"Vimto" (smudgey)
10/23/2014 at 19:04 • Filed to: None
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"Vimto" (smudgey)
10/23/2014 at 19:04 • Filed to: None | 1
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I just gave my 2 month old 2014 Nissan Versa Note its first wax, so I decided to remove my hubcaps and take some pictures. Most Oppo users seem to love the sight of bare steelies, but I'll use this post as a bit of a poll: Hubcaps on or off?
Hubcap comparison photo:
TheJWT
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:07 |
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Paint your steelies white. You won't regret it.
anothermiatafanboy
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:07 |
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I think the steelies look good. Especially on a white car. Keep em off!
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:08 |
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Such contrast.
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> TheJWT
10/23/2014 at 19:08 |
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I came here to say exactly this
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:28 |
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Off.
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Vimto
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/23/2014 at 19:30 |
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I figured you would say that haha. I bet you know exactly where these pics were taken
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:33 |
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On. Do you really want your Versa to look like a taxi?
Dadu
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:35 |
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Find Ya a nice set of Speedway hubcaps.
Alex B
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:35 |
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I say off for the winter months and on during summer.
desertdog5051
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:37 |
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Really bad lighting for that. Compared to the stock, Off.
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Vimto
> Alex B
10/23/2014 at 19:37 |
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But it's Florida. Even here in Pensacola, which is practically in Alabama, it doesn't snow most years. I think we got a light dusting once last winter. The other 364 days, it's somewhere between 'warm' and 'inferno'. But I am highly indecisive, so I can see myself appreciating taking them off and putting them back on every few months
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Alex B
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:42 |
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Oh, right. Then yes, if it were my car I would porbably be taking them off and putting them back on every few months.
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Vimto
> Alex B
10/23/2014 at 19:44 |
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The thing is, I'm fairly certain that if you leave the hubcaps off, the steelies themselves won't rust. Often I see 3-5 year old vehicles with one missing hubcap, and the exposed steely is in dying need of a respray. I think that's mostly avoided when you leave your hubcaps off.
(how's the Leaf lately?)
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Alex B
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:51 |
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Quite well. It's a little over 13,000 miles. Nothing unusual to report. :)
Takuro Spirit
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 19:57 |
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I'm all for bare steelies, but center caps are a must. Otherwise axle nuts and cotter pins and whatnot are visible, and usually rusty and ugly.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 20:18 |
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I don't know much of Pensacola, so actually I do not.
Bytemite
> Vimto
10/23/2014 at 20:22 |
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Looks weird with it off...I'd say keep it on. It looks like you have 1980s wheels with a modern car, it just looks weird.
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Vimto
> Alex B
10/23/2014 at 20:49 |
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Aww, it looks so cute with its charging door open! *u*
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Vimto
> Takuro Spirit
10/23/2014 at 20:51 |
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How does one into center caps for steelies? I'm not sure if mine are generic or 4-lug Nissan-specific
mallthus
> Vimto
10/24/2014 at 00:45 |
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I've got steelies for my MINI's winter tires. Truth is, I think they look like shit and I've decided to get hubcaps for when I put them on in a few weeks.
wiffleballtony
> Vimto
10/24/2014 at 02:24 |
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On. I also find it shocking that alloys arent standard on all cars. Its 2014 people!
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Vimto
> wiffleballtony
10/24/2014 at 08:10 |
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Just about every full-line automaker has at least one model in their lineup with steel wheels on the base model. Nissan doesn't have alloys on the base Versa, Sentra, Cube, Altima, even the $26k base model Quest has hubcaps.
uofime
> Vimto
10/24/2014 at 11:30 |
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get some color matched paint for the steelies, I think that would look good. Those hubcaps suck!
Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
> Vimto
10/26/2014 at 08:43 |
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off, but get some. Chrome lug nuts.