MrOtocinclus

What a way to start hump day... weird thing is I have 8 total caps on my car, and they stole only 2 of them, both on the same side. I park really close to the wall on my passenger side (paranoid of door dings) so maybe they couldn't get to that side.

Maybe they read iamitman's thread and decided to do me a favor, because my caps are all metal. For the record, none of them are fused.

iamitman

It wasn't me!

HondoGermany

You have two valve stem on each tyre?
Is this usual in USA, we got only one in Europe

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

Yep and in California they need special air to pass inspection, they also spell tire different.

it's for bleeding off the regular air when you fill them with nitrogen (pretty common thing in Japan)

5thTo2nd

damn that's so cool (the 2 valves i mean).

sorry to hear your caps got jacked. That's pretty ghetto

ed_423

wow i never knew about the two valve stem thing haha.

and sorry to hear that mroto people are just spilling their jelly all over your car.

are you gonna find new valve stem caps? or just leaving it?

baksdak

Be glad they didnt take your whole wheel and tire! This happened to me a couple weeks ago...posted in a different thread.

Some things people do just make NO sense.

tobwac

why anyone would do that

On The Run

LOL!! I was going to mention this but I couldn't remember who this happened to.

First tire thiefs, then valve-stem thiefs. What is the world coming to?

I feel like next we're going to have a thread that says

"WTF, windshield wiper blades stolen?"

MrOtocinclus

Yeah it seems odd that they'd only want 2. When I noticed the driver's side I freaked out because I thought maybe they'd try to squeeze between the wall and my car to get to the other side and end up scratching the body.

I guess valve stem caps are cheap, so it's not too bad. I just browsed some offerings online though and I can't find any that are similar to my existing ones. I definitely don't want to leave them exposed like that.

WRT to the 2 stems, I read that one is used to quickly monitor tire pressure while the other is used for filling. Since these are Enkei "racing" wheels, that's what they do at the track. Obviously, I'm racing my car all over town.

Mr. NC

Thats so random lol

HeavyDuty

Geezus! That double valve stem pic reminded me of this;



I've never heard of that double valve stem bleed the dense air...gig, that's wild looking.

For relevant content, people suck, it was prolly some kids stealing your valve stems for their bikes.

TSXKid2010

I stole them, the batteries on two of mine ran out so i needed some new ones.

tsxronald

Jackafoodotcom...lol

pinatubo

Yesterday they stole 2 valve caps, tomorrow they will take 2 wheel nuts, near future, your 2 rims/wheels probably gone. Society is going down daily.
Anyway, sorry to hear that, suck though.

MrOtocinclus

Thanks pinatubo. Stuff like this just gives me more incentive to be the kind of person I want to be. If someone steals my property I have no control over it, but I can control how I react to it and how I rectify the situation.

So, speaking of rectify, anybody have suggestions for new caps? ed's suggested red, and I think I might go that route. Problem is finding ones that will match the lug nuts.

TSXKid2010

i know WORK makes valve stems that match their lugs but they cost a fortune and i highly doubt you wanna do that. actually, the works i bought came with valve stem caps that match that colour that i don't want.

MrOtocinclus

Thanks Kid, I did see the WORK ones and they were $50 for a set, definitely not worth it. I'm going to stop by a local store to see what they have before going the online route.

ed_423

its very difficult to find matching color ones, unless you want to spend 50 bucks on them

MrOtocinclus

Yeah, I was thinking I should just sell my wheels and go back to the stockies... I'm thinking about selling my car anyways.

ohsixMTee

iTrader: (2)

I'd just laugh about it, if someone really needs valve stem caps that bad then the joke's on them. lol

That being I had mine stolen quite some time ago off my old car and was a little angry at first as well. They were chrome with bright green dots to let places know they were nitrogen filled. lol

denwhat

I wish someone stole my wheel caps. People around here key your car . I mean seriously...what personal benefit do you get from that!?!?

pinatubo

Due to the hatre and jealousy.
They see you driving an "up-scale" vehicle, they do that just to ease their pain not getting one.

pinatubo

Now I know why the thief has stolen your 2 caps, because s/he doesn't want to spend $50 or doesn't have $50 to spend.

EL_PIC

We hear that in California they steal the entire car cause its quicker than just taking the tires wheels.
Taking valves sound like what kids do before they work up to entire car.
Why do you have 2 valves ??
No one has said this yet.
Left Brain / Right Brain ???
In / Out ???
Male / Female ???

HeavyDuty

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denwhat

Thats the stupid thing about it. A TSX isn't an expensive car by any means. The base is 30k and can be easily bought for 27k for the dealer. A nice Nissan Maxima, Honda Accord, or Toyota Camry with a few options cost that much!

24boosted

Anyone work on your car recently? Sometimes the tech forgets to put them back on when they do a courtesy air pressure check. What's the next ride going to be?

MrOtocinclus

No, I wish someone did because then I'd know who to go after. I'm pretty sure it happened between last Tuesday and Wednesday. I was able to find some similar ones from Kragen, but the color is slightly off. I'll just have to live with this, just like how I lived with the giant dent on my '09 for 2 years.

My next ride might be a 777, a 747, the Underground, and then the MTR. My wife and I are thinking about traveling the world while we're still relatively young and kid-less. I've already given notice to my work to be done at the end of tax season (hopefully). I'm going to keep and enjoy my car until I can get a price that's not $6k less than my current lease buyout (again, hopefully).

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

Since when does anyone take ed's advice seriously?

whaaaa??? why? has your car not treated you nicely?? are you trying to destroy the mr.cu2 crew?!?!?$#^@@