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    Question wheel covers

    unquestionably the most difficult I've ever encountered to install. if there is a trick to installation I certainly would be very appreciative to learn it. mine are not warped, they lay perfectly on a flat surface. what am I missing? thanks for any help.

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    Be glad they’re tight. They are tough to install.
    Barry Wolk
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    C5681126

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    Quote Originally Posted by arkusvt View Post
    unquestionably the most difficult I've ever encountered to install. if there is a trick to installation I certainly would be very appreciative to learn it. mine are not warped, they lay perfectly on a flat surface. what am I missing? thanks for any help.
    Yes, mine require a good hard thump with the heel of the hand to get them seated.
    Mark Norris
    C56G3186
    1963 Aston Martin DB4 Series V Vantage
    1951 C-type Jaguar (alloy replica)
    1934 Lagonda M45 Tourer

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    Default EASY wheel cover install

    Wearing rubber sole shoes.. like a tennis shoe.....
    Start the cover on the left edge so it it stays up on its own in the wheel.
    Sit down on the pavement facing the wheel.
    Place left foot on the left front side of the cover holding it firmly IN the wheel.
    Leaning a bit back holding the disk in with your left foot....., Use your right foot .... SMACK the right side of the cover into the right front of the wheel.
    Last edited by Shelly Harris; 09-16-2024 at 11:13 AM.
    Shelly

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    '56 Continental Mark II

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    OK this sounds like it was perfected after a large number of installations. Next time I install them with the car on the ground I will try it. I otherwise use a soft rubber mallet...

    Biggest tip i can give is from Barry's posts on installing a tall metal air filler stem on the rim and put a short piece of rubber hose on it to keep the little ba*tard from rotating and coming off (as much.)
    Joseph Stebbins


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    After reading a number of comments on the forum going back several years I decided to purchase new rims and tires. Could not determine what color to paint the rims. the ones on the car appear to be body color. Could anyone confirm that is correct? Thank you, George Perry

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    Correct. The standard was body color. Some had DSO which could have been another color such as red or black.
    John Snoddy

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    Quote Originally Posted by arkusvt View Post
    After reading a number of comments on the forum going back several years I decided to purchase new rims and tires. Could not determine what color to paint the rims. the ones on the car appear to be body color. Could anyone confirm that is correct? Thank you, George Perry
    Hi George, just be aware I fitted new wheels and it made no difference to the noise the wheel covers make.
    Mark Norris
    C56G3186
    1963 Aston Martin DB4 Series V Vantage
    1951 C-type Jaguar (alloy replica)
    1934 Lagonda M45 Tourer

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    It does however reduce the noise from expletives by the driver watching a wheel cover go rolling down the road when you make a hard turn.

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    I actually have only driven this car less than a mile since purchase; been paying attention addressing several 68 year old shortcomings. I decided to replace the rims having read they might be less apt to flex with radials. lessening chance of wheel cover failure.Haven't learned as yet about "the noise the wheel covers make" unless that noise was when they fail. Vacuum, or lack of it, comes next. George Perry

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