Dust caps

NorthernBloke · Apr 29, 2004

Bought these off eBay for £6 + p&p. Some here now

They're not the genuine item but a half the price to replace if they go walkies. Look very good but I'll let you know if the logo's stay on OK

Andy

Fen · Apr 29, 2004

I had plain stainless ones, then one day I saw two had gone missing (I blame the paper-boy [8|]).

I soldiered on with two on one side until last weekend when I realised that they have scratched the rims on the back - presumably the stem bends at speed and allowed the corner of the steel cap to mark the paint, so now I have black plastic all round.

They do look nice though...

John Sims · Apr 29, 2004

Perhaps they are like Max Power lighting, non standard number plates and drilled pedals and should only be used for show purposes. [

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NorthernBloke · Apr 30, 2004

hmmmm, I'll have to watch that then Fen

Guest · Apr 30, 2004

This morning I noticed I have one front and one rear dust cap missing. They were the Porsche Club ones, with the anti-theft tiny grub screw! So I'm just going to put black plastic ones back on.
At least you have a photograph of yours!

Guest · May 1, 2004

just something you may want to note with these metal dust-caps is that they need a small amount of grease put on the thread to stop the cap sticking to the valve as they can be a real sod to remove at petrol stations at three in the morning (as I once found with my old vw golf).

Fen · May 1, 2004

ORIGINAL: Chris 951

just something you may want to note with these metal dust-caps is that they need a small amount of grease put on the thread to stop the cap sticking to the valve as they can be a real sod to remove at petrol stations at three in the morning (as I once found with my old vw golf).

My Golf had a special hole just for petrol - much easier than putting it in the valves sounds [8D]

Guest · May 1, 2004

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My Golf had a special hole just for petrol - much easier than putting it in the valves sounds [8D]
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I wish I had known that before I sold it - tell me does the 944 have the same ingenius facility?

NorthernBloke · May 1, 2004

ORIGINAL: Fen

ORIGINAL: Chris 951

just something you may want to note with these metal dust-caps is that they need a small amount of grease put on the thread to stop the cap sticking to the valve as they can be a real sod to remove at petrol stations at three in the morning (as I once found with my old vw golf).

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My Golf had a special hole just for petrol - much easier than putting it in the valves sounds [8D]

Cheers Chris, I did put a small amount of silicon grease on them first

Guest · Jun 3, 2004

Got my two missing dust caps back from the boy at the end of the road, who had promised to get them back from 'the boy' who had stolen them.
Probably not put them back on. The tiny 'anti-theft' grub screws missing. Apparently the kid had them on his bike.

Guest · Jun 3, 2004

Thats what happened to me over a period of 3 months! But he was knicking my plastic black dust caps! WHY[8|] Then he was putting one plastic cap back, then the next day taking it off agian, playing games. I never did manage to catch him[

] Pathetic really. Toatal of 4 metal and 12 plastic dust caps missing in action.