What happens when tire flys off when going 75mph

#22
SaleenGT2001 said:
did you talk to the owner of the shop??? i would tell them that if they dont pay up i would be consulting my attorney for not just the damages but also some compensation for their neglegence and almost being killed.
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sure did...he said

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thats it! They had both wheels off before...they could tell that I didn't have this special bold from summit racing....their crazy
 
#23
so the shop wanted you to buy longer studs? then the lug nuts you had would not have seated properly. i dont see why longer studs would have helped.....
 
#24
BS!!!! damn people like that piss me off!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :uzi: :damnit: why the hell would you need those studs??? your not running slicks!!!! get another shop to look at the car and get their opinion on what happened. then fill out a police report!! have a cop go talk som **** to them. maybe that will straighten their bitch ass out!!!! and if not :uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi:
 
#28
If the stud holes in the wheels are elongated the lugs were not tight. They wobbled and widdled there way until the studs broke but you should ahve had one hell of a vibration before that happened.
 
#31
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Riding on bare metal, this young punk still thought he could get away.
 
#38
If the studs weren't going to work on your car they should have never touched it in the first place. You should hold them liable especially for putting studs back on your car, that in their opinion, would not work. Being that the studs snapped I'd be willing to bet anything that they were over torqued. A lot of shops usually just torque the **** out of the lugs with an impact.
 
#39
I agree with Procharger GT, that if the studs were wrong, then they should have told you had actually put it in writing. Kind of like when you get your brakes or tires checked and the shop recomends replacement and you deny it. If its on paper the shop is safe, they warned you.

Since the shop did not do that, I would go after them in court. Add it up and rape the shop bare since they risked your life.

- Money spent on original work
- Money / Time lost on the day accident
- Money / Time spent on renting a car
- Money / Time spent on getting car fixed
- Risk of life, if you are the head of a household (Dad) even better.

I think you could probably get all the costs of the car paid for, the time you lost from work, and I say atleast $10-$20K on just their mistake that risked your life.

Take half that money and find a new shop and do some more work on it.

~K
 
#40
This same thing happened to me last October. Three weeks after the shop put on the 17 x 10.5 bullit wheels, my rear drivers side fell off. I felt a vibration and started to slow down, then i heard it break off. The shop did not want to take the blame, but eventually they ended up paying about half and giving me store credit for the rest. Later i hear that this has happened before and that you have to retorque some of these wheels after a couple of days once they are first put on.
 
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