I just got snow tires and decided I really dislike the hub caps.<p>Ive also noticed lots of Audis (and Volvos) with winter tires sans hub caps. Just steel rims.<p>I think this doesnt look half bad.<p>So I wonder, is this a fashion statement "Hey look I have snow tires, that's why I have steel rims and its not just because I dont know anyhting about alloy wheels." or is it because people just dont bother with hub caps? <p>These are new cars, not old beaters that may have lost of dont care about the look of the wheel.<p><br>Any comments?<p>

That's why I bought 16" R-28s for winter w/Pirelli Winter 210A.<p>This is not a flame, just my opinion. I understand the reason for steel wheels/caps; I'll really understand it after a few winters, when I'm refinishing my R-28s. 8^)<p>CraigB <br>(eating only rice 'til spring to pay for winter wheels)

Why don't you put wreaths on your steel wheels! And maybe you could thread matching ribbon through the grill. :-O<p>Sorry Jim, I just couldn't resist!<p>Happy Hollidays!<p>Robert Jordan<br>a.k.a. smarta$$

I have to agree the look of steel makes me cringe and I hate the hub caps. Plus, the cheap ugly plastic caps they sell were always falling off. On the other side, I don't want to spend the extra $ right at the moment (since my package came w/steel 2 winters ago now). The tires will see one more season so why bother. I'll get new ones next winter with better rims.<br>I'd rather spend my money on the more important upgrades I'm planning this winter.<br>So you can all just look at my A! car with steel and say hey "looks like an evening gown with army boots"!<br>-C. (Waiting 'til it actually starts snowing here...still got my OZs on!)

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I currently have my snows on steel rims without hub caps. (BTW, I think they call them 'Wheel Covers' in the cappacino bars and such :) )<p>I don't know whether I want hub caps or not. I have not really had time to deal with it. I know my dealer replaced several steel wheel/hub cap Jettas with alloys so they have a surplus of 15" hub caps. He said they would use a heat gun to remove the VW symbol in the middle and sell them to me for $25 each CDN. I don't think I will find them cheaper than that...But I don't think it looks that bad just wiht the steel wheels for winter...<p>I guess that is the long way of saying I am indifferent about the subject.<p>TGB

'98 A4Q Tip, pearl white. 15" Nokia NRW's on black steel wheels, no wheel covers.<p>I've got Quattro, I've got snows on all four corners, and I want the world to know so they'll get the h*** out of my way! It kind of gives the car (unwashed for 6 months at a stretch) that "serious local" look that gets you past CHP/CalTrans chain checkpoints without getting out to prove you have chains in the trunk.

Hmmmm, I like it. Have you ever read the book 'Class' by Paul Fussell? He goes in to theories like that.<br>