- Available in silver color
- Set of 4 sport valve caps
- Good for use on most vehicles
- Bell Automotive enjoy your ride
If you're buying these strictly for the sporty metal-valve-stem-cover look they would make as good a choice as any, especially if these come in the color you want (the photo on the product page shows multiple colors, but only silver appears to be available currently from Amazon). From a quality and functional perspective, I think there are better options out there though.
While it's not readily apparent from the product description and photos, the caps I received were actually just standard plastic caps snapped inside a nicer looking aluminum shell. With the product in front of me, that's very obvious, but based only on the description and photo on the product page there wasn't really any way to tell that in advance so it's something to be aware of. I was kind of hoping for better.
For the purpose of looks, that's not really a problem at all. They seem tight enough that it's unlikely the metal cap will pop off of the plastic inner cap unless subjected to unusually harsh treatment, and of course regular plastic caps have worked fine for keeping out dust, dirt, and moisture and helping a bit to reduce air losses on a variety of vehicles for decades.
If you're looking for an all-metal cap that's more durable than plastic, in addition to looking good and being reasonably priced, I would probably suggest Mr. Gasket 3663 Chrome Hex Valve Stem Cap as another alternative. The Mr Gasket product is all metal (including the threads) with a gasket to help them seal tighter and hopefully better prevent air losses, and they're chrome plated steel, rather than aluminum covered plastic.
Whatever caps you choose, I'd probably suggest buying a couple of sets of the same type, as it seems like one or more always get lost sooner or later so it's good to have spares.
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