Well they should come off when you take the lug nuts off. The confusion is, you keep saying "chrome clad wheels/hubcaps". It's either one or the other. Chrome clad wheels or chrome clad hub caps. Completely different things. There are OEM chrome wheels, but they are steel or aluminum wheels with a chrome "cladding". I've seen them, and want them too. my Dakota had aluminum wheels with plastic chrome cladding to make them look like chrome wheels, but they were attached to the aluminum and you coul;d not remove it, well you could, but it would break the chrome and leave a mess underneath.