Rally Wheel Center Caps
 

Morning all,
I went into a electronics store in a strip mall the other day and milled about for less than 15 minutes.
I came back out and disarmed the alarm and started home when I heard something rattling on the front wheel.
I pulled in to a Walmart parking lot and got out to find two bolts missing from the driver's side center cap. The third and final bolt was 2/3rds out too.
It seems we have someone else out there that likes our trucks!!!
I never would have thought that anybody would try to steal something off a truck like that.

As soon as I got home I took the bolts off all of them and replaced them with 3 different kinds of bolts to make it a little harder next time.

Use allen head bolts, most people don't carry those tools with them and they are hard to remove with a pair of pliers.


People who screw with other peoples stuff suck! :mad: :mad:

...Jeff

This post reminds me of a time when my dad had a 73 4x4 with rally rims and caps and chrome trim rings. he went out and bought new trim rings and he came out put them on after buying them and went to another store and when he came out they where all gone he was so pissed.

Good to hear that they didn't get your center cap. I can not stand people that steal stuff from other peoples vehicles. It annoys me a lot.

These are so small and are cheap, but after replacing almost 5 sets on each vehicle I have (Except for my truck) I am getting frustrated. I put those chrome valve stem covers on my vehicles. My Civic I actually had aluminum ones on there. Someone keeps taking the damn things. I am getting so frustrated with this. I want to purchase a set for my Oldsmobile for when I got to shows. They are chrome with the rocket logo in them. But since they are so easy to steal, I refuse to spend the money.

Not sure if they make such a thing, but do they have like a locking valve stem cover? Does anyone know?

rockman, try putting them on, and snugging themup with a wrench. then put the wrench in your glove box. my grandpa had a problem with people stealing his, and that was his solution. never had to worry about them after that.

Man, I hate theives. One thing that would help would be some of those one way screws. They have a slot in them that only works to tighten them. I know you've seen them. They use them on the bathroom stalls in places of business.