Barina Hubcaps [Archive] - Aussie Phorums

Ext User(Peter Ryan)

10-01-2006, 05:54 PM

I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.

Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the best
bet for second hand.

Thanks

Ext User(mark jb)

10-01-2006, 07:44 PM

>I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>
> Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
> best
> bet for second hand.

#1. Teach her to park without hitting gutters.

#2. Go to Supercheap. You'll get a set for nothing, and they'll look
slightly less offensive than OEM items.

-mark

Ext User(Peter Ryan)

10-01-2006, 07:54 PM

Thanks Mark
I'll pass your suggestion on to the missus. I could never suggest such a
thing of course.
Cheers
Peter

"mark jb" <nukeleer at internode dot on dot net> wrote in message
news:43c3718e@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> >I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
> >
> > Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
> > best
> > bet for second hand.
>
> #1. Teach her to park without hitting gutters.
>
> #2. Go to Supercheap. You'll get a set for nothing, and they'll look
> slightly less offensive than OEM items.
>
> -mark
>
>

Ext User(Bob Sacammano)

10-01-2006, 09:44 PM

Ext User(athol)

11-01-2006, 10:03 AM

Peter Ryan <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote:
> I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.

Not _need_. _Want_. The car would work fine without them. :-)

> Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the best
> bet for second hand.

In all seriousness, I'd suggest buying some supercheap hubcaps (about $30 a
set at most) to use while you own the car. When you're ready to sell it,
get a set of good original type hubcaps to put on it.

It's best if you do this virtually as soon as you get a car, so that you
keep the original good ones instead of having to chase them through the
wreckers.

The other place to look for hubcaps is places that sell mags - particularly
if they fit mags for dealers. They often end up with a pile of original
hubcaps and, in some cases, complete wheels with virtually brand new tyres.

--
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Ext User(Scotty)

11-01-2006, 10:34 AM

"Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote in message
news:43c35889$0$34428$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...
>I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>
> Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
> best
> bet for second hand.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Super cheap sets are selling for $12.99 at the moment. Holden will take
around $100 off your hands Id say for some origionals. (That someone will
most probably steal anyway.) Get ya missus to call Holden first so she knows
how much they are.

Next time you retyre buy some rubber thats one size up to stop her wrecking
the caps.

Ext User(Peter Ryan)

11-01-2006, 12:23 PM

Thanks.
I picked up a set of generics at Big W for $12.99 and they do the job quite
nicely.
By the way, I phoned Holden and they wanted $290 for a set of originals!'
Cheers
Peter

"Scotty" <scoter1@warmmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote in message
> news:43c35889$0$34428$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...
> >I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
> >
> > Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
> > best
> > bet for second hand.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
> Super cheap sets are selling for $12.99 at the moment. Holden will take
> around $100 off your hands Id say for some origionals. (That someone will
> most probably steal anyway.) Get ya missus to call Holden first so she
knows
> how much they are.
>
> Next time you retyre buy some rubber thats one size up to stop her
wrecking
> the caps.
>
>

Ext User(jackbadger)

11-01-2006, 01:03 PM

Ext User(Peter Ryan)

11-01-2006, 02:13 PM

Classy!

"jackbadger" <castle56@keepitcar.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fba4febfe8cfcad94ba92e787eb3c1d8@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> "Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote in message
> news:43c35889$0$34428$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...
> >I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
> >
> > Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
>
> > best
> > bet for second hand.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
> Ditch the hubcaps altogether and have the rims painted
> silver.........voila - chaser Barina ; )
>

Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)

11-01-2006, 02:33 PM

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:07:33 +1100, Peter Ryan wrote:

> Classy!
>
> "jackbadger" <castle56@keepitcar.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:fba4febfe8cfcad94ba92e787eb3c1d8@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>> "Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote in message
>> news:43c35889$0$34428$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...
>>>I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
>>
>>> best
>>> bet for second hand.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ditch the hubcaps altogether and have the rims painted
>> silver.........voila - chaser Barina ; )
>>

Pleesssee - You have the CopperWanker terms all mixed up.
Pursuit Barina....

It's Rum with Beer 'Chaser'.

Toyota made a Chaser - nothing to do with Rum, but working on one is
ably assisted by that noble spirit;-)
Maybe that's why they called the thing a Chaser?

