5 Best Plastic Wheelcovers

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror) 10/06/2015 at 10:57 • Filed to: LISTS

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Here at Jalopnik, we don’t like plastic wheelcovers, we prefer the pure look of a naked steelie, or a proper BBS LM. As China keeps building more and more cheap alloy wheels, the plastic wheecover is facing extinction. Let’s look at some of the greatest wheelcovers designs.

5 - Volvo S60 16 inchers plastic wheelcovers : Solid construction, they looked like Bentley wheels from a distance.

4 - Volkswagen MK4 Golf/Jetta 15 inches plastic wheelcovers : A very sophisticated modular wheelcover that looked very classy on the MK4 sedan.

3 - W124 Aero plastic wheelcover : Another modular masterpiece that doesn’t look like something from pepboys.

2 - BMW E34 “Turbine Wheelcovers” Need I say more ?

1 - 1992 - 1997 Honda Civic Si 14 inchers “Swirlies” plastic wheelcovers : while they looked similar to the more plebeian versions installed on the CX/DX models, the 14 inchers were the Si signature, and a well trained car enthusiast could easily make the difference between a DX and an S1 just by looking at them.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 11:07

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No love for spinners hubcaps?

GhostZ > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 11:12

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FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 11:13

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Ahh. From a time when hubcaps didn’t scream cheapo.

TheHondaBro > GhostZ 10/06/2015 at 11:19

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Yes. #1 for sure.

Margin Of Error > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/06/2015 at 11:19

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I’m only covering factory wheelcovers. I’m not aware of any factory spinners

and 100 more > GhostZ 10/06/2015 at 11:19

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Negative, that is not a wheel cover. That’s the actual wheel.

TheHondaBro > and 100 more 10/06/2015 at 11:23

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Not with that attitude.

and 100 more > TheHondaBro 10/06/2015 at 11:24

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Hmm.

“I guess they could be wheel covers, if they really tried.”

Better?

Sweet Trav > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 11:25

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The 03-05 Lincoln navigator wheel covers were stainless steel and bolted to the wheels with a stainless centercap. they were actually a great design.

TheHondaBro > and 100 more 10/06/2015 at 11:27

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Better. Ronal Teddy Bears forever.

Margin Of Error > Sweet Trav 10/06/2015 at 11:36

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This list is about plastic wheelcovers

Margin Of Error > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 10/06/2015 at 11:36

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it was a simpler time

Sweet Trav > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 11:43

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It was a stainless wheelcover in an era of plastic ones. It deserves its 15 minutes of fame!

My hovercraft is full of eels > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 11:46

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The BX hubcaps pop into mind.

Margin Of Error > My hovercraft is full of eels 10/06/2015 at 11:47

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great catch

wiffleballtony > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 12:00

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Alloys should be standard on anything over 15k and new. Wheel covers are horrible.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 12:43

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The Montego’s are obviously the classiest of HubCaps:

Yes it’s metal. Yes it’s better than all the plastic ones.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 13:23

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Scion had a nice wheel cover design for the XA (sorry, xA). Not top 5, but still nice.

Vicente Esteve > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 14:55

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Ford Fusions hub caps look like real rims, and I thought they were until a while ago when I saw it cracked. They look fantastic.

Margin Of Error > Vicente Esteve 10/06/2015 at 14:56

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DANG !

pjhusa > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 15:15

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I only like the MB and BMW ones of that era. I dislike all other hubcaps. Well, basically, yeah

Vicente Esteve > Margin Of Error 10/06/2015 at 21:50

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I KNOW

Fresh-Outta-Nissans > GhostZ 10/07/2015 at 04:30

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Belly button!