When I bought my car, one of the first accessories I got was a set of aluminum tire pressure valve caps. I wanted to replace the standard black plastic caps that came with the tires just to slightly match the color f the car. So I put the new caps on and was happy with it for 7 months.
Then yesterday when I tried to get one of the caps off to check the tire pressure, I couldn’t get it off. It was stuck. And so was the other three caps! I had to resort to using pliers just to get them off.
Later as I was reading through an automobile forum, I’ve learned that aluminum or metal caps tend to get stuck. Now I’ve replaced most of the original plastic caps.
Next time I will be extra careful when replacing something that is not actually broken in the first place.
