where to get hub caps

If you want OEM wheel covers, then you have to get them from a dealership, or some place like eBay or a junk yard.

If you want aftermarket wheel covers, there is a very wide range of prices and quality. Check out auto parts stores and places like Meijer's, Wal Mart, etc.

I've found them on ebay before. Very reasonably priced OEM's, and they worked just fine.

My only experience with wheel covers (hubcaps is a 'faded phrase' that I haven't even heard in a couple of decades) is that when I lost a wheel cover on our '97 Camry, the local Toyota dealer wanted $64 for ONE replacement cover. At the local Kragen's I got a set of four perfectly respectable covers for $20. And they stayed on. I still have them, plus the three original Toyota covers in the garage.

"Ph@Boy" wrote in news:u9OdnUvjDPZpAbzbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@trueband.net:

I'll second that.

I bought a set of used OEM's on eBay and was very happy with both price and quality.

"mack" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

You may still have "hub caps". You may have two or four, depending on your hub design.

Our Tercel has two hub caps.

:)

There are used hubcap dealers around. They are sometimes located near place where there are a lot of pot holes (which explains how the hubcaps become available for resale). Look on google or your local classified ads to see if there are any in your community.

Jeff

How about going to nearest mall's parking lot. All you need is a flat head screwdriver.

Just kidding.

A salvage yard, WBMA

mike

I'd like to know, too. The plastic crap wheelcovers that came on my 6 cyl 99 Camry CE are a disgrace to Toyota. The local hubcap specialist here wanted over $60 Canadian for just ONE to match the other OE's.

I found a wheelcover off of ebay a few years back for an '89 Prelude Si I used to own. Took a while to see one pop up, and the price was right... Otherwise you may try a junk yard to a google search for used or new parts.

-Dave

A buddy bought a set of cheap aftermarket hubcaps at an auto parts store for less than one OE replacement when one turned up missing on his '93 Camry , and the aftermarket ones have held up surprisingly well.

"Ray O" wrote in news:d9e65$4647fd11$47c2b532$ snipped-for-privacy@msgid.meganewsservers.com:

Absolutly the best advice is to buy cheapo aftermarkets from auto parts store \ Wal-Mart,etc. Pleanty to choose from at these outlets. Did same on my '99 Avalon that came w\ cheap \ ugly looking hubcaps & they were a great improvement on appearance & held up well til finally broke down & bought some chrome rims a couple of years ago. dc

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- it has been a long time since I dealt with them, but years ago they offered new OEM parts at half the cost (or less). I am not making any promises since I have not needed a hub cap in at least a decade, but it can't hurt to check. Ed

There used to be a place on the South Side of Chicago that will sell you a perfect match for your wheels or hubcaps. The only catch was that you would always be missing the same number of wheels or hubcaps that you bought