bB2NER

My stainless rings are quiet but I remember having noisey hubcaps back in the 80's.

Torq

yes, and its irritating.

I found three temporary solutions.
1. leave the windows up.
2. turn music louder. and
3. take off beauty rings and spray them with WD-40 this works for a little bit till they get dirty again.

bB2NER

You forgot one. Buy quality stainless rings.

Jintei

like it.

konsumer

yeah, I just got the $10 chrome ones from OReilly auto. So you're telling me the stainless ones don't make noise?

bB2NER

Mine are completely quiet. But they were like 60 bucks for the set. They have many steel fingers that bite into the rim and keep them from moving around as the rim flexes.

biancoxb

I have to find those tercel lug covers for a good price or I will go nuts ! lol they look so awesome

TheJonas53

Anyone find thoes Tercel caps for cheaper than $35? And where besides a junk yard.

bB2NER

They would look even better on a set of the wider steelies.

nherweck

My steel wheels look awefully dirty. I just bought the box and the woman who had it left hubcaps on it the whole time. No cleaning underneath it. I just briefly looked at one, and I think I spotted a rusty color. If it's rust, what should I do? If it's just dirty, how do I clean it and get it back to shiny?

bB2NER

Spray off the thick dirt with the hose and get them wet. Spray them down with some Wesleys blech white and scrub them with a wheel brush and rinse. Repeat till they are clean. Dry them off and polish them with clearcoat safe rubbing compound and follow with some carwax. They should look really nice by then.
If they do have some mild rust spots you will have to sand down the spots to remove the rust. Wipe wheel down with either carb cleaner or 90% rubbing alcohol and spray them with some gloss black wheel or engine enamel and let dry. If you are planning to use trim rings you don't have to worry too much about the outer lip because they will be covered. If it had the original plastic caps the original paint should be ok tho.

kirksucks611

i'm in! Love the Tercel caps.

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Zillon

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bB2NER

WOW, the xAs look hot also with the rings/steelies.

tc-guy

Yeah, that xA does look pretty good like that.

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BoxOffice

Here's the hottest looking xA I've seen with that sort of set up:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...357&highlight=

(...and yes, those were my steelies and whitewalls! )

bB2NER

I was wondering what happened to those. They look sweet on that semi gloss xA too!

bB2NER

Has anyone painted their steelies silver and added the trim rings and caps? If so, I'd love to see how they look before I paint mine silver.

divisii

Zillon, this is very smooth.

What kind or paint (enamel, high temp),
what color, &
where did U get it?

I'm gettin' tired of anthracite [sp?] covers on black steelies ... soon I hope to have painted steelies on my Spec tC. FTW

Zillon

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I used Duplicolor charcoal wheel enamel.

Be sure to clean the wheels very well prior to laying the primer and finishing color, otherwise the paint will peel later.