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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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Treated the car nice today, fixed the passenger rear 1/4 window waiting for parts to be deliveried sucks, washed her, polished her, took her for a spin on the way home, bloody hubcap comes off in the fastlane of the motorway[:@][:@] Not a happy bunny oh well the 65 hubcaps imo look a bit ****ty, now what to get?
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 03:40 PM
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Time for some aluminum rims. Did you go back and try to find your hubcap?
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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it went in to the middle of a very fast 80 speed limit 4 lane motorway.....so i had one look and then though sod it a few euros is not worth risking my neck for..
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Put on a set of steel styled rims of hub caps they will make your car look nice!!!!
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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Or just buy another hub cap from just about any Mustang parts place.
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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it ain't that cheap to buy another hub cap for me in the netherlands the slide for the rear window are like $10 plus shipping for two and in US are under a buck a pop so i have to suffer.....i think i will go with wire wheels
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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That's the price you have to pay for being a Hollander and driving a Classic American Icon automobile. Suck it up, and pay the price for the shipping brother.
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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ik ben geen nederland ik ben engels soaring!!!!
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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So, you prefer Nederland. Kein problem. Ich ben ein Texan.
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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Check Ebay.



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