Black valve stem mod
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Black valve stem mod
For years I've put heat shrink over my valve stems to black them out, anyone else do this or have a better suggestion?
You think there would be a market for sleeves that match various wheel colors
Also when swapping lug nuts I use a small peice of foam to protect the surface from marring
You think there would be a market for sleeves that match various wheel colors
Also when swapping lug nuts I use a small peice of foam to protect the surface from marring
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Speedy
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From: Tn
2024 C8 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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Had never thought about using shrink wrap on the valve stems, but looks like it works just fine.
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For years I've put heat shrink over my valve stems to black them out, anyone else do this or have a better suggestion?
You think there would be a market for sleeves that match various wheel colors
Also when swapping lug nuts I use a small peice of foam to protect the surface from marring
You think there would be a market for sleeves that match various wheel colors
Also when swapping lug nuts I use a small peice of foam to protect the surface from marring
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Owned a machine shop forever so I made nuts and had them black oxided and masked off and spray painted the valve, done this since the C5 days when the run flats first showed up, there was a company that offered black nuts in the early 2000's but they went out of business, and silver looked like crap on black wheels