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Old 03-19-12, 10:48 AM
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The valve stem caps on Lexus vehicles seem to be a hot item to steal. Between two vehicles I'm on the last extra cap (from a set of four) I had to buy from Lexus. I knew from the past that you have to tighten the cap with a 10 mm wrench so they could not be removed by hand. I left one hand tight and sure enough it was taken!

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Weird, I've never had that happen...
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I've been thinking about changing the caps to the black plastic ones, since the metal ones are so nice! Thanks for the heads-up!
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Originally Posted by Koz
The valve stem caps on Lexus vehicles seem to be a hot item to steal. Between two vehicles I'm on the last extra cap (from a set of four) I had to buy from Lexus. I knew from the past that you have to tighten the cap with a 10 mm wrench so they could not be removed by hand. I left one hand tight and sure enough it was taken!

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thats the joy of living in NJ.
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I want to hope it's kids taking them for their bikes.

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Yeah, looks great on bikes.
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Mine are all stolen ....
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All stolen + the rubber cap to the trailer hitch stolen 3x (given up)
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All stolen + the rubber cap to the trailer hitch stolen 3x (given up)
thanks the joy of living in north jersey and NY unfortunately. i am sure it happens in philly too
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You may want to try these, they are really nice and there is no way they can steal them.

http://www.avanigroup.com/
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You may want to try these, they are really nice and there is no way they can steal them.

http://www.avanigroup.com/
Try these Anti-Theft caps.

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You have to be careful using different caps on Toyota metal stems. There have been issues with corrosion using other caps and some had to replace the stems/sensors and costs silly money.

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Originally Posted by Koz
You have to be careful using different caps on Toyota metal stems. There have been issues with corrosion using other caps and some had to replace the stems/sensors and costs silly money.

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Now THAT is good advice!
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Originally Posted by Koz
You have to be careful using different caps on Toyota metal stems. There have been issues with corrosion using other caps and some had to replace the stems/sensors and costs silly money.

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I've heard of that happening, but never seen it...
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I've heard of that happening, but never seen it...
Yeah those cheapo caps that rust + snow + salt.... rather go with plastic =)

Sewell has the caps at a good price though, so I bought two extra sets (one for the S2000)
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