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Subject:Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:43:13 -0500

David Marshall wrote:
> The simplest way not to get them stolen is not to run them... this is what I
> do.  ;-)

I like to run the old skool chrome dog dish hubcaps.  If one gets
stolen, they're only $9 each anyway. ;)  Haven't had one stolen yet,
though the left side front one did fly off when I hit a speed bump once.
  I had to bow it a little with my knee to get it to clear the
speedometer cable end better, after that it stayed on.

As a side benefit, that tight fit keeps your lug nuts clean!
Seriously...the lug nuts on my '75 bus were pristine.  The ones on my
'82, which originally had the plastic basket-weave wheelcovers, were
pretty rusty.

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si