Hi all just wanted to see if anyone had any tips on keeping my lockable valve caps on my wheels.Had a nice set of chrome ones(not lockable) nicked some time ago, so I invested in a set of lockable ones.Went out to the car this morning and hey presto they're gone. They've not been forced cause the thread on tha valve isn't damaged, so the little F#**ers must've had the tool to remove them.Any tips please.

 

superglue

 

Yeh I thought of that. Just a wee drop though.If I get the hex shaped ones I can use a spaner to remove them.

 

Have tried allsorts to stop the little ******* but i have only learned one thing so far, if they realy want them they will cut the valves off.
this actually happened to me in broad daylight at a large & buisy retail park.
thank **** it wasnt on the scoob though. lol

 

Just dont bother with those valve caps. It happens to everyone. It is guaranteed to be stolen the next day or two. Dont matter what car u drive!!!!!

 

i had some stock caps nicked b4 someone recomended me to get a blade to sharpen a set of chrome ones so it cut their fingers .. Cool

 

Cool until the git with the bleeding fingers keys every panel on your car.

I had a few sets of polished caps that went walkies, after I fitted some locking ones the little buggers actually superglued them all on for me. Not a problem on 3 but I couldn't get the 4th off and managed to destroy the valve in the process. Binned them all before they did something worse.

Knock it on the head and just stick with the std black ones.

 

http://www.spin-caps.com/main.php3?primNavIndex=2

 

I agree. Don't bother! They're ****e.

 

Had a nice set on the girlfriend car, her dad poped out to his own car and caught the little buggers doing it, two kids about 8 years old. Why are you doing that are they yours to take he asked, "no" But my mate collects them got a big bag full.

Little ******

 

you can buy a glue , very close to super glue, put a bit on the caps and it will stay wet /live till its touched.
then its no letting go.
then you can interigate the little beggers. with bamboo shoots

 

My black plastic valve caps have never been nicked.
Why on earth put an expensive stainless valve cap on a rubber stem?

 

Ive never had this problem before. Must be because Ive only had the black plastic things

TBH theresmuch worse things that can go missing from a car. Trying phoning up your local dealer and asking for a P1 badge, make sure youre sitting down when you do

 

Agreed. Get some nice black plastic ones

 

I've got metal stems on mine - they can't cut those Kwik-fit will fit them instead of the normal ones if u ask. Caps thankfully havent been nicked in the 6 months I've had them (non-locking).

 

Had my Sti side wing badge nicked the day before. Cost £27 each from GGR.

I am either going to remove the one that is left or buy some cheap copies from ebay. £5 each

ps go for the black plastic jobbies.

 

I've had 5 nicked all together, 3 locking ones too. I know it was kids cause they only take the ones on the pavement side

I've covered the current ones with vandel grease, little *******s

As a great man once said

It'd be worth them doing it if I could catch em

 

Had 2 of mine nicked the other day of my metal stems. One from each side of the car!

Won't buy any again. Purly because i would be locked up if i caught them!

 

I had this problem a while back. Happened time and time again....so now no one is nicking my flush fit valves.

 

i used to go through a set a week . lucky my mate owns a tyre shop and hes got thousands if shiney caps . havent had any stolen recently.

alternatively steel them back . u will usually find they are nicked for push bikes , mopeds and even chav mobiles. so just find and of the three and borrow them back !

 

If you get those with a little grub screw in them to lock them on, the little tw@ts will just use a spanner to get them off and ruin your valve thread too.

 

These do work, mine used to get nicked all the time.

http://www.spin-caps.com/main.php3?primNavIndex=2

You get a special tool to remove them, and the outside turns as if they're coming off, giving you time to run out and give the little ******* a kick up the ****!

 

EXCELLENT MATE

Bought them after reading this link, from that site. Watched some little ******* trying to get them off before. My neighbour came running out screaming at him and he shat himself and ran off

WITHOUT my cap

I LOVE YOU

Such a great buy

 

Bought 4 Subaru locking ones....Caught little ***** trying to nick them in a car park......Just changed my Alloys and cant get old caps off cos all the threads are damaged....Had ordinary metal ones on my new alloys...all went within 48 hours.

 

The spin caps work, although you do have to keep checking them as they have been known to eithier get stuck on! well they did on my scoob, think it had something to do with the stuff i used to clean the wheels, doh!

 

Had my car 3 months, it came with posh valve caps (MY03 WRX) and I live in Warrington and work a lot around liverpool and Manchester. Car never been touched at all.

I am working in Glasgow this week, have left the WRX in the Charing cross car park, semi secure with camera's etc and in 48 hours the "soapdodgingweedgiebastarts" have had all 4 valve caps, and 2 wheel centres away off the standard alloys.

I would not mind if it was parked in a dingy corner of the car park but it's parked outside the fecking parking attendants office door, where all the traffic wardens "live".


*****......

Tony

 

Anybody tried Flush valves , I got them wen i was gettin all new tyres , super job . Only downside is they have to be put on without tyres , but worth a thought if you are gettin some new rubber

 

Had 2 of mine nicked a couple of weeks ago - must be on a BMX somewhere!

Wouldn't care but the little ***** must have been tooled up cos I'd tightened them with a 8mm ring spanner. Only problem with that was the dealer knacked a valve getting one of them off at service time...