Breaking hubcaps...anyone have this problem?

[luxcrusr2000]

Hey all,
I have a 2000 ES with the stock steel rims and hubcaps. They look OK but the retainer clips on these things keep breaking, and in the past 6 months I've had to replace two of them. :x I don't think there's a way to prevent this, but I'm just wondering if anyone else has this problem. :?

[pinoyesv6]

b4 i got my aftermarket rims...i just tied my hubcaps onto my wheels, as a backup. just used some really expensive fishing line so that it could be thin yet strong. and i was str8. but yea them hubcaps and steel rims didnt' last long on my car...

[luxcrusr2000]

Man, wish I had tried that with mine. Eventually I plan on getting either stock alloys (preferably the GTZ style) or some custom rims. Oh, well. At least the caps only cost me $5 a pop.

[galant2kde]

sounds like youve been hitting lots and lots of big potholes...

[Ken]

i had the same problem with one of my hubcaps, it gave me motivation to get my rims after it flew off.

[Nick VR4]

If you dont have access to fishing line
Use small tie-wraps like the ones the police use instead of handcuffs
make sure you have something in the car to cut them if you have a punture

[luxcrusr2000]

Ah, yes, tie wraps. Next time I break a hubcap I'll get some. If I had thought of that before I wouldn't have had to drive 25 miles away to get the hubcaps (MAN Galants are hard to find in junkyards). As for Galant2kde's comment about potholes, I have to stay away from potholes. I just had to drop almost $400 into 4 new tires for my Galant.

[mystik]

I fucked up the hubcaps on the right side of my galant by going too fast and side-swiped the curb :x

[TJC]

yeah like stay off the curbs, hehe.

[luxcrusr2000]

*butthead voice* uh, yeah, huh huh. curbs suck! huh huh

[TJC]

:mrgreen:

[luxcrusr2000]

Sorry Ken, put the wrong name down about the pothole comment. Maybe I'll like, learn to read next time. :oops: Although it seems these hubcaps break if you breathe on them too hard. Oh well. The Mitsubishi Galant is still the greatest car ever made.