Installing Aftermarket Wheel Covers/Hubcaps So They Don't Pop Off
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2014
- This video will show you how to properly install aftermarket plastic wheel covers to prevent them from popping off.
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Oof , once he said “poor soul riding around with 3 of them” lmfaooo me 😂
Me every few months until I put a new one on. 🤣
I really appreciate this video! I don't have my dad around any more to show me these things, but I hope I can put my new hubcap on when Amazon delivers it. Got electrical tape too that I will use. Anyway, you remind me of my dad so much. He use to race cars and taught me a lot. Thanks so much, Jamie!
I am totally driving around w/ 3 right now. :)
colette2345 I'm totally driving around w/ tree now. :) ☺🌲🌳🌴🌵🎄😀
same
I'm here because I have 3 right now
It worked! I have been driving my car for the last week and what you showed us how to do works! I am so thrilled! Thanks so much!
great video. showed me exactly what I needed to do to get my wheel covers on thanks man keep up the good work
Simple but effective. Why didn't I think of that? I'd lost three sets and gave up for a while but the car looked really ordinary without them. Your fix has it sorted. Dude you are awesome, thanks!
TheDoppelgangster some times people forget stuff like the time I forgot to dry my clothes in the washing machine.
hey thank you so much Jamie your video was very helpful to me. I bought some 14 inch wheel replacement covers for my Chevy about 5 years ago and have been so reluctant to put them on myself. But I did it and used your 2 tips. Black spray paint and electrical tape. Brilliant idea and was very easy for me.
that's awesome that's exactly why I do these videos
Nice. Short and sweet. Thanks for putting this out there.
I never knew about the electrical tape. My dad custom painted my hubcaps to match my car and I only have what’s left on my car and my husband has a knack for losing them. I will get right on this. Thank you.
Ur a money saver. My local tire shop charges me $60 for that. Thanks dude!
+Andrew Presto Hi Andrew, thats what this channel is all about and I'm glad to hear that the video helped you and kept your hard earned money in your pocket, where it belongs.
I bought wheel covers for my 1986 Winnebago Minnie Winnie and was going to have my mechanic put them on, but after watching your video I'm going to do it myself and save about $50. Thank you for such an informative video!
That is awesome you definitely don't need to pay anybody for that and you know that little trick will save you a ton of effort and energy and trying to keep up with those hubcaps LOL we have new content coming out every week I'm always here to help you if you need it and thank you so much for taking your time today to watch our video
gave it a shot. so far so good. made it thru day 1. thanks for the tutorial. peace and love to you too man !
Good stuff man!! Glad to hear that the video helped you out.
Omg, thank you. My hubcaps fly off all the dang time, it's so embarrassing. I'm pretty sure the hubcaps I've seen in the gutters around town are all mine. 😅 I'm going to do this trick ASAP!
Wow! I'm a Woman who lives alone, and this video really helped me do the job right! TYVM!
Just fitted a new wheel trim with help from your video, thank you!
Lee Martin Hi Lee, great to hear this man. Happy to help out and if you ever need anything just let me know. Thanks for your feedback.
Thank you! Mine came off (luckily we retrieved it), and I didn't know where the ring was supposed to go, this really helped :)
MuslimahMelika mine just came, but luckily I fixed it with tape.
Great information! Thanks!
You NEVER showed how the tape helps the cover from falling off???
I don't understand why it helps
The tape works like an alligator in a swamp.
The tape gives the retention wire a tighter fit
I think you just have to accept it on faith.
@@OnlyEdandTheAlmost haha, ok.....?
It's a religious ritual
MURRAYsaysHI Thanks for the question on the wheel covers. When you put the rings inside of the wheel covers there is just a tad bit of give to it because of the material that its made out of and that little bit of give is enough to allow the wheel cover to pop off if you hit a bump, etc. The tape takes up the excess slack giving you a really nice, tight fit on the wheel cover. I use electric tape because it has a really good grip and it lasts for a long time. I've been doing it this way for the last 20 years and I have yet to lose a wheel cover since. Give it a shot and I'll bet you will be happy with the results. If you ever have any questions, please feel free to message me.
Thanks!
MURRAYsaysHI No problem at all.
JamieJones TheCarMan Can you put the electric tape on any part of the ring?
is it necessary to place electric tape?
How do you know where to put the electrical tape?
