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| | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 36 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 36 | I'm tired of chasing my DS Front 68 full wheel cover down the street!
It's got a couple of bad clips. Are there any old tricks to keep these on more reliably???
Thanks, Tom | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,441 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,441 | I used plastic "tie ties" (zip ties) to hold them on a plymouth.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 | If these have the little "teeth" on the inside that digs into the paint around the rim, or snaps over nubs on the wheel, the solution is as close as a needle nose pliers away.
Just grab those teeth and bend them out a bit, so that they bite into the wheel harder.
I lost a '54 Buick hubcap a couple years ago, and noticed that I had to keep an eye on the others, and tap them back on snug about once a week. After an hour with the pliers, they went into place, and never wanted to leave again.
-Brad
SOUTHERN FALL GABfestOctober 6 ~ Commerce, Georgia Details here!Never Pee on an Electric Fence. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | You could also use 'safety wire'. When you race motorcycles you have to wire the drain plug, oil filter, and exhaust pipe bolts as well as disc brake caliper mounts, etc. The wires hold the bolts from unwinding.
I have used the safety wire to hold my exhaust system 2-1 for my 76 triumph bonneville. You'd put the stainless steel wire through a slot in wheel and wheel cover and then tighten it up with a safety wire pliers which as you pull a knob they spin about.
Now having said all that it, that's a suggestion, but I would do what Brad54 sez. Most wheel covers stay on and are well designed. | | |
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