Tire Valve Extenders & Wheel Covers

[brucegwhite]

I have valve extenders on my rear dualies. They clip onto the wheel rim and make it impossible to fully seat the wheel covers. The covers generally stay on, but from time to time the come off (once on a bumpy gravel road; once when I lightly brushed a curb.) Kind of annoying and I've not found a different way to mount the valve extenders. Does anyone have a good solution?

[Harvey51]

bare wheels are so incredibly ugly

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like to see the clean steel of the rim, nicely painted. If it isn't I can see it needs cleaning and painting.

When hidden by a shiny false front I get suspicious about what is going on in there. Loose lug nuts, corrosion, etc. Let the rain wash away the dirt and the sunshine dry it. I am a little envious of the new wheels allowing the brake disk and calipers to be seen and instantly evaluated by the experienced eye.

[burningman]

And that is why god gave us Alcoa polished aluminum dually wheels!

[brucegwhite]

Thanks so much for the responses.I'll take a look at the different valve extenders you recommended.

For simplicity's sake, I'd love to go the route of Harvey51, but my bare wheels are so incredibly ugly. I'm not huge on appearance, but some things just have to be hidden!

[Harvey51]

My approach was to ditch the wheel covers. I can easily reach the inner and outer valve stems with my gauge, which has a straight head and an angled back head. Of course I'm a guy whe respects utility much more than appearance.

[IAMICHABOD]

What is needed is a extended valve stem that will let you quickly check your tire pressure.

Braided Extenders have a very bad habit of leaking and coming loose from the attaching points whipping around tearing out the valve stem and causing catastrophic tire loss. I have experienced this.

The best on the market,that are the original,are Tire Man.

Chuck is the original designer of these an he has been around for years. If you have any questions just give him a call, he is always happy to help. Any others are just cheap reproductions of the original.

The kit looks like This it is for all 6 wheels,they also come with flow-thru valve caps so you don't even need to take then off to check the pressure.

Here is a list of all the products he sells.

They are compatible with all Tire monitor systems.

[j-d]

This is the best system: Dually Valve Kit
I'd spend the big end of an hour checking tires, and they'd usually need air. I just checked all six in a MINUTE total, and they did NOT need air.