All my simulators end up for sale on craigslist. I'm kind of a no bling guy.
Well they were on it when I got it. They do make it look much nicer so I have left them since this thing needs all the prettying up it can get. Now I find they are annoying for not being able to keep an eye on those bolts. Just keeping the painted rims cleaned up might be enough. They have been covered by the simulators for who knows how many years, so the paint on them doesn't look bad.
Maybe I'll consider selling them someday, but for now I'll continue to use the front ones. They aren't as big of an annoyance as the rear ones. There's also nothing to really keep my eyes on up front like on the rear.
If I stayed on paved roads all the time, it maybe the flange bolts wouldn't be at risk of working loose, but I go down some pretty rough gravel roads sometimes. Blue loctite might be a good idea on the flange bolts. Maybe I'll go back and do that later if I find that they are in fact working loose. I torqued them to 50 ft-lbs per the manual spec (40-50). Online info says the same. Maybe they could stand to have new lock washers too or instead of locktite, these washers do seem a bit flattened out. I could always do that at any time by just pulling one bolt at a time, so the RTV seal doesn't get broken.