Tire pressure valve cover indicators
Has anyone had any success with the tire cap valve covers that are for certain pressues on tires. Theses are the ones that have a green indicator that goes to red when the tire pressure goes from the ...
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Chum lee wrote:
If you force yourself to use the old fashioned direct read pressure gauge you will need to actually bend over and LOOK at the tire while you check the pressure. Getting in the habit of doing that will present a lot of additional critical information regarding the condition of your tires and wheels. Things like tread and side wall damage, tread separation, nails, tread wear, alignment, manufacturing date, sidewall bulges, loose/missing lug nuts/wheel covers, and a few other things I can't think of right now.
Or, during your next blowout you could ask yourself, hummmmm, why did that happen because I'm sure the pressure was fine?
Chum lee
I always do a visual check of the tires when I check my gauges. They aren't a substitution for that. But it sure is easier on my eyesight to check the gauge caps than try to read a manual gauge 4+ times. And with the gauge caps, I can check at every stop quickly and easily.
