Did a tire shop ever steal your stem valve caps?

[Ueli]

I went to change my tires a few weeks ago, upon washing my wheels I realized that my nice stem valve caps missing.

I am angry about it and considering bussing a in that shop.

[*KRONIK*]

Thats why normal plastic caps are the best
Nobody will steal it and the tire shop will give you 1 free if you missing one

[fokhan_96]

"A few weeks ago" yuh say. May not be the tyre shop. Possible you park up somewhere and some pest took it.

[Rovin]

maybe they simply forget to put it back on

none wrong with normal cheap plastic black caps cause its not like most ppl gonna pay attention to something so insignificant & say waaaay check out dem caps it rel bess eh ...

[viedcht]

Thats why normal plastic caps are the best
Nobody will steal it and the tire shop will give you 1 free if you missing one

Dey tiefing dat too. Not only them. Check your car after parking anywhere. Side of road, mall car park, grocery car park, anywhere there is a crowd of cars. Some fool will tief one or all.

[Dizzy28]

I used to have chrome caps and I never remember to take them out when I change tyres. The tyre shop always replaces them with black ones when they put in the new tyres.

I don't think they steal them, its just they automatically use what they have on hand without studying what they took off. I just use the black ones now.

[maj. tom]

You shouldn't use anything but the black plastic caps. All the others corrode. And get stuck. And corrode the valve stems. And if your car has the tire pressure monitor system you have to replace that with replacing the valve stems since the corrosion eat away at everything. Just use the $2 black plastic caps.

[gastly369]

I like mines stealth so the free one from shop works perfect.. Black rubber cap and stem

[sMASH]

Opposite. The guy gave me 4... That were from other vehicles

[stev]

i feddup...mine always getting stolen.

resorted to the cheap plastic ones.

[redmanjp]

i always thought they simply get slack and fall off somewhere

[wingnut]

All 4 gone?

Some of them shops jus sloppy and doesn't put it back on

[Xplode]

Them youths use them on the bicycles' , chrome ones especially.

[Arcmanov]

I had a tyre shop steal my fancy blue ones, and then have the audacity to try to sell me them back. I politely showed the bossman pics of them on my wheels from before, and requested that they be put back on.
Lets just say that tyre shop will never see a cent from me again.

[gastly369]

Them youths use them on the bicycles' , chrome ones especially.

Diz why the village youth by me bike mysteriously mashup and end up in a bonfire... All the jackassry done instantly

[aaron17]

Center wheel cap logo emblem does fall out. I hadda stik it with silicone. I thought somebody does take it but when u the road bumpy..it does get loose and fly out.

[DMan7]

People does actually put those caps on.

I don't use any at all.

[RBphoto]

School children steal them regularly on Harris promenade.

[88sins]

People does actually put those caps on.

I don't use any at all.

Was gonna post exactly this

[pugboy]

there is a little bit of sufferer in all of us
some more than others

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I was riding meh bmx and realize I was missing some nice caps...hardluckdehboyopboydanboi

[Rory Phoulorie]

If you want to have fancy valve caps, just tighten them a bit with a pliers/spanner. Just ensure you spray some WD40 on the valve threads before tightening them and that the valve cap has the little rubber gasket up inside of it. No one will steal them.

[Monk BANzai]

I grew up teefing caps in my teenage years for my GT Pro-Performer BMX.

Later on i wud take off caps and put a small stone in them then screw it back on to make a tyre run flat....as an Adult.

[Monk BANzai]

If you want to have fancy valve caps, just tighten them a bit with a pliers/spanner. Just ensure you spray some WD40 on the valve threads before tightening them and that the valve cap has the little rubber gasket up inside of it. No one will steal them.

we used to roll with a small pliers just for that purpose. NO cap escaped. Sad part is someone would then come and teef the cap you teef'd from your bmx rim.

This angered me. My hard work to teef was teef'd.

[wagonrunner]

Thats why normal plastic caps are the best

exactly why as much as the solar tire pressure monitoring systems intrigue me, they're not to be.

[rollingstock]

I have the aftermarket tpms. If installed properly very difficult to remove. Never me and those cheap aluminium caps. Sheit corrodes and becomes seized.

[rollingstock]

From several years ago. Entire valve stem wrung out and cap never came off. Not me again

[PariaMan]

Have a solar TPMS for about four years now . On my second set. Never had a problem with them being stolen, and it has saved me from am inconvenient tire change many times .

Will always have on a car going forward

[Monk BANzai]

Have a solar TPMS for about four years now . On my second set. Never had a problem with them being stolen, and it has saved me from am inconvenient tire change many times .

Will always have on a car going forward

so question. It replaces the stem valve caps? what feature prevents them from being stolen?

[Monk BANzai]

I have the aftermarket tpms. If installed properly very difficult to remove. Never me and those cheap aluminium caps. Sheit corrodes and becomes seized.

so when you have to put air in the tyre..how is it removed? Is there a bypass cap for air filling?

I have questions.