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Any reason not to get metal valve stems/caps when I get summer tires installed?

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Old 01-24-2003, 08:59 AM
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Default Any reason not to get metal valve stems/caps when I get summer tires installed?
they look nicer dont they than rubber?
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Old 01-24-2003, 09:00 AM
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I have 'em on all of my wheels
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Because some sucker 'll swipe 'em like they did mine
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i'd sure like to know how someone stole your metal valve stems
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any why since there only like $3 each
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Default Yeah I'm thinkin he meant just the caps ;-)
Last couple years several of my BBS stem caps have been swiped, I think the neighborhood kids take em for their bikes. I now have a little wrench I keep in the trunk, which is used to tighten em a little beyond finger tight. No problems since then.
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Default after a few laps around Thill, they get fairly hot and well, checking pressures...
burning smell, skin, well, you get the idea. I now run capless, because the plastic things melt off too.
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Default The kid at Discount knew what my wheels where from and put the metal valve stems on for free...
I only took in the wheels.
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BBS comes with "long caps"
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Default Depends on the wheel, but centrifugal force can cause them to touch and scratch the rim.
This happened on my ol' Bonneville. Whatever you do, if you get metal sleeves over the valve stem, don't crimp them on or else you can't take them off.
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