Make sure you tighten your lugs...or else!

AmBo

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http://www.teamjamoto.com/dixeregionpage.htm#v8301600

 

AmBo

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the pegs/studs tore right off! GAH!

 

streetstang03

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what a dumbass

 

04DarkShadowGT

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that was awesome

 

XtorT'r

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Classic

 

AvalancheSVT

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all that money on all those goodies and that mother doesn't own an impact?!

LOL that sucks.

 

Tally_4.6

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Maybe you guys shouldn't pass judgement before you get a hold of what happened.

The owner of the car is a guy named Fritz, he's a local here in Tally. The story...off of TMCA.

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---- I feel bad for this guy (he is a local) at the Dixie SCCA Autocross at Cecil Today...Apparently his aftermarket lugs were not correct for his studs

---- Count 'em...4.

That front left was snagged on the bent stud...Poor Bastard

It was amazing, all 20 lugs just exploded off the car as he went to negotiate the first slolum cone, then wheels started flying every where...I have never seen anything even remotely close to that deal..

---- That sucks for Fritz, didn't he just get those lugnuts last week?

---- apparantly he was sold the wrong lug nuts


These were diff. people ^^ posting this.

 

whyask

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Couldnt he have the company the sold him the wrongs ones be held liable, or would that fall under user error ??

 

BennyBlown2v

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That FD got raped! It's always crazy seeing that happen at an auto-x/OT...but all four DANG!

 

AvalancheSVT

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that sucks and everything but jeez man, you gotta know you dont have the right lug nuts when you're putting them on, ya know? that sounds like a huge (and expensive) learning experience.

 

AmBo

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Yea, i read that he was sold the wrong lugs, but cmon...WOOOOOW! Insaaaaane video

 

SXYXC

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I feel sorry for the guy but when i watched the video i luaghed so hard. But really that sucks hard core

 

streetstang03

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how do you get the wrong lugs, they either fit or they dont.

 

AvalancheSVT

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some threads are close enough to fit on with a lot of force or fit on so loose that they might work themselves off.

if he had the wrong lugs they probably just powered on em on with an impact and thought they were good. thats gotta suck.

 

goshia

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What a dork.... where only missing one like it makes in difference now....

 

merc123

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That's funny to watch tires go everywhere. I thought it was almost staged because of how every wheel came off. Sucks though.

 

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Sounds like it's a great excuse to save embarassment about the wrong lugs.

 

Mike97gt

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WillDuhhBeast said:

Sounds like it's a great excuse to save embarassment about the wrong lugs.

Click to expand...

I agree. He is still a idiot.

Most likely cause of this is if he tried to use standard lugs nuts with no acorn that was meant for a hub centric wheel on a wheel that needed acorn lug nuts. The wheels on his car are lug centric so they needed acorn nuts.

If thats what happened then he is a true idiot.


Even worse if it was the wrong thread pitch, if you don't notice that then you have no business being near a wrench.

 

DTNODYA

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I don't care what the story is ... that was some funny ****!! I rarely ever laugh out loud from a video but this one made me