"BE" <n3wsr3ad3r_|@|_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:BF430A76.37928%n3wsr3ad3r_|@|_sbcglobal.net.. .
>
> That's a good point - I hadn't lost wheel covers on any car I've owned
> before, so it did not occur to me that there might be some benefit to
> doing
> them that way.
>
> What bugged me most about them was when I brought the car into Wal-Mart
> for
> a tire rotation. The moron who re-bolted my wheels bolted one with the
> wheel
> covers in the wrong position, so that the air stem was covered up and
> inaccessible. I didn't notice it until months later, when I wanted to
> check
> my air pressure. I had to spend an hour to get the wheel removed and
> re-attached just so I could do that.

I've had that happen before, but I stand right there with them as they're
doing the work. So it's easy enough to point out the two tabs that go on
each side of the valve stem.

Brian