My wheel fell off!!!!!
Feb 2, 2009, 06:32 AM
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I don't mind the people taking the lugnuts "off" with an impact gun ( personally I'd rather not see one of those things near my wheels period ), but they can take the extra time hand tightening them with a 4way or something. The tire place that I use now lets me take the wheels off and reinstall them myself. Now, if they'd just let me align my car myself...
The last tire place that I went to, I told the person they could use my tq wrench and he just gave me the "deer in the headlights" look. Needless to say, I put the wheels back on myself and never used their services again. There are countless rednecks employed there who watch entirely too much NASCAR. Its just a case of "monkey see, monkey do".
Next time you see one of those rednecks at a tire place, just offer them a Mt. Dew if they let you put the wheels back on. I'm sure they'll oblige.
I'm sure you've all seen this, but Ron White does a bit about Sears and his van wheel falling off, its HILARIOUS!
The last tire place that I went to, I told the person they could use my tq wrench and he just gave me the "deer in the headlights" look. Needless to say, I put the wheels back on myself and never used their services again. There are countless rednecks employed there who watch entirely too much NASCAR. Its just a case of "monkey see, monkey do".
Next time you see one of those rednecks at a tire place, just offer them a Mt. Dew if they let you put the wheels back on. I'm sure they'll oblige.
I'm sure you've all seen this, but Ron White does a bit about Sears and his van wheel falling off, its HILARIOUS!
Feb 2, 2009, 06:39 AM
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Ever since I had a complete set of TrakLites destroyed from my 2G, I refuse to take any of my cars and/or wheels to anyone except for me or doing it somewhere I know someone.
About the JDM stuff I highly doubt that you'll be able to get it through the dealership, but if you can good job. Prices were up to ~6-650 near the end of summer here, so I bet they're higher than that with the economy being about as reliable as a meth-dependent hooker.
About the JDM stuff I highly doubt that you'll be able to get it through the dealership, but if you can good job. Prices were up to ~6-650 near the end of summer here, so I bet they're higher than that with the economy being about as reliable as a meth-dependent hooker.
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Feb 2, 2009, 06:46 AM
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Hey now, there aint anything wrong with a bunch of rednecks that watch NASCAR!! I happen to be one of them. Granted, I do have to give it to you that there are a bunch that dont know their heads from their a$$. Those are the ones that go muddin and snap their axle housing and fix it with duct tape. Crap, I guess I have done that before..
If I dont have to fix something on\offroad and can do it home, its done right. I am right there with yall, I will let only a few people that I know really know their stuff touch any of my vehicles.
+1 for you man.
If it had been me, I would have lost it and beat the guy unconscious
If I dont have to fix something on\offroad and can do it home, its done right. I am right there with yall, I will let only a few people that I know really know their stuff touch any of my vehicles.+1 for you man.
If it had been me, I would have lost it and beat the guy unconscious
Feb 2, 2009, 06:52 AM
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Good luck! I hope they pay you!! I had a accident where the front headlight (one) was scraped on my IX MR and with what the Insurance gave me, I was only $100.00 short of the cost of: JDM VIII Head lights (BOTH!!)...So, I chipped-in on got them! I say go with that JDM Rear Bumper!! Again, BEST of LUCK!! Let us know what happens!!
Lastly, sorry, you might NOT want to look at photos of your car messed-up, but it's EVIDENCE!! TAKE PHOTOS!!! Just in case this has to go a step further, you are covered!! It has helped me tremondously!! I keep an old 'point & shoot' camera in my car...
Lastly, sorry, you might NOT want to look at photos of your car messed-up, but it's EVIDENCE!! TAKE PHOTOS!!! Just in case this has to go a step further, you are covered!! It has helped me tremondously!! I keep an old 'point & shoot' camera in my car...
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that really sux.... well i'd sue the shop and make some pretty good amount of money
Feb 2, 2009, 08:45 AM
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I'm actually surprised at how accomodating the manager was. I am dead serious, I've known many shops where they wouldn't have taken any resonsibility for that and say it was your fault somehow. Accountability is rare these days.
Feb 2, 2009, 09:28 AM
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hey at least your not this guy!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I
sry to hear what happened man!!!! JDM bumper ftw!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I
sry to hear what happened man!!!! JDM bumper ftw!!!
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You are lucky you didn't go on the freeway and have your wheel fall off. A friend of mine did, the car got messed up pretty bad as you can imagine, the front drivers side wheel fell off while going 65. (luckily he didn't hit any other cars, he was ok, and he didn't drive an Evo).
Also, when i bought a set of new tires at discount tire, while they were lifting my evo up, the idiot didn't set the lift arm correctly, and it pushed up on the sideskirt. The sideskirt popped off on one side. I was like WTF. Luckily it is flexible and didn't break. It popped right back in.
I recommend if you take your car somewhere, stand next to the car while they do the work, that way you can catch any mistakes like this.
I'm not even done yet. This was a few years back, i took my eclipse for an alignment at pep boys. Long story short, they messed up my alignment, and it took them from friday morning til saturday morning, they first said theres a lot fo cars in front of me so i had to wait; then they said their alignment machine broke and had a guy trying to fix it. So by the end of the day, i said give me my car i'm going somewhere else, but they couldn't give it to me until saturday morning because they closed the shop, i was like wtf. The car was pulling to the left like crazy (i had just gotten new tires on it). Took it to belle tire, they fixed it right up.
Good luck with your car.
Also, when i bought a set of new tires at discount tire, while they were lifting my evo up, the idiot didn't set the lift arm correctly, and it pushed up on the sideskirt. The sideskirt popped off on one side. I was like WTF. Luckily it is flexible and didn't break. It popped right back in.
I recommend if you take your car somewhere, stand next to the car while they do the work, that way you can catch any mistakes like this.
I'm not even done yet. This was a few years back, i took my eclipse for an alignment at pep boys. Long story short, they messed up my alignment, and it took them from friday morning til saturday morning, they first said theres a lot fo cars in front of me so i had to wait; then they said their alignment machine broke and had a guy trying to fix it. So by the end of the day, i said give me my car i'm going somewhere else, but they couldn't give it to me until saturday morning because they closed the shop, i was like wtf. The car was pulling to the left like crazy (i had just gotten new tires on it). Took it to belle tire, they fixed it right up.
Good luck with your car.