valve caps

[Road Hog]

somebody took a liking to one of my shiny valve caps at the w/end ,can anybody recommend locking ? type ones and from where,

tia

[X8 Saggy]

ebay

[Road Hog]

maybe i should take the other 3 off and make it a bit lighter

[X8 Saggy]

great colour btw

Edited by X8 Saggy on Tuesday 14th August 00:21

[Road Hog]

now has 4 matching valve caps ,will swap for saggy !

[97octane]

Question - if you put locking valve caps on, do you need to get the wheels re-balanced?

[FUBAR]

Funnily enough I noticed these on TVRCarParts.com last night

http://www.tvrcarparts.com/pages/partdetail.asp?id...



They seemed expensive at £18 + VAT, but then Ive never looked up the price of locking caps before

[97octane]

Only problem, FUBES, is that PH and TVRCC are full of tales of people having them nicked! I think I'll stick to plastic.

[rev-erend]

I have alloy caps and put them on with a socket set .. so they are 'just' too tight to be undone by have but I ...

Have a socket set in the boot

No scrote has nicked any yet

[FUBAR]

97octane said:

Only problem, FUBES, is that PH and TVRCC are full of tales of people having them nicked! I think I'll stick to plastic.

Yeah, but those ones are supposed to be anti-theft/lockable. Not quite sure how, but.....

[97octane]

FUBAR said:

97octane said:

Only problem, FUBES, is that PH and TVRCC are full of tales of people having them nicked! I think I'll stick to plastic.

Yeah, but those ones are supposed to be anti-theft/lockable. Not quite sure how, but.....

I think that there is a small grub screw on the side of them. I imagine that the little bastards who nick them are fully tooled up with screwwdrivers, allen keys etc

[FUBAR]

97octane said:

FUBAR said:

97octane said:

Only problem, FUBES, is that PH and TVRCC are full of tales of people having them nicked! I think I'll stick to plastic.

Yeah, but those ones are supposed to be anti-theft/lockable. Not quite sure how, but.....

I think that there is a small grub screw on the side of them. I imagine that the little bastards who nick them are fully tooled up with screwwdrivers, allen keys etc

More like plyers and knives, the little feckers

[wedgeman]

Have had 2 sets of so called 'locking' ones stolen too...

[cloggy]

Why oh why do they nick them?
I surely can't be 'other' TVR owners.
So what do they do with them?

[97octane]

cloggy said:

Why oh why do they nick them?
I surely can't be 'other' TVR owners.
So what do they do with them?

Trophies. Show off to their moronic friends.

[BatleyBoy]

Try your local BMW dealer.
They do good quality stainless ones (but not locking). Few pence each.
I get half a dozen at a time and replace when they get nicked.

[V8Cerbera]

wedgeman said:

Have had 2 sets of so called 'locking' ones stolen too...

Yep, me too. I had a set exactly like what FUBAR posted.... had is the operative word. I have no idea why the little w*nkers steal them either, but I'd rather them make off with some caps than start prizing the TVR badge off / etc.

[David Godfrey]

V8Cerbera said:

wedgeman said:

Have had 2 sets of so called 'locking' ones stolen too...

Yep, me too. I had a set exactly like what FUBAR posted.... had is the operative word. I have no idea why the little w*nkers steal them either, but I'd rather them make off with some caps than start prizing the TVR badge off / etc.

only reason would be stealing them saves them £18

[ColG]

Agree, lovely colour, just in case they don't hear you coming . Looks as if the photo was taken round the back of Drivestyle in Harrogate. They parked my Porsche there when I picked it up, it's a nice feeling when they throw the doors open and your new car comes into view.

[Road Hog]

paid £1.49 for 4 same as what where on already ,now have 3 spare for next time ,locking ones are a higher prized trophy ,little gits