robyn402

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anyone using the valve caps that came free with an issue of super street a few months ago.

if they are on your car take them off now while you can...

i had to use two sets of vise grips and liquid wrench to get these things off my tire valves today becuse they were so corroded..

i ruined one valve in the process which i'll be going to get fixed tomorrow morning

last time i use anything that comes free in a magazine

Kurt

iTrader: (1)

What kind of material was used for the valve stems? I never heard of valve stems doing that before.

bruce988jl

iTrader: (56)

Yea take some photo's of them so we at least know what to avoid.. Just because they came with a mag, doesn't mean they aren't being sold on the streets.

(personally i just run the plastic caps.. too many little kids like to steal those chrome things)

RalliLancerJ86

Are you referring to the ones shaped like pistons? I think they came with a magazine last summer?

hunt3rRA

+1, i do the same. so many kids around my apartment building just steal the nice looking ones. I guess if I did shows I'd just swap them when showing, but yeah. anyways. that sucks they corroded and got stuck. I too never use free stuff that comes with magazines unless I know for sure what or who made it.

SLVROZ_03

iTrader: (10)

I've never has my aluminum stems/caps stolen, but Discount Tire did lose some of mine. Cool thing was the store mgr said to buy the same set and give him the receipt; he gave me cash for the replacement! Another reason I love Discount Tire.

otter

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Anytime you're screwing metal into metal, anti-seize is your friend (with a few exceptions.)

egk-69

I use Black simple caps, cause my rims are black

but dont know why, those things broke it self every 3 or 4 months have to change 1 or 2...

Joho22

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wow,
that really blows,
I dont know how i feel about free stuff for my car...
really risking your investment...

Punkskalar

iTrader: (1)

Its valve stem caps, relax people... They were probably just corroded due to salt/bad weather... Happens all the time, even on brand new Honda's in the last few years... They have all since gone to plastic caps though...

RalliLancerJ86

If they are the ones I mentioned above, I put them on my stock rims because I was missing 2 caps. I dont run those wheels in the snow but went out to the shed to check them out anyway, they're fine. I guess just dont put em on in the winter and you'll be ok.

lancer2show

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lol, i remember when i was 10 when i first had my huffy bike. the cool thing to do was steal air caps from people's cars in cali. i remember my friend stoled some chrome dice caps.

egk-69

HAHA!!, I did the same thing!!, and few years ago , when I moved to other room on my house, I found a little box that have like 6 different pairs of chrome air caps hahahaha!!, I remember one time I stole a few chrome caps to the cars of the teachers on my school! hehe

Then My moms find out, and told me I was going to jail If I keep doing that never stole one again hehhehehe

Billy@EnglishRacing

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never seen that happen, post up some pics for us!