Hi I have a question. Is it prius cars in USA without cap wheel? And is it an accessory?! It's a bad view for new cars without cap wheel. I bought cap set and i installed it to central hole of wheel. I never seen in others toyota cars without central cap wheel and i don't know the reason... With best wishes to all friends Akbar Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
They come with full wheel covers. The center caps are available in aftermarket. Run about $75.00 a set of four. Plenty of links available on this website.
I'm not completely sure, but I believe it's item #6 here: Wheels for 2017 Toyota Prius | Toyota Parts It's technically for the 17" rim, but I think it works on a bare 15" rim as well? Out of stock at the above link, but the part number and description (for searching) is: 42603-52170 Center Cap Amazon.com (US site) has a set of 4 for $78.70 (USD): I would concur, you do not want to drive for protracted time without covers, and the centre caps are best at sealing that area, maybe better than the larger overall wheel covers. I drove a few winters here with steel rim snow tires, no centre caps, and the hubs got very rusty, very fast. Wet/salty road conditions here though.
Using overall cover will scrash wheel ring and also remain dirty on it. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
This is with the hubcap removed - obviously not designed to be driven this way: With the wheel covers installed, it looks like this: I guess if you want it bare, you'll have to buy wheel caps - but TOYOTA designed them to improve aerodynamics, so don't supply un-needed caps.
I measured the opening and went on line and bought some plastic plugs for electrical work and hot glued them on.
The wheel covers are an aero feature that help the Prius get it's good fuel economy, why remove them? Also, aren't the wheels aluminum, not steel? I don't remember any Prius ever coming with steel wheels.
Well if you're going with sport car looks I'm not sure why you'd own a Prius. If you bought the car for it's fuel efficiency, then the aero covers are a beautiful thing...as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Took those ugly wheel covers off right away. They look like a rotating pizza. I thought they were the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Why didn't they just make a wheel that was aerodynamic. Dah!
There was no 3rd gen HCH, was there? 2003-2005 (1st gen). 2006-2011 (2nd gen). The first gen won't fit - 14" wheels with 4 bolts (we have 5) 2nd gen won't fit - 5x114. Our wheels are 5x100. (They might fit a Prius v if it clears the brake rotors as the Prius v is 5x114)
3rd gen HCH ran from 2012-2015. The wheels aren't as aero as the HCH2 but they're better than the stripped Prius rims. There was also a limited production Civic HF with aero wheels, but they look to be the same as the HCH2's. Would the HCH2 wheels fit if you used spacers? I'm not to versed on the difference between 5x114 and 5x100. You could get a set of lightweight, unaero alloys and screw on some moon discs if you really wanted to.
That's short hand for the spacing between rim holes: 5 holes, and 114 (or 100) mm between holes. So definitely not going to work.
Thanks! Always good to learn something new. Looks like pretty much all Honda wheels are 5x114 other than the 4x100s.
