a 2000 Protege that is missing 3 caps. The ones in Pic2 look just like them. My car is looking like ass without them.

get them from a junkyard if you can't find a similar one parked anywhere
Actually, my car's identical twin parks very near me at work. Unfortunately, that parking lot is covered in cameras. :(

I guess I do need to hit the scrap yard, as they apparently want about $40 each for replacements. WTF?

OEM hubcaps are ridiculously expensive, just get cheap generic looking replacements.
 

Linux23

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Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
How much are new hubcaps? I have a 2000 Protege that is missing 3 caps. The ones in Pic2 look just like them. My car is looking like ass without them.

get them from a junkyard if you can't find a similar one parked anywhere

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