Did they send me the wrong part?

Juruki · 04-28-2010, 08:06 PM

So I bought my car a month ago. Since the first day I noticed all my valve stem caps were missing. I bought my car kinda far from home and I can't drive there. For a whole month I've been trying to get them to mail the caps to me. After a lot of lies and excuses I finally get them today.
The caps they sent me are plastic and a dark grey and I have a feeling they don't belong to my car. I have the 19' sport package wheels. Aren't they supposed to be metal?
Do ur sport package valve stem caps look like these:

plz help
thx for ur time

kenchan · 04-28-2010, 08:12 PM

Huh, I didn't get my caps either. I'm pretty sure those are the right ones. The ones on my G were metal and thin but was at times hard to thread it back on.

I'm using my SSR wheel valve caps.

Trips · 04-28-2010, 08:15 PM

here are what their supposed to look like WARNING BIG PICS. lol

Juruki · 04-28-2010, 08:18 PM

Thx triple!! Ur the man
these just felt so cheap and they came wraped with tape and got all sticky. Freaken stealership! I waited a lot for these things...

AK370Z · 04-28-2010, 08:21 PM

Mine looks like Triples. NO plastic.

Trips · 04-28-2010, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juruki

Thx triple!! Ur the man
these just felt so cheap and they came wraped with tape and got all sticky. Freaken stealership

when I bought mine I noticed that mine were missing also so I went back to the dealer and told the salesman about it and he took a look at the car and said that was strange that they were missing so he took me to the back of the dealership to where they held the new cars not yet ready for sale, and walked of to a white z and removed them from that one, and handed me the caps... like wtf a new owner was going to buy that z and be in the same boat i was or may not even notice... anyways they sent you a set of generic caps which will work but aren't the OG part

Lemers · 04-28-2010, 08:36 PM

My sport came with the plastic caps also. They though they looked strange next to the metal stems.

Red370 · 04-28-2010, 09:07 PM

mine came with aluminum tips that say "Nitrogen only" pretty fancy.

PapoZalsa · 04-28-2010, 09:21 PM

If they put Nitrogen on your tires the caps will look different too, however they're metal not cheap plastic.

Mike · 04-28-2010, 09:23 PM

mine were the gray plastic on the sport package.

Lemers · 04-28-2010, 09:31 PM

Time to make fun of me... But why nitrogen in the tires?

Red370 · 04-28-2010, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lemers

Time to make fun of me... But why nitrogen in the tires?

supposedly its a more stable molecule than oxygen when heated, tire pressure is supposed to remain more consistent.

Lemers · 04-28-2010, 09:40 PM

tire pumps put fill tires with air. The following is the chemical makeup of air:

Nitrogen (N2) 78.08
Oxygen (O2) 20.95
Argon (Ar) 0.93
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 0.033
Other trace elements 0.007

So is 100% nitrogen really that much better than air. How much does it cost to fill tires with nitrogen?

Trips · 04-28-2010, 09:40 PM

Please keep it on topic!

fullmonty · 04-28-2010, 10:04 PM

Theres a thread for the Nitrogen in tires questions

04-28-2010, 08:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Juruki Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 965 Drives: 370Z Tour/Sport/Navi Rep Power: 18	Did they send me the wrong part? So I bought my car a month ago. Since the first day I noticed all my valve stem caps were missing. I bought my car kinda far from home and I can't drive there. For a whole month I've been trying to get them to mail the caps to me. After a lot of lies and excuses I finally get them today. The caps they sent me are plastic and a dark grey and I have a feeling they don't belong to my car. I have the 19' sport package wheels. Aren't they supposed to be metal? Do ur sport package valve stem caps look like these: plz help thx for ur time

04-28-2010, 08:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,736 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	here are what their supposed to look like WARNING BIG PICS. lol __________________

04-28-2010, 08:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Juruki Track Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 965 Drives: 370Z Tour/Sport/Navi Rep Power: 18	Thx triple!! Ur the man these just felt so cheap and they came wraped with tape and got all sticky. Freaken stealership! I waited a lot for these things... Last edited by Juruki; 04-28-2010 at 08:24 PM.

04-28-2010, 08:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
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04-28-2010, 08:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 54	My sport came with the plastic caps also. They though they looked strange next to the metal stems. __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

04-28-2010, 08:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	Huh, I didn't get my caps either. I'm pretty sure those are the right ones. The ones on my G were metal and thin but was at times hard to thread it back on. I'm using my SSR wheel valve caps.

04-28-2010, 09:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 297	mine came with aluminum tips that say "Nitrogen only" pretty fancy. __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs

04-28-2010, 09:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
PapoZalsa A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Not in Sunny Florida Posts: 6,358 Drives: 16 Nismo w/Tech Pack Rep Power: 4501	If they put Nitrogen on your tires the caps will look different too, however they're metal not cheap plastic. __________________ 2009 370Z MB Base w/Sport Package 6MT Modshack's Custom Air Intakes /3M Clear Bra/ Illuminated Kick Plates / F. I CBE w/12" resonators / EVO-R Front Lip / Rear Hatch Wing / Tein S-Tech Springs /Ilegal Tint in the Rep. of VA/4x20mm Z1 Spacers/ Vinyl Roof/Liquid Carbon Designs

04-28-2010, 09:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2187	mine were the gray plastic on the sport package. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

04-28-2010, 09:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 54	Time to make fun of me... But why nitrogen in the tires? __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

04-28-2010, 09:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 54	tire pumps put fill tires with air. The following is the chemical makeup of air: Nitrogen (N2) 78.08 Oxygen (O2) 20.95 Argon (Ar) 0.93 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 0.033 Other trace elements 0.007 So is 100% nitrogen really that much better than air. How much does it cost to fill tires with nitrogen? __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

04-28-2010, 09:40 PM	#14 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,736 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	Please keep it on topic! __________________

04-28-2010, 10:04 PM	#15 (permalink)
fullmonty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dirty Jersey Posts: 7,762 Drives: 370 Touring/Sport Rep Power: 35	Theres a thread for the Nitrogen in tires questions __________________

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