Love your way of presentation Brother , good on yaaaa .... Cheers mate :)
I found a much more effective way to keep wheel covers from EVER flying off. Use 2 black, or white zip ties, depending on the covers main color. I tried this tape way and lost an expensive cover last week! You put on the cover, and through an opening on the cover, there is always an opening, mine is a VERY open design, and is black and deep blue,so black ties dont show at all! I had to get from the UK! Cant get it in the US.
Fish a zip tie through the cover, through one of the many holes in the wheel, and pull it through the cover, tie it off and cut off the extra part of the tie. It looks like a thin line of black, or white, you never see it and unless someone is staring at your wheels, they never see it. Zip ties are very thin. You put on 2, on opposite sides of the cover, and it will never fly off! You can put on just 1, but it could snap off from excessive heat or damage. The chances of both being damaged in very small. And you just replace them every so often, so you have fresh ties holding the covers on. Hey...try it!! Zip ties are very cheap and it works!!
@Morris 1234 Hope it works for your covers. Mine are still on and I am changing out my first set of Zip Ties today, just to be sure they are not melting or about to crack from a year of heat/use. Still have all 4 covers! And have 94 more ties left in the package for $6?
@Morris 1234 much cheaper
I’m just gonna skip the hubcaps and make a web of zip ties in the wheel.
Great suggestion zip ties👍
Zip ties great suggestion👍
This video was very helpful thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Ryan Novitch knowledge is power.
Fixin up my hoop d, well it's not dilapidated just the dam tires which I don't have a nice urbanesque Puerto Rican tire shop nearby to get actual hubs, so I have to go the suburban white route and go to the zone and get some plastic covers on. I lost my last four slowly one by one, so now maybe I'll try again, but a sucker is born every minute maybe This is my minute. And the people who gave this a thumbs down, I wonder why. This dude took the time to show us a thing or to and it has good information thumbs down can go in the rearhole. For the life of me trying to figure out the tape thing, I thought it was to take up slack in the wire. But I did as I was told and I finally figured it out, it's for the wheel rim itself to jam the little suckin wire to sit tight into. Keepin ya posted on when and if they start to drop off. Another video gave a similar thing I was considering, zip ties, but it looks funny and that's down low real ghettorednecky hub locks ain't it? but if they were in silver ahhh maybe I spray paint them....
awesome thank you helped alot especially the black spray paint i didnt think of that thanks!
Be careful tho u might spray it on the disc
Thanks. From North Wales UK.
The tape is just what I needed! I have gone just 4 days without a wheel cover (I was out of town) and woke up in sweats thinking about it...I hate the look of no covers!
Peacefully Social Justice glad you got hockey tape
Absolute legend
I did it! Thanks.
Genius!!! Thanks
Hey thanks for the tips really helped me out
+Grey Fawks awesome
Cool thanks! I'd thrown the factory ones away that had screw on lug nut covers because they rattled non stop.. Now i'm going to sell my car and people are whining about it not having the hub caps. So I ordered a $20 set off amazon and will throw them on now! =)
Excellent!! Glad that the video helped you out and just a quick FYI..alot of WalMart stores carry the wheel covers too in case you ever need to get your hands on some pretty fast.
It does work very well...
Helpful info.
Thanks man. Huge help!
The_Skinnyman you can solve da problem if you believe in yourself.
Thank you Jamie the CarMan..your video really helped me alot! First off my after market hubcabs came with no instructions. So I really didn't know how to assemble correctly until you were kind enough to show me! and I had no Man to help...You did the job, and i applaud you very much! Best video ever! I recommend it to all women who are trying to do this themselves, like me! Jamie your advice was spot on! Thank you again!
Thank you. great tips too
+ScreenPrintR 3LOL you'd be surprised at how many people but those trim rings on and they fly right off the car but if you do the little trick with the tape it's going to last
Would putting somr more tape on the other side help them to really really stay? I can't keep mine on for morning
Your Welcome I really appreciate your video as well :) I subscribed to your channel thanx again :0
Thanks! Can't wait to try the tape trick. My wheel covers are 13" for my 96 Civic and are getting harder to find. I have to buy them online and the average nice set is $70 so I definitely don't want any of those suckers popping off. :)
Thank you. Much appreciated.
its magic lol
Thnx so much for the video if I did not watch it I would not of known to put the tape on mine I bought the pilot brand chrome and black for my 2011 dodge nitro and when ordering them the guy did not mention that & I'm glad i watched yur video I actually did it myself thanx:)
TheDreamcatcher425 No problem at all. Glad that you found the video helpful and really appreciate your comment.
+JamieJones TheCarMan This video really helped me when i put a hubacp on my car. I find your videos helpful fro my car. Thank you!!
