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The licensing officer in our district is insisting that 'in keeping with the expected apperance of vehicles licensed by this Authority' I must replace all the missing wheel trims off my Taxi.

Surely I don't have to do this - it doesn't affect the saftey of the vehicle.

He say's it detracts from the appearance of the vehicle, looks scruffy and sets a bad impression to customers.

I will if I have to but can he make me?

I'm afraid if your vehicle was manufactured with wheel trims then that is part and parcel of the vehicle. "All parts" must be working and functional including body work.

Best wishes

JD

i think it looks very scruffy and tatty when you see cars going around with wheel trims missing.

you can go in to a motor factor and pick up a set of four for £15. hardly breaking the bank. better still get two sets the same, one set of four for all four wheels now and the other set as spares.

use plastic zip ties to keep then on the wheels and just replace them when the outer edge of the rims looks tatty from all that scraping the kerb.

and dont forget the clean the brake dust off the front ones every week

wheel trims are dangerous and prone to flying off and hitting pedestrians

your council would do well to take note.

Thats why you zip tie then on. cars look tatty without them and alloys just end up getting damaged in this job.

Its nice to see that they have got their pririoties right.

Dont worry about touts and bad drivers, but throw the lot against wheel trims.

If you need to get them really clean, then stick them in the dishwasher. They come out as good as new.

no dont stick them in a dishwaser

go to halfords and get some wheeltrim clener

works a treat

i take mine off and jet wash them front and back does the job. then a little water and wash 'n wax on the sponge to make them shiney

Jesus!!! Maybe the "Nanny State" should introduce a ban on wheel trims, or ban cars from travelling on public roads, or ban pedestrians from walking !!!! And to think I have spent most of my life thinking that plastic cable ties were intended to stop the trims from being nicked !!!

no plastic cable ties were invented to stick cables toggether, believe it or not ,

only simple buggers like you will use them for other things, bet you got it from tips in womens realm?


now come on and be sensible.

no plastic cable ties were invented to stick cables toggether, believe it or not ,

only simple buggers like you will use them for other things, bet you got it from tips in womens realm? Sorry, my "learned" friend, I should have said "the use of plastic cable ties in relation to wheel trims", then you might have understood more easily. Anyway i thought you were the biggest subscriber to womens realm !!!
P.S. your great friends the Police have used cable ties as handcuffs for years, bet you would not dare call them simple buggers.

you bet I would!

and why shouldnt I ?I contribute to thier wages, they dont to mine
and If they are using these as ties as you suggest they are breaking thier own rules its a very dangerous thing to do.

they are provided with the correct equipment for the job.

dont judge the police in every area the same, no noe else does!

Only a fool doesn't cable tie his new wheel trims.

I think 60 odd pound a set is good enough reason.

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IDFIMH

Take em off me Sussex
leave them in the Garage,

dont use them ties at all, leave the police to get em all

£60?? they gold plated sussex?

£15 for a set of 4. does the job and no tears when you kerb them.