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

 

O man, glad to see your okay. Bad damage done to the car?

 

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.

 

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

 

That's to bad i hope nothing bad happned to the car,sorry to here that...

 

Ouch.

Yet another reason to do your own wrenching.

 

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.

 

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!

 

Man you got lucky. Glad it worked out in the end.

 

^^^lol my thoughts exactly. beat me to it, lol.

 

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 *****.

 

Same wheel for me too on 285 eastbound:





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



had to replace brake disc:

 

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.

 

Man alex glad youre ok! You bringing that FB to the meet next week?

 

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

 

i've never had a problem with the stock lug bolts. as long as they're torqued properly you should never have a problem.

 

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

 

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,

 

That is scary. What happened next? Did they try to charge or sue you?