I've got a set of well used aluminum wheels with mounted winter tires for my 2011 Silverado, but no center cap covers. I bought the wheels and had my tires mounted on them. Do I need to find some center cap covers or can I just run without them? The chevy lug nuts are open ended for the caps to attach too. I didn't know if dirt, dust, etc would damage the lug nuts and hub.
Do i need center caps for winter wheels?
- Thread starter Corollaman
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Yes. You need to do whatever you can to minimize how much crud enters the center bore and settles between the wheel mounting face and the hub.
No, just liberally brush anti seize on the hubs before you mount the wheel onto the hubs. "Just around the hub centric" center of the rim to hub area. Otherwise you may very well be hitting your rims from the inside pretty hard with a large hammer come spring time.
P.S. You should brush with anti Sleaze regardless. I have been running without center caps for 11 winters.
P.S. You should brush with anti Sleaze regardless. I have been running without center caps for 11 winters.
What brand of anti seize do you use?
Permatex. Any will do, but I have the big bottle of silver color, paid less than $10.00 back then, but I use it alot. First year I didn't use it, I had to use a BFH on my RT FT wheel. Since, wheel come off no problem.
Order up a set of the plastic caps from amazon or eBay. It helps keep corrosion away from the nuts and studs and helps keep you from looking like a hillbilly.
Who you callin a, oh, hey what's up Snaggle, there is no one around here that would consider that "Hillbilly". lol, It's not Seattle! You should see the death traps running the road around these parts.
I have 2 sets of center caps, so I guess the hillbilly has rubbed off on me, besides I sport the Subaru with Blizzak's in the winter. No more driving the Chevy with Blizzak's.
Do you really want to drive around with your nuts showing?
It's not the studs that seize, but we put sleaze on them too. It's the hub centric steel wheel on a hub centric steel hub that corrodes fast enough if you drive on roads that are heavily sprayed.
That is true, I do slather on the center like that.