# How to change hubcaps on 2001 hyundai elantra **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [August 12, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295 "2008-08-12T18:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dkapS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dkaps/32/3501_2.png) [@dkapS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dkapS)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/1 "2008-08-12T18:10:43Z")
Hey, I realize this is a totally stupid question but can some one help me out. If I unscrew the lugnuts will the wheel itself come off or just the hubcap? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/2 "2008-08-12T18:11:50Z")
If you take the lugs off, the whole wheel will come off, most hubcaps just snap on and you can pop them off with a flathead screwdriver. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/3 "2008-08-12T18:13:12Z")
hyundais are held on by the lug nuts so if ya yank the lugs the cap and wheel will fall off ;D ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/4 "2008-08-12T18:13:57Z")
> [@88slowmarro](#): > > hyundais are held on by the lug nuts so if ya yank the lugs the cap and wheel will fall off ;D I guess that answers that ---
**Author:** ![dkapS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dkaps/32/3501_2.png) [@dkapS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dkapS)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/5 "2008-08-12T18:16:10Z")
I unscrewed one of them to try to see how it worked, but then screwed it back on… I’ve heard things like they all have to be at the same tension or something or they will fall off, or something… Will my messing with them mess up the car at all? ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/6 "2008-08-12T18:16:47Z")
Are you referring to the lug nuts? ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/7 "2008-08-12T18:17:40Z")
Hahahaha this is my friend Dimitri. Yo you get them spinners on yet nukka? :crackup ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/8 "2008-08-12T18:20:22Z")
> [@dkapS](#): > > I unscrewed one of them to try to see how it worked, but then screwed it back on… I’ve heard things like they all have to be at the same tension or something or they will fall off, or something… Will my messing with them mess up the car at all? make sure they are tight i see ya got the same mechanical capabilities as cazwrx ;D ---
**Author:** ![Fn\_Skanks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fn_skanks/32/6308_2.png) [@Fn\_Skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fn_Skanks)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/9 "2008-08-12T18:21:52Z")
is this thread for real??? :confused ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/10 "2008-08-12T18:22:48Z")
look to be that way ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/11 "2008-08-12T18:24:51Z")
> [@88slowmarro](#): > > make sure they are tight i see ya got the same mechanical capabilities as cazwrx ;D :wtf Yo man I can do work. I just dont like to get my hands dirty :gay I keed I keed ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/12 "2008-08-12T18:26:38Z")
:gay :gay ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/13 "2008-08-12T18:27:43Z")
> [@cazwrx187](#): > > :wtf Yo man I can do work. I just dont like to get my hands dirty :gay > I keed I keed trav said he had to do all the work on the cars cause u cant :idiots ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/14 "2008-08-12T18:36:29Z")
> [@88slowmarro](#): > > trav said he had to do all the work on the cars cause u cant :idiots Not all the work, but most of it. I have been working on cars for about 4 months so I don’t see what the problem is. ;D I did install an uppipe on my car 90% by myself at Byrons. :nod ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/15 "2008-08-12T18:40:20Z")
> [@cazwrx187](#): > > Not all the work, but most of it. I have been working on cars for about 4 months so I don’t see what the problem is. ;D > > I did install an uppipe on my car 90% by myself at Byrons. :nod want a cookie :lol ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/16 "2008-08-12T18:41:22Z")
> [@88slowmarro](#): > > want a cookie :lol Yeah actually :drink ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/17 "2008-08-12T18:41:29Z")
can ya do the hole exhaust? lol kiddin chuck ---
**Author:** ![dkapS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dkaps/32/3501_2.png) [@dkapS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dkapS)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/18 "2008-08-12T18:43:24Z")
lol yeah this thread is for real, gotta start somewhere… So if I unscrew the lugnuts and take the hubcap off, then should I screw the lugnuts back on before putting on the new hubcaps? Because the new hubcaps dont have holes for the lugnuts to go through them… and yeah chuck, the spinner hubcaps are coming on monday… my elantra is a legend ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/19 "2008-08-12T18:44:37Z")
yes do it one at a time so the wheel dont come off ---
**Author:** ![mcflurry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mcflurry/32/6468_2.png) [@mcflurry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mcflurry)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-change-hubcaps-on-2001-hyundai-elantra/238295/20 "2008-08-12T18:45:30Z")
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