For what it's worth, my 84 Westy came with the cheap hubcaps, probably from one of the *Marts. They look OK to me but when I took my van to the mechanic and complained about squealing brakes (I'd had the brakes done recently), they told me the cheap caps were causing a lot of brake dust to accumulate, hence the squealing. They blew out the dust and it was better after that, but now the squealing has returned. This could, of course, be horse poopie but I thought I'd add it to the thread.
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