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  • #1

    Dumb Question

    Just a dumb question for anyone with factory gold steelies. Was messing around with my 90 today, and the front wheels are gold. Noticed a little square piece right at the valve stem. It appears to be to hold the trim rings on. Or, at least that's my best guess. Never seen this little square piece on any of my other steelies. Were the gold wheels originally the only ones that came with trim rings, or am I missing something.

    I tried to take a pic of it, but the wheels are so dirty, and the valve stem pretty much covers the square no matter which way I tried to take the pic.

    I know, dumb question for someone who has had Festivas since '98. Just never seen gold steelies before.

    Dumb thieves go to prison, smart ones go to work for the Government.

    1988 L - 232K miles Batstiva
    1989 L - 247K miles Slick
    1990 L - 281K miles Orphan Annie
    Let the hoarding begin!! :mrgreen:
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  • #2
    My steelies have the square you are talking about, not sure what it's for, but my wheels are factory silver steelies. And yes gold steelies were factory.
    '90 LX

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    • #3
      Heres the pic of what your talking about right?
      '90 LX

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      • #4
        My first festiva had standard steelies and came with trim rings.
        '93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
        '93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
        '92 Aqua parts Car
        '93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
        '90 White LX Thanks to FB71

        "Your God of repentance will not save you.
        Your holy ghost will not save you.
        Your God plutonium will not save you.
        In fact...
        ...You will not be saved!"

        Prince of Darkness -1987

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        • #5
          ^^ Yep, that would be it. They're only on the two gold wheels, not on the other two, and not on the wheels for the 89. Nor were they on Batstiva's original wheels.

          Dumb thieves go to prison, smart ones go to work for the Government.

          1988 L - 232K miles Batstiva
          1989 L - 247K miles Slick
          1990 L - 281K miles Orphan Annie
          Let the hoarding begin!! :mrgreen:

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          • #6
            most steel wheels have that, I'm pretty sure its for balancing purposes, to make up for the valve stem hole.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by batstiva View Post
              ^^ Yep, that would be it. They're only on the two gold wheels, not on the other two, and not on the wheels for the 89. Nor were they on Batstiva's original wheels.
              you talking about a certain set of yellow rims I have....lol?
              "FLTG4LIFE" @FINALLEVEL , "PBH"
              89L Silver EFI auto
              91GL Green Auto DD
              There ain't no rest for the wicked
              until we close our eyes for good.
               I will sleep when I die!
              I'm a little hunk of tin, nobody knows what shape I'm in. I've got four wheels and a running board, I'm not a Chevy, I'M A FORD!

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              • #8
                ^^ Those were actually not Batstiva's original wheels, but I don't think they have them either. Am I correct?

                resuwrecked, the steelies on my 89 don't have them, nor do the other two rims on my 90.
                Last edited by batstiva; 03-05-2010, 03:00 PM.

                Dumb thieves go to prison, smart ones go to work for the Government.

                1988 L - 232K miles Batstiva
                1989 L - 247K miles Slick
                1990 L - 281K miles Orphan Annie
                Let the hoarding begin!! :mrgreen:

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                • #9
                  Those little squares are there to keep the OE trim rings from rotating and cutting the valve stems.
                  186,000 miles per second is not just a good idea, it's the law

                  1990 yellow L+ (l8ly)
                  1990 yellow L+ (sunryz)
                  1992 aqua L (agua)
                  1993 blue L (aurora)

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by hot4dl8ly View Post
                    Those little squares are there to keep the OE trim rings from rotating and cutting the valve stems.
                    I think you solved the mystery, I went out and looked at the one and only trim ring I have and placed it on the wheel and the trim ring has a cut out for it and it lines up perfectly.
                    Last edited by wybnrml; 03-05-2010, 04:12 PM.
                    '90 LX

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                    • #11
                      See there are no dumb questions I never knew what they were for either.
                      Will
                      Festiva/Mazda genetic splicing researcher B6T / G25MR for 5+ years and counting.
                      187.7 WHP @ 5500 RPM

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                      • #12
                        cool

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