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Nov 25, 2008 | 07:27 AM

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Invader_Zim

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damn shit sucks, at least you werent going fast when it decided to come off. coulda ended up alot worse. g/l on getting that car fixed

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Nov 25, 2008 | 08:20 AM

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Car is pretty much fixed now. I just need to put the new fender on and it's as right as rain.

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Nov 25, 2008 | 09:06 AM

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Nov 25, 2008 | 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by presidential

Damn Dan!

I found out from a neighbor that someone was running away from my car as the neighbor was coming home @ 3am. So, the plot thickens.

someone trying to steal the nazi's? damn low lives, I have some extra locking lugs if you want them free, they didn't fit my wheels. the Spec-v brembo wheels are often stolen, so I bought some 7 sided titanium lugs to protect them. My new building has 24hr security so I'm good now. but those chrome locks are just sitting in my tool box.

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Nov 25, 2008 | 11:52 AM

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shit if he doesn't want them ill take them...wheel locks are your friend as long as you dont lose the key!

Nov 25, 2008 | 12:27 PM

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Nov 25, 2008 | 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by treekiller

Yeah, I don't get it either. They're basically 150 dollar junkyard finds with 300+ dollars worth of my labor on them and 300 bucks worth of tires. Since labor is worthless to most lowlifes, that's 450 bucks to be lowballed down to 200 dollars. I'll take a look at the nuts when I get back into town on Saturday.

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Nov 25, 2008 | 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by presidential

Damn Dan!

I found out from a neighbor that someone was running away from my car as the neighbor was coming home @ 3am. So, the plot thickens.

Went underneith the car today and nothing was hurt. It didn't even hit the control arm. I put new lugnuts all the way around on it today and it drives like it should. The new fender I got will be going on shortly after Thanksgiving. So all in all, it's not bad at all. Scary, yes, bad, not really.

Ill buy you one of these!

Nov 25, 2008 | 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordan Y.

So the moral of this story is to stop instantly if you feel your wheel coming off, ninja out into traffic and crank the lugs down a few turns before you're run over by a semi, instead of trying to make it to a safe turnoff. Got it.

Ive done this before. I stopped right away and put my emergency lights on.. I almost got ran over by a Bmw M5 while I was bending over to tightin my lugs and then a cop pulled over. I told him I was fine just checkin my tires he was yelling at me because I stopped in the middle of the road.

I think he looked at me funny because my hatch was three different colors,lowered and loud as fuck.