WHEEL AND CLADDING

摘要

A wheel and cladding includes a cladding (14) having an outer decorative surface and an inner surface which faces a wheel to be covered. The cladding includes a plurality of openings (27) for receiving wheel mounting lugs. Spaced from the openings are a plurality of spaced snap-locking tabs (30) extending from the inner facing surface of the cladding toward the wheel to which the cladding is to be mounted. The wheel includes a generally circular relief cut or other recess (43) extending around the central hub or in spaced relationship thereto and aligned with the spaced tabs of the cladding to snap-receive the cladding for holding it in place while adhesive applied to the wheel and/or cladding is cured to permanently bond the decorative cladding to the wheel.