recently I visited my aunt and uncle at LA,

while at there I saw many of the patrol cars, it seemed that none of the LAPD cars had steelie all of them had hubcaps any reason for that cost related maybe? I don't know I just observed that.

Lol, the LAPD is loaded with funding, I think it's just the way they like it. I personally think the hubcaps look better than the plain steel wheels.

Lol, the LAPD is loaded with funding, I think it's just the way they like it. I personally think the hubcaps look better than the plain steel wheels.

oh yeah they have 2 Teslas I forgot.

i personally love them steelies

i also saw no push bars...

Edited September 23, 201510 yr by Shadesman89

oh yeah they have 2 Teslas I forgot.

i personally love them steelies

i also saw no push bars...

Pushbars are a rarity. I think they're used on "pursuit" unit. I'm assuming they'd be called in to push a car out of the road or stop a fleeing motorist.

This might sound like a dumb question but what exactly is behind those hubcaps? Isn't it a steel rim with the chrome center cap removed so they could install the hubcap? Or the steel rims which were used before and left visible where of a special (more expensive) kind?

 

Wait... So those plastic things on the Ford Crown Vic's aren't covers?

Because they definitely look like they have steel rims with a plastic cover placed on top. 

http://s1129.photobucket.com/user/Dillonchong/media/Law Enforcement/lapd234.jpg.html 

This might sound like a dumb question but what exactly is behind those hubcaps? Isn't it a steel rim with the chrome center cap removed so they could install the hubcap? Or the steel rims which were used before and left visible where of a special (more expensive) kind?

 

Yes, the hubcaps just cover the steels.

I know their newer Police Interceptors/Utilities, Chargers, and Caprice PPVs have steelies.