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Old 02-08-10, 12:28 PM
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Default who else has gotten their valve stem caps stolen?

The dude I bought some gt-7's from got 2 of them stolen.. damn these little things are expensive.. what did you guys do?
Old 02-08-10, 12:34 PM
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Just get regular rubber ones.
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Originally Posted by KA8
Just get regular rubber ones.
true. but you can also add individuality to your car and get something different like mine that had glass lexus emblems in them.

or you can go to like autozone or something and get some cheap chrome ones for under 10 bucks and still look good
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^^ pics? .. ?
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lol i got 3 stolen from my wheel set =(
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I used to take those off cars when I was young and stupid. I'd put them on my BMX to make it look cooler.
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Put these on. They'll explode if someone touches them.

BTW, I put them on just for the picture.
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You gotta torque it down a bit with whatever socket size it is. Once your torque it, it will be near impossible to twist off with your hands unless you have a really big guy who has strong fingers lol, but yeah I know someone that sells rims and that's what they told me to do so people can't just simply twist them off. You don't torque it too much though just enough. I did it on mines and it was true, I couldn't even twist them off with my hand lol. (this was for the ones you get with aftermarket wheels not the cheapy black plastic ones from BMX bikes or OEM rims) hahaha

Originally Posted by howiedoit
Put these on. They'll explode if someone touches them.

BTW, I put them on just for the picture.
LOL never seen those before Howie, where you get those from?

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Originally Posted by FuMoFFuTT
^^ pics? .. ?
they are home on my desk right now waiting to be put back on. i tried taking pictures of them but the glass just makes a huge flash reflection. its been too snowy out to go uncover my car (off the road til may) and put them on. but pics will be on once i get them on!

these aren't the exact ones, but here is a link to some look-a-likes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LEXUS...s#ht_500wt_975
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I've had only one of my valve stem caps stolen off of my Advan Wheels...I still have the other 3 left...but it's still just as big of a pet peeve as having all 4 of 'em taken.
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little kids usually steal those and put them on their bikes
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LOL never seen those before Howie, where you get those from?
I think those are from ebay
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Originally Posted by FuMoFFuTT
I think those are from ebay

lol nice

luckily still have my nice valvestems and hopefully I never have to buy another set.
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i got my wheels last saturday,and im already missing 3 caps.
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^^ lol!!!

I'm definately going to have to try the trick where you actually torque them down..


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