super small allen set bolt to lock them , Should prevent that.

 

yea, I doubt someone trying to steal valve stem caps has a set of allen wrenches with them. LOL

 

ive always used a dab of "blue" loctite on my stems..makes it hard for those "little weak fingers"to get them off..not hard for an adult..little stiff but still get them off

 

Be VERY VERY VERY carefull of this on these newer cars and their TMPS (tire pressure sensors) in them. They are part of the valve stem and therefor you can break them if you're not carefull. TRUST ME.

Last fall, I damage one of the caps on my TBSS. So I just grabbed 4 new shiny chrome ones and put them on. No biggie right?

WRONG! Throughout winter I adjust PSI in the tires, but this spring as it warmed up, I had to adjust more. So I went to spin off said chrome caps and it won't come off. WTF! over! I grab a cresent wrench (aka cresent hammer) and give it a grunt... SNAP! Snapped the valve stem off and the valve went flying... therefor the tire went immediately flat.

Checked the other 3... all the same thing. other than I didn't push my luck too hard. Tried lots of penetrating oil and heat with no success.

The stock caps are alum cause so is the stem. The chrome caps were tin (steel) and they had axodized together. My neighbor did the same cap replacement with no issues and for well over a year. If I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any at all, let me tell ya. So I had get 4 new sensors and have them installed on all 4 rims.

When I went to the shop to have that done, I grunted the other 3 off. 2 out of the 3 snapped. The last one, didn't snap but it completely stripped off all the threads where the cap spins on.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

 

Chris seems you have the same kind of luck I do. Murphy(Murhpy's Law) must swap houses with us every other day. LOL

 

Batman, to truly have a Batmobile ya gonna need the turbine sticking out the trunk. whens that mod?

 

What he said!

 

Great point , And it's true.b I had a 2002 explore sport, That i put anodized aluminum valve caps onto steel valve stems and a a month later , When i went to check tire pressure, All four were fused to the valve stems .

2 hours worth dremmel tool saved the stems.

the bat ones have a nice lithium grease layer, Which should stop the fusion between metals.

Great point .

 

No kidding man. It sucks. I'm the only guy I know that will research everything. Leave no stone un turned... but then BAM! I had never heard of valve stem metal compatibility to the caps.

That should help. I didn't care about F'in with the dremel. With my bad luck they would have just cut thru on accident and I already had my only spare tire on the car.

 

if u like..i have a friend of mine in alberta that builds the batcar replicas..ill look for his adress for ya..