just got the rays valvestems in to replace the rubber ones that came with my te-37's. just thought i'd post some quick pictures of these little buggers.





* for what it's worth, they usually come in blue, but they have black as well for the stealth look.

i hope this is of interest to fellow rays engineering/volk owners.

 

newbie-ish question: why are metal valvestems needed for track use again???

so they dont break off/get broken off & lead to flat tires?

 

bling!

very nice!

 

ill give it about 2 weeks before some ricer jacks thoughs

 

Now j00 safer grasshappa! Looking good, when I put on for j00?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by REFLUX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">newbie-ish question: why are metal valvestems needed for track use again???

so they dont break off/get broken off & lead to flat tires?</TD></TR></TABLE>

exactly. they don't want any foreign debris flying around; the rubber/plastic valvestems flex a lot and are more likely to fall off. also, if there is a sudden loss of tire pressure, you could spin out and cause some havoc.


Modified by kepani at 7:10 AM 10/24/2003

 

Very nice! I would definately get those black ones.

 

they look great!! how much did you pick them up for?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Denny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ill give it about 2 weeks before some ricer jacks thoughs </TD></TR></TABLE>

spel chek...

Those..

btw nice valvestems.

 

Nice Post a pic after you install them.

 

price?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Denny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ill give it about 2 weeks before some ricer jacks thoughs </TD></TR></TABLE>

How do you figure?

Unless they take his wheels altogether, it'd be damned near impossible to remove Just those valvestems since they mount from inside the wheel.

 

i have a nice bl00 set if anyone wants them...

 

You have my caps still too don'tcha?

Thanx alot again BTW

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1GreyTeg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

How do you figure?

Unless they take his wheels altogether, it'd be damned near impossible to remove Just those valvestems since they mount from inside the wheel.

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i think hes talking about the caps .......durh

 

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i was hoping the caps were 7-sided with matching locking keys to prevent ricerage.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Art Vandeleigh &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they look great!! how much did you pick them up for?</TD></TR></TABLE>

art, they're about $10usd a piece. they came out to about $44usd including tax. not expensive at all.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NunRacer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice Post a pic after you install them.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the comps guys. will be sure to post mounted pics.

 

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tell me about it. all my volk valvestem COVERS were jacked. all i have now are the lovely valvestems itself

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kepani &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

art, they're about $10usd a piece. they came out to about $44usd including tax. not expensive at all.

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Where did you order them from? Looks nice btw.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by db8sirg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Where did you order them from? Looks nice btw.</TD></TR></TABLE>

in the following link is a list of rays distributors. i found a convenient location in ca and ordered the stems through them. http://www.mackinindustries.com/dist_rays.html

 

All the volks I've owned have come with black valve stems (SE-37K's 3 years ago and my CE 28N's....I don't remeber what my Gram Lights came with).

You tighten them from the inside of the wheel so if a someone wants them that bad they'll justhelp themselves to your whole ******* wheel.

 

but the caps aren't thief-proof...
of course u can just roll around w/just the valvestems with an exposed hole which is what i did for awhile. ended up just taking out the blue valvestems and back to good ole boring rubber!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98R-1144 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but the caps aren't thief-proof...
of course u can just roll around w/just the valvestems with an exposed hole which is what i did for awhile. ended up just taking out the blue valvestems and back to good ole boring rubber! </TD></TR></TABLE>

then what you do with the rays vavestems?

 

sittin in my desk drawer lookin pretty