Silly wheel cap covers- nothing but trouble!

Had no idea that the Trek wheels were silver on the back side! 1 gallon of simple green and pressure washer- making progress.
A long way to go!
These bastards were frozen on. Took a long time, as I didn’t want to put all my body weight on the rear door! I almost had to remove the spare bracket from inside the truck and take the entire assembly off. Patience and some luck and they finally budged. Cleaned all the threads and put anti seize on before reattaching. The spare is 235/85/16. Thinking of doing the entire truck in that size.
Putting 23 solid lugs on and throwing out all the others. The trucks should have all
Come with this style to begin with!!
Not a single lug nut was reusable after 1/2 day getting the old ones off. Swollen, crushed and plain old nasty!! Drilled the caps, filled with PB blaster and let soak for a few days. Full extension bar and all
my weight- it was a bitch. Glad that none of the studs were broken and cross threaded.

Opted for solid lugs and they snugged into the socket really well. Super happy with the result! Go check yours and make sure they all come off- would not have been able to do this on the side of road- never ever.