i hit a curb and my hubcap now has a small crack in it. What will happen if I don’t replace it?

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I think it is the hubcap that cracked, but im not sure (im not a car person). Its the plastic thing that is on the outside of the tire.

Brandyn Moore PhD · Accepted Answer

Take it off before it flies off and possibly hits someone.Install new wheel cover.

Brandyn Moore PhD · Answer

It won't hurt the car. Depending on the crack, it may not get worse, or it might fit looser and fall off and get lost. I've tried fixing cracked plastic hubcaps with acrylic cement. That doesn't work well on that kind of plastic. The kind of cement used on ABS plumbing pipes is probably better, but be careful to not get it on the part that shows. Cement it from the inside. All hubcaps do is look good. They are decoration. You could take them off and there's nothing wrong with that.

Brandyn Moore PhD · Answer

Go to most any tire shop and ask them to look at it.If it is the hubcap, a small crack usually means nothing, but, it can wobble loose and damage you car, or another one. If it is more serious, like a wheel, then, the shop is the place to get it fixed.If you go to most Nationwide shops, Firestone, Good Year, Wal Mart, etc. they most likely won't even charge for looking.

Brandyn Moore PhD · Answer

The crack will probably grow until one day, when you turn a corner fairly fast, the hubcap will sail off across the road on it's own. At least that's been my experience.

Mr. Ellis Hintz · Answer

It WILL fly off at 100 MPH and decapitate small school children on their way to school.Probably not, depending on where the crack is, maybe nothing. If its close to an edge it may end up coming off while you're driving and roll down the road. With it being plastic there will be very minimal chance of damage. If it screws on the the lug nuts then I definitely worry about it

Mr. Ellis Hintz · Answer

U can take it off, a hubcap is just 4 looks it really has no other purpose

Mr. Ellis Hintz · Answer

nothing will happen if you don't replace it, a hubcap is just a cosmetic thing.

Mr. Ellis Hintz · Answer

the crack will slowly grow then possibly grow...it costs very little to replace it

Mr. Ellis Hintz · Answer

just take it off. it's just a cosmetic thing to cover the ugliness of the black rim underneath, that's it.

Mr. Ellis Hintz · Answer

it will fly off and possibly damage someones car. remove it

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i hit a curb and my hubcap now has a small crack in it. What will happen if I don’t replace it?

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