Tire Pressure Valve Caps
Tire Pressure Valve Caps are important for numerous reasons. A quality set of these small maintenence parts / accessories are well worth the investment. Below you will find the top 6 reasons why every car, truck, motorcycle, and bicycle should have a set of these on their tire valves.
A little precurser to the tips below. These parts go by many names. The official name is "tire valve stem caps". They are also known as: dust caps, valve stem caps, chromies (slang version), and tire stem caps. Now on to the tips!
Importance and Purpose of Tire Pressure Valve Caps #1: Saves on gas mileage (fuel economy).
Tires without valve caps on them lose air pressure much faster than tires with high quality valve caps on them. High quality caps have a high quality rubber ring seal embedded in them that push against the circumference ring of the valve stem.
By having valve caps on your tires and keeping the right tire pressure you can save up to $0.08 a gallon of gas! Over the course of a year that really adds up. Having the right tire pressure can improve your gas mileage by up to 3.3%
Importance and Purpose of Tire Pressure Valve Caps #2: They can extend the life of your tires.
By having the recommended tire pressure (a firm tire) a constant as much as possible, you can save a lot of wear on your tires. You can find the recommeded tire pressure for your vehicle on a sticker usually found in the driver's side door jamb or the glove box.
You can also find the correct pressure in the owner's manual. Tires with low air pressure wear away the outer treads much faster than properly inflated tires. This wearing can ruin a tire in a years time depending on how often you drive.
Importance and Purpose of Tire Pressure Valve Caps #3: Saves you time.
Since these caps keep the correct pressure much longer than having low quality valve caps or no caps at all on your tires you won't have to check your tire pressure as much. This can save you 3-10 visits to a gas station over the course of a year.
Importance and Purpose of Tire Pressure Valve Caps #4: It's better for the environment.
Since you are burning less gas and extending the life of your rubber tires that means less greenhouse gases and less trash. Imagine if everyone in the country put a set of high qaulity chrome valve caps on their tires. There would be 100,000's less gallons of gas being burned and tires being disposed of.
Importance and Purpose of Tire Pressure Valve Caps #5: They keep out the bad stuff.
The caps keep dust, dirt, debri, and moisture out of the tire valve stem. This wards off valve stem failure and cracking.
Importance and Purpose #6: Last but not least they spruce up the look of your vehicle or bike!
Adding a set of sharp chrome valve caps to a vehicle or bike instantly sharpens up the look. Why do you think that ALL expensive sports cars and luxery vehicles come with chrome valve caps? Because they improve the look and are of high quality.
There you have it. 6 reasons why a set of high quality tire pressure valve caps are important and a no brainer.
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