Yeah, that "bowing it" thing is pretty important.  I put four nice fresh
chrome hubcaps on my '84 work van and the first time I broke 45mph I was
passed by my left front hubcap.  Took 5 minutes of digging through the brush
to find it.  Then, on my way home after finding the left front, I was passed
by the right front.  Never found that one...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of David Brodbeck
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: anti theft for hubcaps?

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