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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 06:59 AM
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From: MOFN, AL, 70 miles from George
Default Re: Stock valve stem cap...

Originally Posted by thallc230
are you talking about the valve cap cover thing that screws on the valve that you put air into your tires? if so-- they are made out of aluminum. while they may look good, they can get stuck to the valve( aluminum on aluminum) and can be really hard to get off. I think the guy at the dealership called it oxidizing. not positive. so i replaced mine with rubber.
Before I saw MMZ's post and ordered the SpinCaps, I went Wally World and bought a set of chrome-plated brass Campbell-Hausfeld caps. The ones I got came with 4 little sleeves to slip over a regular rubber stem and they went on the boy's TownCar. $3.88 and after applying a little anti-sieze, no problems.

TPMS doesn't seem to know the difference.

By the way, THANKS MMZ!

Cool stuff.
 
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