locking dustcaps???

:)I've never heard of locking dustcaps TBH.

Several times though I've had to change valves on cars with metal dustcaps because they'd rusted on to the thread of the valve assembly. It's bloody annoying when all you want to do is pump the tyre up!

Ed,

You can definitely get them, I had a set on my Clubman after some little dears relieved it of it's chrome dustcaps on the 6x12s!

I got them from Motormania (I know, I know), they were standard hex type chrome jobbies. They 'lock' via a small grub screw on the side once you've tightened them on. However, said little dears managed to still steal just one of them after fitting, FFS! fortunately, they came in a set of five, and they stayed on after that. I think they were about £7 or so.

For extra security, I always tighten hex type metal dust caps with a socket, they're usually 10 or 11mm, just make sure you keep a spare socket in the car's toolkit! ;D

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What he said! My last Sapphire came with a set, hex ones with a Ford logo on the top. No idea where he got them, though there is a Motormania near where he lived.

like your thinking

let me see if i can borrow my mates ickle drill set....

hahaha good point

i had some nicked at a mini show...and believe it or not, once at a car show, someone helped them selves to my plastic ones too.

i got a set of locking dust caps from charlie browns, they're very similar to how locking wheel nuts work, the out side spins and the centre stays still, u get a little key that fits into the top for removal, they were about 12 quid but they doo look cool

does anyone find they have a problem with dust in their valves?

I only ask as many of the heaps I have owned for the last couple of decades have had one or more missing and never really had a propblem. The problem comes when you have dust caps and some little sod takes them off, puts a small stone in and screws them back on so you end up with a flat tyre.

We used to do that to foreign made cars when I was about 7. A kind of pre-juvenile "buy British" consumer terrorism. When I say "we used to do this" I mean it was our "thing" for a couple of weeks one summer.