Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **caseydog** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:15 pm

Kurt (Indiana) wrote:CD, they certainly are "Moons". Moon made these wheel covers in the 50's as well, they were called "Spun Aluminum screw on Moons."
Moons
Mooneyes

I stand corrected. :worship:

I have always seen "moons" in the form of the shiney chrome caps that bulge out -- like chrome moons. It seems that Mooneyes made a few different Moon caps and covers. Yours are the Moon Wheel Discs, and mine are called Moon "Spacers".

Here is a link to the Mooneyes Store.

http://www.mooneyesusa.com/catalog/inde ... 9efafc3d6e

I learn something new everyday.

by **caseydog** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:38 pm

Scooter wrote:I'm confused. The one in Barb's pic has a flared edge with a hole for valve stem, while Casey's don't appear to cover the valve stem. Is this an optical illusion with the chrome???

I'm afraid the full chrome would overpower the look of my teardrop, but the trim rings might be about right.
http://www.hubcapmike.com/2in-trim-rings-beauty.html

Mine do cover the whole rim, with a small hole for the VS to poke through. There are smaller caps than just cover the "hubs" that I believe are called "Baby Moons".

I originally wanted to get a set of classic red car rims, and put Baby Moons on them, but saved a lot of money by puttin a Moon full wheel cover over my existing white wheels.

There are some really cool alternatives from Mooneyes at the link in my last post.

CD

by **sledge** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:50 pm

When I was building my TD I was planning on Baby Moons, I Love Them....... but, before I got to that point I found some OLD , 40 years old or more, ET Mags.

by **Kurt (Indiana)** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:27 pm

caseydog wrote:
I stand corrected.

I have always seen "moons" in the form of the shiney chrome caps that bulge out -- like chrome moons. It seems that Mooneyes made a few different Moon caps and covers. Yours are the Moon Wheel Discs, and mine are called Moon "Spacers".

I learn something new everyday.

CD, me too. I aways think of the big spun aluminum "Moons". Man I was hoping I wasn't dis illusioned all these years.
I picked the full moons cause I like the aluminum look for my teardrop. The shiney baby moons look great too. :thumbsup:

by **Classic Finn** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:17 am

Take a look as to what I found over here way up Nort....In Reindeerland.

http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=14159

Classic Finn

by **Sparksalot** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:28 pm

caseydog wrote:My TD came with those white steel wheels that all trailers seem to come with these days, but, I found a way to hide them.

Nice find. Thanks for the link.

by **t-vicky** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:44 pm

You could just paint them & use some beauty rings & center caps.

by **Oregonian** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:27 pm

What's wrong with chrome spokes????? :thinking:

by **Gage** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:08 am

Back to the original post. They're nice but I kind of like mine a little more. The other ones just look a little blaw.

by **AmyH** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:00 pm

Does anyone know if the ones from Hubcap Mike will fit over the EZ-Lube fitting on the dexter axles? I would love to get some if they will fit. I really want to cover the white rims without having to paint them.

by **rtp123** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:53 pm

Amy: I just ordered 2 of the moon caps from Hubcap Mike to go on 15" white spoke trailer wheels. I have a Dexter axle with EZ-Lube fittings. So, I when I get them, I will let you know if they fit.

by **elmo** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:00 pm

Hey...I am glad somebody brought this back up. I was looking to get a center cap and beauty rings, but I like this look much better, but will it cover the red and blue strips on the rim?

by **Gage** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:28 pm

AmyH wrote:Does anyone know if the ones from Hubcap Mike will fit over the EZ-Lube fitting on the dexter axles? I would love to get some if they will fit. I really want to cover the white rims without having to paint them.

They should. I did a check on this very thing a couple of weeks ago for someone else. I believe the only difference between the cap I have and those sold by Hupcap Mike is the flipper that is on mine. Here's a couple of pics. Oh, I might add, my dexter came with short spindles which may or may not make a difference.

by **AmyH** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:43 pm

Thanks guys. RTP when you get the caps, let us all know if they work. I really want to cover up those white rims and the blue and red stripes.

Thanks for the photos Gage, it looks like they might just work. :applause:

And they look really nice. :thumbsup:

by **Kurt (Indiana)** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:06 pm

AmyH wrote:Does anyone know if the ones from Hubcap Mike will fit over the EZ-Lube fitting on the dexter axles? I would love to get some if they will fit. I really want to cover the white rims without having to paint them.

The screw on Spun aluminum moons fit over the EZ lube hubs also. :thumbsup:

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