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    Image of pres pres
    11/21/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    In case anyone cares, a neighbor approached me last night and told me that he saw someone running away from the car when he got home @ 3am. I guess the plot thickens.
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    Image of friedduck friedduck
    11/21/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    Does the Fail relate to the shoddy maintenance or the choice of a clapped out F&F extra as his daily transport?
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    11/21/08

    @friedduck:


    Yeah, it's a F&F extra. You can tell by the neons, gay dragon tribal graphics and tons of gauges in addition to the horrible body kit. Get a life.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    All I can do is remember the video we had a while back of all the wheels coming off a rallycross car and think "this could be worse".
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    Image of pres pres
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    Here's a shot of where it hit asphalt. It's the only place that I found aside from the front bumper where it hit.


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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    Notify my next of kin. This wheel shall explode.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    I hate 4 lug wheels. This is one reason why.
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    Image of pres pres
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    This is my beater/weekend autocrosser, now slightly more beaten.


    The back story is that we've had some interesting weather here in FL recently...30's at night, 70's during the day. I attribute that to at least a little bit of the situation. Last week, a local chassis fabrication shop had the wheels/brakes off and were measuring for a Wilwood brake caliper bracket and some groovy new hiem-joint tie rods as well. Usually, I don't let a soul touch my car but I was a guest in this fabrication shop. Ultimately, it was my fault for not double checking the lug nuts before departing and subsequently after 20 miles.


    Looking on the sunny side of life, anything that is bent will be replaced with something stronger. Good thing I have SPL on speed-dial.

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    Image of xeensd xeensd
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    At least the fender is cheap...

    I wonder if he was using spacers and snapped a lug.
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    Image of pres pres
    11/20/08

    @xeensd:


    No spacers were involved, all of the lugs are in-tact.

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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    This happened to me once on my old '83 Rabbit...only it wasn't the loose lugnuts, it was a rotten CV boot.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    11/20/08

    @Pete Gaines: northern car eh?
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    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    have to say, thats a fairly interesting paint scheme.
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    Image of Smitty Smitty
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    I kinda like the fender cut-out scoop formed by the departing tire. Reminds me of a '54 Buick Skylark.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/20/08

    @Smitty: Now it needs to be painted a contrasting color! Glad I'm not alone with that observation. A heart for you.
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    Image of pres pres
    11/20/08

    @FuzzyPlushroom:


    I was thinking early Corvette. I'll be sure to draw on it with a paint-pen tonight.

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    It's so funny, how you don't torque any more....
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    Cue trillions of commenters writing FAIL after everybloodything.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/20/08

    @Rust-MyEnemyEnjoysPleasure!!!!: Fail.


    Happy now?

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/20/08

    @NovaloadMissesPolar: Delighted. As always.
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    Image of BMWCARL BMWCARL
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    man those wheels look like they came off the tron set
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    Image of pres pres
    11/20/08

    @BMWCARL:


    They're 280ZX wheels. :) So, you're not that far off.

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    Image of TRUEBLUE'STANG TRUEBLUE'STANG
    11/20/08

    In reply to A Very Jalopnik PSA: Torque Your Lugs
    240sx? perhaps?
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    Image of djsyndrome djsyndrome
    11/20/08

    @TRUEBLUE'STANG: yes, but I'll bet my clutch pedal it's got a Silvia badge slapped on the back. All the cool weeaboo kids are doing it.
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    Image of pres pres
    11/20/08

    @djsyndrome:


    Nope. It's a hatchback.

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