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.

 

[Paddles]

Some of the metal caps come with a fancy plastic inner sleeve so they don't corrode.

 

[Starship Enterprise]

Good point! I’ll have to look closer.

 

[dusman59]

If your cap has a plastic liner be carful when tightening. It is very thin and will strip easily. I believe the ones the OP has are brass and coated black.

 

[roket]

pretty cool little addition, but please (assuming there is no plastic inner liner) loosen and take off the caps every now and then, especially if you get snow and the roads are salted, doubly so when it is or has just rained. galvanic corrosion may rear its ugly head otherwise

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