{"id":875,"date":"2011-04-07T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2011-04-07T18:48:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T18:48:10","slug":"hubcaps-as-rim-protectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/hubcaps-as-rim-protectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubcaps As Rim Protectors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Casual} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Casual; min-height: 16.0px} -->Since a lot of us (even me) usually hit curbs and debris that\u2019s left on the road, the tires of today are made to resist \u201caccidental\u201d damage by having thicker rubber that\u2019s molded at key locations on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/spectra.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kia0051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>sidewalls. This is what really helps reduce damage to the tires and even the wheels.<\/p>\n<p>This is where OE Hubcaps come in: tires that mount on steel wheels don\u2019t have this kind of protection. Since there\u2019s no rim protector on the tires that are mounted on the steel wheels, this usually allows more flexibility in hubcap styling and how hubcaps are designed attach to the wheel. This is why your Kia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hubcaps.org\/spectra.html\">Spectra Hubcaps<\/a> look so nice on your wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Watch out for those curbs!<br \/>\nMykalanne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since a lot of us (even me) usually hit curbs and debris that\u2019s left on the road, the tires of today are made to resist \u201caccidental\u201d damage by having thicker rubber that\u2019s molded at key locations on their sidewalls. This is what really helps reduce damage to the tires and even the wheels. 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