In a similar vein as to why are all MkIII Cavaliers white with rusty rear arches why is it that all Peugeot 309s I see never have hubcaps, either OE or aftermarket - do they just fall off?
Perhaps former/current owners could comment!
Marc
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My old 309 didn't have hubcaps - a lovely set of speedline alloys in graphite grey - it was the limited edition 309 Goodwood and how i loved her.
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The original Peugeot 309 hubcaps fall off because each hubcap is only held in place by four small metal clips, which rust away within 5 to 6 years.
Most current owners won't think the value of their cars justifies spending the £6 per wheel required to replace the clips before the hubcaps fall off.
Ian
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These cars fall into two categories:
The Max Power type 309s along with the 205 cousins, that will almost always have alloys, because you can get 205/309 alloys for very reasonable money depending on what you want. These cars will always be cherished if not thrashed to within an inch of their lives.
The functional 309s, often the diesel varients, which a lot of people around my way prefer as they are cheap to buy, cheap to run and never miss a beat. Though there are a few petrol ones around as well. These, especially the older ones will often be "functionally complete" ie the wheel trims were never replaced as they came off, as they were never needed afterwards.
I don't think the average 309 will ever be worth spending decent money on again, so the owners keep their cahs in the bank and simply run them into the ground and when they fail, they get binned in favour of another, after all the useful spares have been stripped of course.
In short, the aswer to your question Marc is that they are a bangernomics car and wheel trim replacement aint bangernomics motoring.
Hugo
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My Dad had 2 309s from new and they both suffered from numerous wheel trim losses - don't know why but in the end he gave up rrplacing them. Strangely, I have had several Citroens (PSA - same as Peugeot of course) over 18 years and never lost even one wheel trim. Cit wheel trims seem to be held on by the wheel nuts rather than clips at the edges. Perhaps that's the reason
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Bangernomics is one way of looking at it and I agree, but the fact these *particular* cars never seem to have wheel trims was my point. Knew a guy who had a nice one in the early 90s and that only had one trim left. Think it must be to do with the cheap clips and/or an unsuitable steel rim as has been suggested
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I had two from new, for a total of seven years,including one of the first in 1987. I never lost a wheel trim from either of them. Lovely cars to drive too.
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I had 2 309's and never lost any wheel trims off them - the first was a 309 Style, when the Style was a special edition as opposed to the entry level model.
Car was white, with a tiny white spoiler on rear and white wheel trims!
IIRC, the wheels themselves had a "clip" that ran the full circumference of the wheel that the trim clipped into .
I also remember my dad had a 505 that the wheel nuts actually held the trim in place.
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I also remember my dad had a 505 that the wheel nuts actually held the trim in place.
Same on a Xantia.
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