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Old 02-02-2011, 06:42 PM
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Missing Valve Caps...

I swear someone keeps stealin my valve caps...

i use to have nice infiniti valve caps and then suddenly they started disappearing... i am down to my last one.

after the first one went missing i checked the other 3 and they were on tight no way could they have flown off. so i started to replace the missing valve caps with the regular black ones and then suddenly they go missing... i feel like someone is f***in with my wheels...

i mean the black ones are cheap but its just annoying to replace em i guess i could forget the valve caps...

are there any locking or good valve caps that anyone knows of???
 
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Old 02-02-2011, 10:25 PM
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I didnt even know that there is a such thing as locking valve caps...
 
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Old 02-02-2011, 11:00 PM
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If someone keeps stealing them, just buy black plastic ones at walley world. nobody is impressed by your valve caps!
 
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Old 02-02-2011, 11:01 PM
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A quick google search yielded this result http://www.avanigroup.com/
I've never tried them though. The other alternative is to try and glue little needles laced with dog s#it to the valve cap. So when the thief tries to steal it he will ***** himself and get real sick. That'll teach em. I can't stand people who mess with other peoples cars.
 
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Old 02-02-2011, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by astonv12
A quick google search yielded this result http://www.avanigroup.com/
I've never tried them though. The other alternative is to try and glue little needles laced with dog s#it to the valve cap. So when the thief tries to steal it he will ***** himself and get real sick. That'll teach em. I can't stand people who mess with other peoples cars.
Something tells me if you do that with the dog ****, you may get yourself into trouble... I am sure this is somehow illegal... but then again I am not a lawyer... I just play one on forums. ..
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 08:56 AM
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I got myself a set of Chromies a few summers ago and they're still on there.
The caps spin unless you have the small key to take them off, making them much more difficult to steal.

There's quite a few options available to you.
Just Google Anti-Theft Valve Caps

Here's my set...



 
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Old 02-03-2011, 11:04 AM
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ohh thanks for the feed back guys

those look nice i think i might have to ebay them and see what i come up with i dont know about shelling out 30 bucks for a set of valve caps tho so we will see
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 11:20 AM
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Kid i was friends with in HS would steal the good ones he saw. He had this huge collection.
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ChinkyChoy
i dont know about shelling out 30 bucks for a set of valve caps tho so we will see
Right... but it's better than shelling out $5- a week, every week, when they continue to get stolen.
They have sets as low as $15 and they pay for themselves if yours are always getting stolen.
 

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Old 02-03-2011, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Anton_Chigurh
Kid i was friends with in HS would steal the good ones he saw. He had this huge collection.
There's a reason why kids have 10mm wrenches in their back pockets.
Back in the early 80's, this was one thing to do during the summer.
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by AesonVirus
Right... but it's better than shelling out $5- a week, every week, when they continue to get stolen.
They have sets as low as $15 and they pay for themselves if yours are always getting stolen.
yeah was gana try to find one for somewhere between 15-20 bucks on ebay
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 12:34 PM
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welcome to the club...had my Rays caps stolen years ago. Went with generic chrome ones from pep boys and havent had an issue since.
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 04:58 PM
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Those Chromies look pretty decent too. I think I might have to pick up a set for myself as well. I had a decent simple metal set that was stolen in the summer and I have the cheap plastic ones on now.
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 08:42 PM
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I had nice chrome caps too until I realized that they were all missing after I had my tires replaced at Discount Tire. I just think the guys forgot to put them back on...I don't see why they would want to "steal" my caps. Manager offered to pay me $60 for them so I took the money and bought some cute shoes. I now have 4 black caps and don't even miss the chrome ones but I love my shoes!
 
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Old 02-03-2011, 09:06 PM
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I had these on my MDX and G35.

http://www.high-end-motorsports.com/...-gift-set.html

They are nice and looks good when you put them on valves.
 


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