It can sometimes be the very smallest things that bring a smile to your face…..new tire stem covers….LOL

[GWink]

New anti-corrosion tire stem covers with a tiny Mustang on them…..my newest “mod”……lol….all of the white at the top is reflection from the camera flash. They really are solid black where they should be

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[zpduff]

Nice

 

[Cz_Ziemniak]

Nice

 

[Neggytive]

Metal caps will come back to bite you in the arse, they will fuse onto the valve stem.

 

[Paddles]

Metal caps will come back to bite you in the arse, they will fuse onto the valve stem.

This is 100% true.

 

[Neggytive]

This is 100% true.

It is one of my big gripes when I am doing tires at the shop, not only to they weld themselves on , even if you get them off sometimes it fuses the core into the stem so you can't get it out.

Hard to break or set a bead with the core still in the stem

 

[Starship Enterprise]

I heeded the warnings about metal valve stem caps and got these.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLQCGD91?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

Though I have had aluminum caps for over a year on my wife’s Lincoln and they come off easy….so far. I may have to rethink them.

 

[kinelisch]

Looks great!! But not sure if I like the comments above mine about the fusing. Yikes...

 

[GWink]

I check my own tire’s PSI often enough and adjust it for ambient temps here (can get from -20 to +110 during the year), so I’ve` never had any problem at all with the caps fusing to the stems….

 

[Aggie1999]

It pretty much sounds like you just shouldn't leave them on and "untouched" for years at a time. Basically just unscrew them from time to time and you should be fine. Am I missing anything?

 

[Starship Enterprise]

I just checked my wife’s Lincoln caps and they were fine after a year. I think road salt over the winter can contribute to corroding the aluminum.

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