Wheel covers

[ginaseven]

I have lost 3 rear wheel covers so far this year. Just got back yesterday and noticed the drivers side rear wheel cover missing. Am I doing something wrong? They are about $75 a piece, I'm tired of replacing them. They install fine and are difficult to get off to check tire pressure. I make certain they are on tightly. The roads aren't exceptionally bad. I don't know why they won't stay on.
I have a 2006 Gulf Stream conquest.

[Gene_in_NE]

Harvey51 wrote:
I took mine off to check pressures and never put them on again. Utility before beauty? No way I would be unbolting the cover every time I wanted to check tire pressure.

You might be under a mistaken impression of what the Pacific Duallies really look like. You do not unbolt anything to check the air pressure. The valve stems stick right through the liners. The liners make the steel rims look like they are chrome plated.

[tenbear]

Years ago I lost one rear one. I took the other rear one off, still have the front ones on.

[ginaseven]

Mine are extremely light, seem to be chrome paint on very light metal. I don't notice them being noisy. It is a pain to check tire pressure. I am looking into the bolt one ones. I like the look of them or wouldn't bother.

[Harvey51]

I took mine off to check pressures and never put them on again. Utility before beauty? No way I would be unbolting the cover every time I wanted to check tire pressure.

[Gene_in_NE]

navegator wrote:
I took mine off they are heavy and noisy, I can carry that weight in something else, they look nice but really do not do much but rattle.

navegator

Were yours like the Pacific Duallies? I don't think they weigh any more than the factory hub caps. And in the case of the Pacific Duallies, they are held on with the lug nuts, so I don't know how they could rattle or be noisy. I also like it that the only time you have to do anything with them is when you replace the tires - maybe every 9 years or 70,000 miles whichever comes first.

[navegator]

I took mine off they are heavy and noisy, I can carry that weight in something else, they look nice but really do not do much but rattle.

navegator

[Gene_in_NE]

BTPO1 wrote:

Travelcrafter wrote:
Maybe your not loosing them. like in some one else only needs one more? sorry I just couldn't help myself but, the bolt on ones would be a better choice in either scenario.

X2 on the bolt-on style. I have them on mine and have never had a problem with them coming off. JMO

X3 on the Pacific Duallies

[BruceMc]

We lost the rear two during our 2012 trip - I never replaced them. My brother chased one down early on the trip as he and his GF was following us, then sometime later, it disappeared again without anyone seeing it go away somewhere in Utah or Colorado. The second one decided to part company a week later, probably over those northern California Stop Ahead rumble strips. Those things feel like they're gonna take the suspension out!

I figured I'd buy 2 new ones when I sold/traded the rig. Otherwise, gray wheels are a whole lot cheaper than lost wheel covers. I've thought about painting them bright silver. (I've thought about it, that's as far as it went)

The bolt-ons would be the way to go.

[BTPO1]

Travelcrafter wrote:
Maybe your not loosing them. like in some one else only needs one more? sorry I just couldn't help myself but, the bolt on ones would be a better choice in either scenario.

X2 on the bolt-on style. I have them on mine and have never had a problem with them coming off. JMO

[Travelcrafter]

Maybe your not loosing them. like in some one else only needs one more? sorry I just couldn't help myself but, the bolt on ones would be a better choice in either scenario.

[tred0956]

Check out Pacific Dualies, get the ones that bolt on with 4 of the lug nuts.

[Dakzuki]

I took mine off. I hated the creaking and squeaking.