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Orbital Wheel Covers
- Thread starter JasonR67
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Candleflame
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the black orbitals definetely breathe with the chrome delete.
might have to get mine deleted now too ha.
Any idea if its possible to tweet and bully Elon into adding the orbitals to the tesla menu so we can switch the look of the wheels in the app?
might have to get mine deleted now too ha.
Any idea if its possible to tweet and bully Elon into adding the orbitals to the tesla menu so we can switch the look of the wheels in the app?
My wife loves her new shoes!
Tesla logo center cap stick-ons are a bit concave, but they work.
4PCS 56mm (2.2 Inches) Circular... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G7FT2P9?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Tesla logo center cap stick-ons are a bit concave, but they work.
4PCS 56mm (2.2 Inches) Circular... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G7FT2P9?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Just recieved mine today. Before and after pictures.
Candleflame
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Rothgarr
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I have to ask, doesn't anyone else's Orbitals creak and rattle like crazy?
When I am backing out of my garage and I'm still on the cement in the garage, they creak like crazy as I'm very slowly backing out of the garage.
And when I have the windows down, no radio, and driving at least 30 MH and hit a bump or pothole, they make a quick rattle sound.
If I tap them while it's parked, you can hear some give/rattle.
I'm pretty disappointed with this as I absolutely love the way they look. I'm wondering if I should try putting some felt on the backside, around the perimeter of the covers.
When I am backing out of my garage and I'm still on the cement in the garage, they creak like crazy as I'm very slowly backing out of the garage.
And when I have the windows down, no radio, and driving at least 30 MH and hit a bump or pothole, they make a quick rattle sound.
If I tap them while it's parked, you can hear some give/rattle.
I'm pretty disappointed with this as I absolutely love the way they look. I'm wondering if I should try putting some felt on the backside, around the perimeter of the covers.
Try to readjust them, I have absolutely zero rattle coming from them. There are people that have the very same complaint with the stock Aeros, I never had an issue with them either.
Candleflame
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take them off, put them back on again. mine are tight and there is absoloutely no play.
if you still have that issue id return and ask for them to send new ones.
if you still have that issue id return and ask for them to send new ones.
SeaM3White2021
model 3 LR 18 white/white ordered 1/21/21
I used all weather rubber weatherstripping to cover the raised plastic that rubs against the outer rim on each of my covers. The are now silent and not scratching my rims. Note the center cap is the primary piece that holds these to your wheels. The move around a bit without something to prevent the issue. Mine developed the problem over a 5 road trip and when I contacted Remetrix they suggested this possible fix with a YouTube link.
Rothgarr
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That's great. I was thinking of using felt, but weather stripping should be perfect. I actually used weather stripping as well on my mud flaps (the same kind you have) to prevent dirt from getting behind the flaps.
Have you noticed if the Oerbital covers are quieter over bumps with the weather stripping installed?
This seems like a pretty major issue (the scraping/pitting).
travis3000
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I ordered the orbital covers a few weeks ago. Supposed to not ship until end of June.... so hopefully I will have them by July sometime!! I like the idea of having the option to change it up between the original aero wheels and these. I ordered black but the silver ones are pretty sexy too tbh.
wondering if you've taken the covers off to see if this worked to prevent scratches to the rims? i reached out to Rimetrix and should be getting a tracking number for my orbitals within a week. i plan on going this route to try to prevent scratches.
Rothgarr
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Curious if you have an update on the three methods you tried. I was thinking of putting the weatherstripping all around... (seems simpler to me.)
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