Snap-on automotive wheel cover overlay with extended surround and method for manufacturing the same

An improved wheel cover overlay assembly with extended surround capable of being snapped on and over an existing manufacturer's or after market's automotive wheel cover and providing the appearance of a new or enhanced manufacturer's or after market's automotive wheel cover without the need of first removing said existing automotive wheel cover comprising:

• an inboard surface area, an outboard surface area, a peripheral boundary, a peripheral extended surround, a plurality of lug nut towers wherein said plurality of lug nut towers comprising through holes, a plurality of major flanges with walls protruding from said inboard surface area, wherein said plurality of major flanges comprising a plurality of through holes directly carved into the surface of said inboard surface area, a plurality of minor flanges with walls protruding from said inboard surface area, said plurality of minor flanges comprising a plurality of through holes directly carved into the surface of said inboard surface area, a plurality of hook-shaped members on said major flanges comprising a first hook-shaped member portion comprising a first rigid polymer lip protruding continuously and axially along the entirety of a first rigid polymer longitudinal edge, said first rigid polymer lip being continuously and radially connected to a first rigid polymer curved arm edge at an end of said first hook-shaped member portion;
• and a second hook-shaped member portion comprising a second rigid polymer lip protruding continuously and axially along the entirety of a second rigid polymer longitudinal edge, said second rigid polymer lip being continuously and radially connected to a second rigid polymer curved arm edge at an end of said second hook-shaped member portion.