Plastic Wheel Rings

Your car will come as pictured in picture #2. IF you remove the plastic wheel trim covers, picture #1 is what is underneath. That is the actual aluminum alloy wheel.

 

ranchogirl was referring to the pictures in post #38. The 1st picture is of touring wheels. Her car will come with the wheels shown in the 2nd picture, except that the wheels in that picture do not have the trim rings. One does not turn a non-touring into a touring by adding wheel covers.

 

I took mine off the day I got the car, when I brought the car in for its first service the accessory guy was impressed with my "new rims"

I have considered powder coating them black, just nervous with the tire pressure sensors getting screwed up.

 

mine came off the day i joined this site ...man 50k of road debris was pretty gnarly though

 

My car will come with these? Without having to remove anything?



Is this what is under the plastic wheel covers? (Still a bit confused) Or is what I'm seeing in picture 2 the new plastic covers? You say if I remove them, I get picture #1 (don't like) but that it will come with picture #2?

What is under my husband's 2005 plastic wheel covers?

Sorry...I'm just lost with this one. All of the Priuses I see have the plastic wheel covers, unless they are Touring.

 

n/m

 

If people can't decide if they like the rings or not, just take them off on the passenger side. Then, every time you approach the car from one side or the other, you can decide if you like the look of the car or not! And if chicks always approach you from the driver's side, you'll know which way works best as a magnet.

 

Yes, if it does *not* have Touring wheels.

No. The wheels will have plastic rings which someone will have to grab with their hands and pull off. These rings really are rings: even when they are installed most of the wheel is still visible.

The Touring wheel comes with a plastic wheel cover which completely covers the wheel, *and* underneath that cover the wheel itself is completely different. Post #38 picture #1 shows a Touring wheel with the plastic cover removed and with a tiny shiny hub cap installed which covers only the center of the wheel. If your DH's car has Touring wheels that is what they look like underneath their covers (except his probably don't have the tiny shiny center thingies).

Your confusion will be resolved soon.

 

Leaving the trim rings on makes your butt look big.

Rod

 

One of my plastic trim rings has all of its clips broken except two (both on the same side), so the only thing keeping it on is the valve-cap (no joke, it's literally hanging on. oh, my poor baby Prius. 110,000 miles has got a few bits a little ragged). Glad to know I can just pop the things off.

 

I've got a 2008 Touring #7 and I've attached a couple of pictures of the wheels sans the covers. I'd like to find a center cap. John

 

I wonder how the trim rings would look if painted the same color as the car? would they still looked dorky? hmmm.

 

I am one of the few who likes the trim rings, the protection they give while parking, brake dust cover, bug catcher, etc! and the look of them!

 

And I think the Touring wheels are ugly!

 

Really? I think they make the car look like it has hubcaps instead of alloys. I didn't realize I'd bought a car with alloys until a few days after I bought it! The sight of plastic to me is quite overwhelming and cancelled out any tasty alloy center.