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BillyJeanKing 07-19-2017 01:29 AM

Tars be dangerous y0
 

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TATERNATER 07-19-2017 04:04 PM

Gotta check dat date yo

Dubyagee 07-26-2017 01:23 AM

Tars be dangerous y0
 
That cut tire does not look new. They do make retreads for cars and light trucks tho.

theholycow 07-26-2017 02:34 PM

Related: Had a wheel/tire fly off :gB: yesterday.

Had a thumping like a failing tire tread. Pulled over and inspected tires, nothing wrong. Visually inspected brakes, suspension, etc. Checked lug nuts by hand; when they've loosened before it was obvious because they looked backed out and I could turn them with my fingers.

Got off highway and took side roads, slowly, with thumping louder and more of a whacking/cracking sound. Pulled over to check it a couple more times, still couldn't find anything wrong.

Got most of the way home when I saw a lug nut fly up into the air. A moment later, before I could react much, I saw a tire fly up into the air. I was going over a small bridge and it looked like it was gonna roll into a little canal-like thing nearby where it would be difficult to retrieve but luckily it didn't.

Luckily there was the perfect spot to deal with it right after the bridge, so I stopped there, on smooth flat pavement well off of the 25mph residential road...at least it's somewhere safe. Fender got crushed. One lug stud was broken off. Obviously it was loose lug nuts after all. Retrieved wheel, dug around and found my spare lug nuts, jacked car, put on wheel and applied nuts to the remaining 4 studs. Drove home without incident, kept speed reasonable, everything was smooth and quiet...even slightly ground-flat brake rotor offered no symptoms. We'll see if it affects balance at highway speed I guess.

Gotta get out there to replace the stud, inspect allthethings, and maybe remove fender to try to straighten it. I have a spare fender, I think the correct side, that I got at the junkyard last fall or spring...felt iffy about blowing the money but I knew it was a good investment. Also have a bunch of chrome trim, which I may need for the chrome rocker trim that got mangled.

Oh, and I gotta dig up a spare cap for the wheel bearing...pretty sure I have one somewhere.

http://i.imgur.com/fae1npt.jpg

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Fucking aluminum wheels.

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Oh, and that was with brand new studs (a few months old) and relatively new nuts (a couple years).

I've had them loosen on a similar set of aluminum wheels before replacing the studs and nuts, so it's not the studs, not the nuts, and not the individual wheels...it's the aluminum material. Spec is 80 ft-lb, I tighten to 110. Guess I'll start gorilla-tightening like mechanics/tire shops seem to always do...

TATERNATER 07-26-2017 05:58 PM

Fak cao

nekkidhillbilly 07-26-2017 06:02 PM

new fender time

theholycow 07-26-2017 06:03 PM

Fender from junkyard is wrong side. Fak.

Using two trees and some jacks as a makeshift press trying to straighten the fender. Not easy.

Cez★ 07-26-2017 06:07 PM

Wtf. So lugs were tight enough for you to not know they were loose but not tight enough to hold wheel?

theholycow 07-27-2017 01:48 AM

idunno iguess

So I took the fender off and rigged a press to straighten it somewhat.
http://i.imgur.com/0JpBFFD.jpg

Looks like shit.
http://i.imgur.com/DpuWISz.jpg

When the paint dries it should match better...still gonna look like shit.

Fuck it. Found a nasty bit of frame rot. :gB: probably has 3 to 5 years to live. Not gonna spend money on cosmetic shit.

Cez★ 07-27-2017 02:39 AM

Time for fiberglass widebody :richboy:

theholycow 07-27-2017 03:02 AM

Cardboard + bondo bodykit :imo

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0001_large.jpg

Cez★ 07-27-2017 03:07 AM

Thats slick as fuck. Hows it do in the rain?

theholycow 07-27-2017 03:08 AM

Reactive material technology :nerd:

stonehenge 07-27-2017 03:50 AM

Fuck, poor GB :emo:

Luckily it didn't throw you over the bridge :uhoh:

Sent from my Moto G5 Plus

Cez★ 07-27-2017 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theholycow (Post 569079)
Reactive material technology :nerd:

:whoa:

BillyJeanKing 07-27-2017 04:13 AM

cao almost was roadkill

fts

theholycow 07-27-2017 01:44 PM

I found the spare chrome I have for it. When I replace the chrome it will cover the worst part of the visible damage.

The paint didn't dry to a better color. WTF, I could swear that it was an amazingly perfect match when I bought it. Maybe the perfect match was a different can of paint...

stonehenge 07-27-2017 02:07 PM

Honestly doesn't look bad considering how fucked it was less than 24hrs ago :shrug:

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Cez★ 07-27-2017 04:58 PM

:imo


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