Wow... This could have gone much worst.

 

I mean I could have forseen one, but chit...

 

damn wtf?

 

it looks more like the studs snapped due to spacers rather than the nuts comming off. (or am I stating the obvious?)

the good news, his day had to get better from right then on...

 

I you had stuck around longer at Expo you could have watched Chad do that!

 

what a freakin bummer.

that hurts to watch

 

One of two things .........

Sabotage, or stupidity.

Someone did that to him, or he forgot to tighten the lugs himself.

All in all ..... that blows!

 

That was awesome

 

"Hello all,
I was at the event and know the guy who owns the car. (No it wasn't me)
I was in the paddock area next to him changing wheels at the same time as him. I watched him torque all of them. I even borrowed his torque wrench to tighten mine (I always forget something after I get on the road).

He went to a wheel/tire business and asked for spline drive lug nuts for his particular make/model/year car for the Enkeis, and that's what they gave him. He did not purchase the tires or wheels from them, just the lug nuts.

The lug nuts where sheared off the studs. Several members lifted a corner of the car to slide a jack underneath it. With a few more jacks, blocks of wood, etc, they were able to mount the stock wheels and stock lugs nuts (at least 3 per wheel) back on, torque them and drive the car off course. The design of the car, possilbly for aerodynamics, tucks all mechanicals on the underside a little higher than the body line, or lowest part of the brake rotors. Not even the exhaust was really scratched.

I'm not a mechanic, but the mechanics theories there was that the lug nuts where the incorrect size, but they were just small enough to grip the outer edge of the threads (as I mentioned, they torqued to 75-80 ft/lbs without complaint).

Hopefully, the only damage is to the body and brakes."

http://forums.nasioc.com/forum...74879

 

i once forgot to torque them down, they were only finger tight. You'll feel the wheel shaking, from my experience.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slowhtwgn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
The lug nuts where sheared off the studs. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Same thing that happened to Chad - referenced above

 

He said he was using aluminum ebay lugs.........and then he pointed to my car and said, " Just like yours." I was like My instructor signed off on me right after that!

 

Yea, that looked crazy from the pics and from what I saw of the car in the pits. Definitley something you don't want to happen.

BTW. 88rex, your car was moving.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RStoR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I you had stuck around longer at Expo you could have watched Chad do that! </TD></TR></TABLE> clownshoes

 

ps dont buy cheap ****

 

that sucks. The worst that has happened to me was 3 studs break and the rim snapped off. Sucks to see. Wish him the best.

 

not for nothing but how many of you laughed?

holy **** that was crazy i never seen that be4

 

talk about driving the wheels off..

 

yea that was pretty absurd... hopefully the car isn't too badly damaged. Don't buy cheap lugs I guess, or be sure they are the right size

 

that was crazy....looks like some body didn't check to see if they were tight....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by importfan2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that was crazy....looks like some body didn't check to see if they were tight....</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, not 1 lugnut but 16 to 20?

but the story is posted above.

 

Damn but like someone said... you can usually hear the wheel shaking and overall driving wierd. For that to happen it had to of been a while I think.