Look out: 18" wheel caps are a hot item!!!

[Disaster]

There is only one correct way to install the wheel cap on the 18" rim. There is tab on the wheel cap that fits on on slot on the rim.

I was excited when I first installed mine and didn't pay attention to the correct orientation of the cap. I later discovered I installed it wrong when I noticed a gap between the cap and the rim.

I removed the cap and discovered the tab, (at the backside was bent because it wasn't positioned on the proper slot causing the gap). At least the cap didn't fly-off.

Well I bought another set of caps at Ebay and correctly installed it. Kept the "slightly" damaged cap for spare.

The dealer replaced my caps because there was plastic film stuck on them (not sure if it was the original protective that stuck or a protective coating peeling.) On one side they were great, on the other the salesman and I installed them and we were ignorant of the orientation. It wasn't till I got home and was swapping to winter tires that I discovered the issue. By then the tabs were bent pretty bad. I bought the Korean winged replacements anyway, but I suspect the tabs would eventually creep back into position.