My mom lost another hub cap from her car recently. I've replaced 2 or 3 of them over they years already. This usually occurs as a result of winter driving and vicious potholes, and consequently we have an unadorned black steel wheel.
It appears that this particular Corolla model has a high propensity for losing hubcaps. I have seen a multitude of these vehicles missing one or more hub caps.
So what to do about a replacement? And by that I mean an original factory replacement, not a generic auto parts store special. I called a hubcap shop in the area and was quoted a price of $65. That's pretty steep considering I would have to drive there to pick it up, which is a little out of the way.
Rather than do that, I went on Car-Part and found the same thing slightly used for $25 plus $10 UPS shipping from Waterloo Auto Parts (an auto salvage yard) in Iowa. I called them to confirm availability and placed the order. A week later it arrived at my office, saving me about $30 and an hour.
This isn't the first time I've used the site either. Another time my mom hit a pothole so hard with her previous car it bent a wheel, for which I also found a replacement wheel using Car-Part. It's pretty useful.
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