Why do prius have wheel covers

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All Auction Buy It Now. View: Gallery View. Only 1 left! Free shipping. Results Pagination - Page 1 1 2 3 4. Shop by Year. What logo hub caps are sold for Toyota Prius v? Compare the rims on a PiP and a regular Prius for example. While there is improvement in aerodynamics, it's a small amount. Mendel Leisk Sand Pounder.

I think some Toyota executive like's 'em, insists they be used. They're certainly not popular with owners, and an unusual design decision. The bare rims likely have an infinitesimal increase in drag.

To make it look presentable you'll need to get center caps. I believe Toyota charges a ridiculously high amount, for what's essentially a fiddly piece of chromed plastic with a spring. There's aftermarket available for much less.

Montgomery Senior Member. I bought the center caps, you can get them online cheap. I pulled the wheel covers as soon as the delivery man left. The black finish with the chrome center caps looks fine to me. The hubcaps to me make the car look cheap. The stock rims really do look classy. I like the way you can see your brake calipers through them.

Vman Senior Member. Completely smooth wheel covers, as I've installed on my car, are worth 1. The stock wheel covers will be somewhere in between those two. DonJuan Member. Sorry I am getting picky, but the models used numbers spelled out three and not roman numerals which were only used on the models of gen 3. And don't get me started on the wheel covers.

Merkey likes this. Senior Member. Bay Stater Senior Member. Like everything else it's a matter of personal taste. I think the Prius style wheel covers look great! They remind me of my toy Hot Wheel cars when I was a kid. Don't care for the bare black painted aluminum rims. For the style wheel covers, it's a different story, don't like them. The bare silver painted aluminum rims look better!

Merkey and Bay Stater like this. Bay Stater and Merkey like this. Friend of Bill W. Kenny Active Member. Plastic wheel covers when scraped on a curb On post above seems to have some data that wheel covers can had 1 mile per gallon at speed