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center hub inserts, falling out......

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Old 09-15-2005, 07:56 PM
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center hub inserts, falling out......

Those things are a POS! I lost one on the way home from picking up my new car. First thing everyone says when they see my car? Hey, you're missing a logo cap there! My dealer sent me a replacement in the mail and when I went out to put it on I checked the others by tapping on them. 2 more fell off! I have 3 sitting here now. What crap. I'm trying to figure out what is going to keep them on. They should have used locking tabs or something instead of a dab of what looks like contact cement.

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Old 09-15-2005, 08:03 PM
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I've had my car for 3 months and I just had one fall off too!!! I thought it was just me.
 
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Old 09-15-2005, 10:06 PM
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Which wheels are you guys having problems with?


I have X-Lites on my early '03 and have never had a problem with them popping out if they are fully seated. It is possible to get them only paritially seated, which may be part of your problem.

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Old 09-16-2005, 08:27 AM
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There is no 'seating'. We're talkin bout the black, aluminum MINI logo plate that is glued in the center of the center hub. They come loose and just fall off.

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Never mind then. I was refering to the plastic and metal "hub caps" that fit in the center of the X-lites.

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