CitroenFan001 Cool, cool man!! Really glad to hear that. I always have new videos coming up too so stay tuned.
Thanks dude
Thanks - this was so helpful. I can do this! I don't have to wait on my husband to find time to do it.
thanks my guy
umm 1st time doing it and this helped a lot! thx!
You do not know how many millions of Hubcaps are lost just because they don't know that one little trick LOL
Also, perhaps pushing the ring down further-past that 1st notch- would make a tighter fit (versus tape); since it causes the tabs to flange out further, hence making a more “snug” contact with the the groove in the wheel rim. …just a thought! ;-)
Very helpful thanks! Is there a certain area to put the tape on? Is it okay to put alot of it on there?😂
Quick question..My originals on my car are bolted on..can I still use the ones you're using the screw on ones? And if so once I have my original hubcaps off do I put my original bolts back on and just apply the screw on ones (ones you're using) onto my wheel? I was always clueless as to have these screw on ones go when u have bolt on originals . Thanks
Thank you
Okay, got the tape on - I rolled the tape around the ring about 4 times on two seperate spots per ring - let's see how they'll work out! Seems very snug so far, can't easily tear them off of the wheel. I'll go for a testride today in the evening, thanks for the tip! :)
After 2 days, they're still holding on.
I suppose the combination of high-quality material and production (namely from the brand Albrecht) and this simple tip helped quite a bit. They feel as snug as they were 2 days ago, great tip man. :)
@@Skelpolu Did they hold on after two days?
Yes they will
Thanks man, I was wondering why that little cut was on the ring. Now I know!
There are metal slips on my rims do I pull them off or , were they on to secure the retention wire ?
agree to the other posts , the tape does nothing , if you where going to use the tape in one of the grooves it would make some sense if you need a tighter grip use the upper most groove for the ring
Hi. Do you know where I can buy the wire ring for the hub cover? my hub cover falls off and I lost the wire ring. I have to but the new set. Will be nice if I can find the wire for the hub cover. Thank you. Irena
I have always had steel wheels on over 30 cars, and these covers on all of them. I never lost a single one. Till yesterday!! I lost my first one. So I JUST bought a new set, on EBay for $35, with BLUE accents, instead of black, like everyone has, on their alloys and their covers like these, that look like alloys. Blue is VERY hard to find. It matches my car, so when I get them, I will have the only set I have ever seen.
But I never thought of putting electrical tape on the retention ring, to add more tension. With the 2 different sets of places to install the ring, to put the right tension on it, that usually puts them on VERY tight. BUT if these are 'loose' at all, I will try your tape idea. Black tape, but tape. Makes sense. I am not loosing this set! My last set was on the car for 10 years!! Longest ever. IF you install them right, they dont 'fly off'. Don't think guys know there are two 'settings', of where to put that retention ring, to make it a little tighter or a little looser.
So does it matter where u put the tape? And if you add more tape around 4 seperate parts of the ring does it add even more reinforcement?
I really like those hubs can you tell me who makes them I want to order that style
Every time I try to install these things, they never fit properly and I end up cracking them. They're definitely the right size and I've tried placing that wire ring on both the normal and secondary slots but no dice. Why do they always seem so small and hard to get on?
Good tips.
Wstuffii Thanks so much!! Glad to hear that you liked the video and it helped you out.
Wstuffii good +¡+$ 😂😂😂
my car came from the factory with hubcaps with 4 screws. but they're ugly and they look like "minivan wheels." if i get a replacement hub cap with a slot for 5 screws, would it not fit/look right on my car? it's a 2016 ford fiesta s and the wheels are 15 inch.
Can I just buy any 16" hubcap for my car OR it has to be Make and Model Specific??
Thanks.
+Rick Hawk Davison good trick
Mine fell off after doing this so..this don't work
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Do they come of easily when u need to change a flat ?
To keep your hub caps from coming off the rim, clean the wire ring and the plastic clip area that the ring locks into and apply a thin line of adhesive to each, like Gorilla Glue, (let it dry completely) before putting back onto the rim, I did this to my hub caps and they have not come off. Hope this helps.
@Gentleman Of Leisure Sir, you only apply adhesive to the contact points where the ring makes contact with the (hubcap), the adhesive does not go on the rim. You will still be able to remove the hubcap from the rim as usual.
@@stephenrodriguez5709thank you
Thanks very help full
can you use any other kind of tape, like duct tape?
