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95 Taurus Wheelcover replacement
These are those stupid ones that have a center piece that pops out so
you can get to the lugnuts, then there are 5 steel screws that are screwed to steel clips that snap into the wheel. The engineer that thought that one up either never kept a car for more than a year, or never lived in a 'rust-belt' state. I lost one wheel cover & need replacement screw & clips for all the others. This was one of Ford's stupider ideas, IMO -- and rather than buy another very expensive wheelcover & mess around with all the other wheels, I'd like to just throw a cheap replacement set on this thing. Is this even possible? I asked in the two places that I happened to be in today [Walmart and Advance Auto] and neither clerk thought I could replace these wheelcovers with anything but the Ford parts. I haven't priced them through a dealer, but I see the same covers online for $40 each at- http://www.hubcaps.org/taurus.html [ FRD903 -- says they only go on 92-95 Taurus] I can probably pick one up at a junkyard -- but then I'm still left with the terrible design and still have to locate those clips someplace. [I'm guessing dealer since I've searched for them most every other likely spot.] Is there some sort of adapter-- or 'universal cover' that I can attach to these wheels. [15"] Jim |
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Just a followup to my own post. I called the dealer.
$60 for the wheelcover & $2 *each* for the 20 clips and screws I'd need to replace. The parts guy at the dealership said the same thing as Walmart & Advance Auto-- nothing but 3-4 yrs of Ford covers will fit these wheels. I think my Taurus will be wheel-cover-less for a while unless I can figure out how to adapt a cheap set to attach to these wheels. Jim On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 22:19:21 GMT, Jim Elbrecht > wrote: >These are those stupid ones that have a center piece that pops out so >you can get to the lugnuts, then there are 5 steel screws that are >screwed to steel clips that snap into the wheel. The engineer >that thought that one up either never kept a car for more than a year, >or never lived in a 'rust-belt' state. > >I lost one wheel cover & need replacement screw & clips for all the >others. > >This was one of Ford's stupider ideas, IMO -- and rather than buy >another very expensive wheelcover & mess around with all the other >wheels, I'd like to just throw a cheap replacement set on this thing. > >Is this even possible? I asked in the two places that I happened to >be in today [Walmart and Advance Auto] and neither clerk thought I >could replace these wheelcovers with anything but the Ford parts. I >haven't priced them through a dealer, but I see the same covers online >for $40 each at- http://www.hubcaps.org/taurus.html >[ FRD903 -- says they only go on 92-95 Taurus] > >I can probably pick one up at a junkyard -- but then I'm still left >with the terrible design and still have to locate those clips >someplace. [I'm guessing dealer since I've searched for them most >every other likely spot.] > >Is there some sort of adapter-- or 'universal cover' that I can attach >to these wheels. [15"] > >Jim |
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