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Old 11-10-08, 04:08 PM
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bad day on the highway

going down 169 around 60mph when the wheel came off
dont trust other people to put your wheels on.







Old 11-10-08, 04:13 PM
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O man, glad to see your okay. Bad damage done to the car?
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Ouch, that sucks. Had that happen to me a while back, when someone tried to take my Königs. I was lucky and there was literally no damage at all.

How much damage did it do? I would like to see some closer pictures of the rear axle.

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Old 11-10-08, 06:07 PM
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Man sorry to hear about that. I had the same thing happen to me when i swapped my rearend and had a guy helping me. He did not torque the rear wheels. Luckily i was coming home after test driving it and only about 25 yrds from my driveway. Hope everything is ok
Old 11-10-08, 06:11 PM
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That's to bad i hope nothing bad happned to the car,sorry to here that...
Old 11-10-08, 07:23 PM
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Ouch.

Yet another reason to do your own wrenching.
Old 11-10-08, 07:45 PM
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That sucks. I always take a walk around my car if it ever goes to the shop. It's amazing how many small items (usually centercaps) just happen to go missing.
Old 11-11-08, 01:27 PM
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well surprisingly there is no damage at all! it just scraped it up a bit and just needed to clean up the threads. thank god!
Old 11-11-08, 02:32 PM
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Man you got lucky. Glad it worked out in the end.
Old 11-11-08, 02:36 PM
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^^^lol my thoughts exactly. beat me to it, lol.
Old 11-11-08, 06:40 PM
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you got layed off at the 69 marker hahahah anyways, glad everything came out alright at the end man, that would have sucked big monkey *****.
Old 11-11-08, 08:04 PM
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Same wheel for me too on 285 eastbound:





These SUCK(I now have conventional studs and lugs):



had to replace brake disc:



Old 11-11-08, 08:35 PM
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i think i just have bad luck, 2 years ago in my blue fb i lost the same wheel the same way lol.

87 turbo II- do you go to the OGTA (sp) meetings? if so, we will have to meet when i move down there.
Old 11-11-08, 08:59 PM
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Man alex glad youre ok! You bringing that FB to the meet next week?
Old 11-11-08, 09:12 PM
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yup, i cant wait for it!!!!

im ready to kick some FC butt lol

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Old 11-11-08, 09:25 PM
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yup, i cant wait for it!!!!

im ready to kick some FC butt lol
haha well i would totally race you... but my clutch master cylinder and other things are out so ill have to catch a ride
Old 11-12-08, 06:58 AM
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i've never had a problem with the stock lug bolts. as long as they're torqued properly you should never have a problem.
Old 11-12-08, 12:15 PM
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ouch!!
the same thing happened to me a few years ago in my RX2, the front driverside wheel
it ended up BAD!
to make a long story short. the wheel that came off bounced out to the other side of the freeway and went through a civics windshield. it ended up killing the guy and caused him to hit 2 other cars. it was like a bad dream
i really didnt know what to say. it wasnt my fault. i had the car for a week and i never touched the wheels. just another freak accident
ironically this was on 9/11/01
Old 11-13-08, 05:08 AM
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i'm impressed it didn't sustain SEVERE damage to that driver side assembly...i always figured DISASTER, but it seemed to hold up pretty well,
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Originally Posted by Rotarx7
ouch!!
the same thing happened to me a few years ago in my RX2, the front driverside wheel
it ended up BAD!
to make a long story short. the wheel that came off bounced out to the other side of the freeway and went through a civics windshield. it ended up killing the guy and caused him to hit 2 other cars. it was like a bad dream
i really didnt know what to say. it wasnt my fault. i had the car for a week and i never touched the wheels. just another freak accident
ironically this was on 9/11/01
That is scary. What happened next? Did they try to charge or sue you?
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