How does this do anything? I can see if you put the taped part in the part where it sits in the clip but u didn't do that? The clips are what hold it into the rim right? So how does this effect the tightness? I'm confused
Ou à été mis le ruban adhésif ne sert à rien faut le mettre sur les clips
I don't understand how the tape help keep the cover on? Please explain and detail where the tape is placed. Thanks!
Put the tape over your mouth
Can you just place it to the second notch to make it tighter? Instead placing it on the first notch with the tape.
I used the second notch once, and it cracked my hubcap.
Do you still have these high quality hubcaps?
Ok so you have them on and they stay ? heres the best advice you have heard. Take them off yourself when tire work is done Balance rotate or flat fix or you will be buying a new set . Dont say you werent warned . Been there .
Yesssssss.....best advice ever! I was thinking same.
Why did U position the notch in the metal ring DOWN versus UP? Seems that UP would make way for the valve stem to be accessed for adding air to the tire. DOWN seems to encumber the valve stem.
I'm looking for that exact pattern style hubcap in your video. Where do I get them?
Vicki Glenn Walmart
Does it matter where you put the tape?
Sara Drott if you put the tape on your winky you won't get them pregnant.
Good video, thanks.
I have something to ask you. Which hubcaps are better - hubcaps like yours, or bolt-on ones? Because I think every of them had minuses and pluses of using. I just would like to know which one is better.
Danil Temberg You are always better off to do anything with a bolt on if possible. If you have to use the kind in my video though, just use my tape trick and they will stay on.
JamieJones TheCarMan Thank you! I appreciate it.
Mine have a gap any tips?
I subscribed to your freakin' channel... lol
I wish I had seen this last week. I bought a set, put them on and 30 hours later I lost one😡😡
I have a 1999 Corolla that has 4 screws on the original wheel/hubcap, and I was wondering, if I bought an aftermarket hubcap that was 5 screws, would it still fit?
Tony Lee no. It will not line up
Stupid question
I bought a set of Pilot caps for my Toyota and the damn retentions rings don’t have the bend for the valve stem. WTH
So what does the tape do?
I have 14 inch rims and bought 14 inch covers. I fallow all the steps correctly and the cover is too small. It fits in but there is no tension. It falls straight off as soon as i let go. Help
Elmin Kurtovic u need 15 inch covers then
I still don't understand where you had the placement of the tape on the ring. And what it is actually doing.
Can I use a regular duck tape?
Here is my confusion. One video turned the retention ring valve stem relief “Up”. You turned the relief “Down”. Who’s right or does it make a difference?
I talked to parts department at a dealer. They told me ring valve stem points outward, away from hubcap. Yeah, lots of ideas on RUclips, so I went to dealer for straight answer. The above video wraps tape around retention ring. I don't see have this helps in preventing cap from falling off. It the "plastic tabs of the "hub" that holds to the wheel hub. The wire is to push those tabs outward less or more. That's where tension gets adjusted.
@@alvidal258 exactly what the hell I was thinking.
Thank you so much! The box was not helpful at all as to how the rings go on, once I watched your video I was done in no time
look at you you're like a professional hubcap installer now
We have the exact same hubcaps omg
Michael Phelps me too. I have hubcaps.
I only have one on fam
Those cheap autozone hubcaps are guaranteed to fall off. The only sure way is to zip tie them on. That is why the factory hubcaps cost 120$ and up.. The factory hubcaps do not just fall off while you are driving. If you are truly cheap, just take all of them off and be done with it.
What about the 60 dollar ones
If you need tape please buy better hubcaps. Also clean rim before painting. ✌️
We’re talking about your run-of-the-mill Walmart/AutoZone or local parts store hubcaps here they’re all made in China junk that’s why the tape hope some helps them stamp place
Could you secure it with the car lug nuts?
+TheSpinWorld On some models, they do make a few twist over caps that go over the lug nuts, but in most cases no.
Oh thank you but I have no idea how to put that.
+Kurt Padua easy need help let me know
I heard these affect performance
Mine doesn’t have an indent. Most frustrating thing ever
Wtf does the tape do? Are you saying it adds a bit of thickness to the ring? You really didn't explain it in the video.
He showed how to make your hubcaps to be like a red bull
I'm like that right now
Next time I'm going with screw ons
That sucks
I wish for other people you would have concentrated on what tape is actually doing and where to put it and why
How do you install hubcaps on a chevy suburban
Roni Waiters Hi Roni, just follow the instructions in this video and I think that you will be good to go. Did you have a more specific problem that might be dealing with on your particular vehicle?