Oh, and next set of tyres, get her some with the Kerbsaver:-)
sidewalls. Hell, then you could even buy her some mags and get
infinitesimally improved handling and a poofteenth of a Kilometre more
out of the dampers and ball joints on account of the decreased
unsprung mass. (real mags, I mean, not those poxy superheavyweight
somesortofalloy ones)

--
Toby.
quidquid latine dictum
sit, altum viditur

Ext User(jackbadger)

11-01-2006, 02:33 PM

"Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> Jan 11, 2006 at 02:07 PM wrote

>Classy!

"jackbadger" <castle56@keepitcar.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fba4febfe8cfcad94ba92e787eb3c1d8@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>> "Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote in message
>> news:43c35889$0$34428$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...
>> >I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's
the
>>
>> > best
>> > bet for second hand.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Ditch the hubcaps altogether and have the rims painted
>> silver.........voila - chaser Barina ; )
>>

mmmmmmmm......$12.99 K Mart jobbies you said huh? I'm pretty sure I can
picture them.

Ext User(Michael C)

11-01-2006, 02:54 PM

"athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:1136933648.3454@idlweb...
> Peter Ryan <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote:
>> I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>
> Not _need_. _Want_. The car would work fine without them. :-)

Maybe the wife has instructed Peter he needs to find a set.

Michael

Ext User(Tom Smyth)

11-01-2006, 04:24 PM

"Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote in message
news:43c35889$0$34428$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...
>I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>
> Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
> best
> bet for second hand.
>
> Thanks

I heard they want $290 for the originals.

When I see prices like that I suspect they have a single set put-away
somewhere with no intent on actually selling them, priced out of the market
simply to get around the 8 year requirement thingy.

Ext User(googlegroups@sensation.net.au)

12-01-2006, 09:14 AM

Tom Smyth wrote:
> "Peter Ryan" <peter@peterryan.biz> wrote in message
> news:43c35889$0$34428$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...
> >I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
> >
> > Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
> > best
> > bet for second hand.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> I heard they want $290 for the originals.
>
> When I see prices like that I suspect they have a single set put-away
> somewhere with no intent on actually selling them, priced out of the market
> simply to get around the 8 year requirement thingy.

Ford wanted $60 per EA hubcap a few years back. I thought it was 60
bucks for the set so it was quite a rude shock when I turned up at the
parts store and was told otherwise.

Ext User(Clockmeister)

12-01-2006, 09:34 AM

"mark jb" <nukeleer at internode dot on dot net> wrote in message
news:43c3718e@duster.adelaide.on.net...
> >I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>>
>> Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
>> best
>> bet for second hand.
>
> #1. Teach her to park without hitting gutters.
>
> #2. Go to Supercheap. You'll get a set for nothing, and they'll look
> slightly less offensive than OEM items.
>

And you can go back the next day to buy a replacement for the one you have
already lost.

Ext User(D Walford)

12-01-2006, 01:14 PM

Peter Ryan wrote:
> Thanks.
> I picked up a set of generics at Big W for $12.99 and they do the job quite
> nicely.
> By the way, I phoned Holden and they wanted $290 for a set of originals!'
> Cheers
> Peter

Not a bad mark up on an item that costs less than $10.00 ea to make.
When I used to deliver hubcaps to Toyota about 2 yrs ago they paid $7.00
ea for them and that included the suppliers profit.

Daryl

Ext User(Kev)

14-01-2006, 02:54 AM

Peter Ryan wrote:

> I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
>
> Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the best
> bet for second hand.
>
> Thanks
>
>
just drive along any highway
there is always someone with a display of hubcaps on their front fence
just grab 4 and your set
they may of course all be different, just tell the wife it's "individual
styling" and give her a "Crazy Bitch" sticker for the rear wiondow and
she'll be the evny of all her friends

Kev

Ext User(Peter Ryan)

14-01-2006, 04:53 PM

thanks kev
i ended up buying a few used barina hubcaps on ebay and they're fine.
but i reckon my wife will appreciate that advice anyway!
cheers
peter

"Kev" <kevcat@optunet.com.au> wrote in message
news:43c7cabc$0$7770$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
> Peter Ryan wrote:
>
> > I need to buy some new hubcaps for my wife's 1998 Holden Barina.
> >
> > Does anyone know how much they will cost new from Holden and what's the
best
> > bet for second hand.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> just drive along any highway
> there is always someone with a display of hubcaps on their front fence
> just grab 4 and your set
> they may of course all be different, just tell the wife it's "individual
> styling" and give her a "Crazy Bitch" sticker for the rear wiondow and
> she'll be the evny of all her friends
>
>
> Kev