this guy drove the wheels of his fkn car`

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Jun 15, 2007 | 09:02 AM

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Sharky

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Originally Posted by rau

i spot the next victim to be beaten to death by a Rota

For a random comment that really didn't pertain to anything? Sounds like your just inciting an incident.....

Not cool.

Jun 15, 2007 | 09:03 AM

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bad driver... bad bad bad.

Jun 15, 2007 | 09:44 AM

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suby_dude

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Originally Posted by Sharky

For a random comment that really didn't pertain to anything? Sounds like your just inciting an incident.....

Not cool.

ha ha. ya he's been knows to do that!

nice random comment!

-sd

Jun 15, 2007 | 11:10 AM

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DetailAddict

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man, this would suck... wonder if he could sue the shop for damage...

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Originally Posted by Shtirlitz

No, the lugnuts have been torqued with a torque wrench but failure reason was:
"He bought lug nuts by telling merchant what car, wheel, etc. Apparently they had the wrong threading. He could torque them to 80lbs and all seemed fine, right up until..."

Jun 15, 2007 | 12:00 PM

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wimprezax06

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Originally Posted by suby_dude

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this is call owned!!! lol

but REPOST

Jun 15, 2007 | 12:08 PM

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joltdudeuc

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Originally Posted by sybir

Guy tightened and torqued his nuts. Tire store sold him the wrong size tuner nuts (it was a new set of wheels and his stock lugs wouldn't work), so they caught the edge of the studs enough to torque, but couldn't handle any load

Still the ****ers own responsibility.

-Gagan

Jun 15, 2007 | 12:12 PM

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joltdudeuc

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Even more of a reason he's a moron. A lug with the incorrect thread will not easily go on. Anyone whos ever tried to fit two things with different threads will know within 1 turn that the threads are off.

-Gagan