Removal of wheel covers

I wouldn't say they look great, and I'm not a big fan of the gloss-black look. Then again, guess who's driving around on black steelies (with snows) right now.

I just wish Toyo would shelve the whole wheel-cover-on-alloy debacle, go back to decent looking conventional alloys, as God intended.

That and smarten up about the damn centred-on-dash instrument panel.

 

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toyota prius wheel center caps | eBay

 

When I had my Barcelona red three, my wife lost a hubcap, so I popped the others off and never looked back. Bought the little toyota center caps and it looked good.

 

At this point I prefer the wheel covers. If I lose one, I'll consider removing them as one option.

 

LOL, this guy is making bank on plastic plugs bought in bulk:

1 Set 55mm Wheel Hub 4 Pcs Center Caps Cover Satin Black '04 to '13 Toyota Prius | eBay

The buyers don't realize they can get their own bag of plugs for much less than $17.

 

I bought the center caps from Amazon and so far will not put the wheel covers back on. What I would like to find is some chrome or stainless steel trim rings that will fit the 15 inch alloy wheels - that would make a really nice looking wheel!

 

If you find some, please let me know. I dislike the full black against the Blizzard Pearl and trim rings would really make the difference. I thought about dipping the wheels to white, but then the size of the 15" sidewalls really looks out of place, IMHO.

 

I've removed the covers and bought OEM Toyota caps for the holes in the wheels.

As the owner of an earlier Gen III (2010-2011) my wheels are painted silver so they look very nice.

 

When we were shopping, walking around the lot, they had one 2010 (Canadian) Touring model, tucked way in back, with the 17" alloys, and a lot with the 15" wheels avec plastic covers. It was a "say what" moment when I saw those covers, a new one for me. We went for the Touring, and that one factor tipped us as much as anything.

 

Here's a previous post that used some trim material on the wheels, pretty sharp IMO. Perhaps you can find some in chrome or silver?:

 

Great idea! Even a thin silver strip would make the wheel look much better. I also have the blizzard pearl white and the black wheels look sharp along the white but the little bit of silver/chrome on the center cover and the outer wheel rim makes it look even better.

 

Edit, found better pic: So here a pic of my old tinted out Barcelona red prius 3 with the caps off right before I regretfully traded her in. Live and learn.

 

I bought the hub caps seen in the above photo from the Toyota dealer. They are the GII units.

 

xliderider, I missed that post somehow and will have to look for some in white. Thanks a lot.

 

Hey I think I might've bought that car. Did you happen to trade it in at Del Toyota in Thorndale/Coatesville? I bought a car that looks EXACTLY like that. ALL windows tinted, the black rims, back in like April 2014. I always wondered why someone traded it in. They (Del Toyota) told me the couple had twins, but I imagined a repo from Coatesville lol. How'd that one rim get scraped up? (If it was your car lol).

 

I have a 2015 Prius and 2 of the original wheel covers have come off. Was thinking center caps would be a good and less expensive alternative. What "size" should the center caps be. I see a few sizes on ebay listed as 62mm, 57mm and maybe one other smaller maybe low 50s, can't find it right now. And I measured the other day and can't remember that right now either but I'm thinking it was in the 50s and so guessing the 57mm are what will work. Anyone know for sure?