Almost wrecked my Lincoln last night - thanks to theives

wow Joey
really good to see you alive man
havent been around lately and you have good reason too
get that Mark running good again so i wont have the only lux coupe on the forum anymore!

 

Damn that thing is clean.


Same sh!t happened to my friends blazer....my other friend who is a complete retard sold my other friend with the blazer his 18 inch rims.

Fuking put them on with a 8 inch socket wrench...also the wheels were backwards because the tires are directional...he didn't even know it...he said he tightened them as tight as he could with the 8 inch wrench...I was like wtf are you thinking???

Friend was driving down a small backstreet with his girlfriend and noticed his front left wheel rolling next to him and tried to stop...grinded on his rotor for about 50 yards and pulled over....wheel rolled and took out some guys S10 truck.

Lesson learned was to correctly use a torque wrench or anything bigger than an 8 inch socket wrench to put rims on...and put them on facing the right direction.

 

indeed....Do they sell them in full sets of locking nuts??

 

Dont want your wheels stolen? theres an easier way... get some lock-tite. the blue 242 works good. can be broken loose with a really good impact. use a regular lug wrench and forget it!!!!!!!!!!! But this method sucks if you get a flat out in the midle of BFE.....unless you get a flat right next to either A) an gas station or B) carry a cutting torch or C)are james bond and the car can fly

 

lol...wow...could a cordless hammer drill work??

 

That frikkin sucks!

How will the damage be paid for? Is this something that insurance can cover?

 

No, its a different type of impact, totally different than an impact gun

 

lol Joey has it all
the man with a plan lol

 

Glad to hear that you're okay, Joey.

and glad to hear that all the thieves got was a couple of lugnuts.

sorry about the damage to you ride, though.. Hoping the insurance takes good care of you.

 

about 3 years ago Someone stole 2 honeycomb style wheels from my pops and came back the next nite to grab the other 2 only to find out they were a diffrent style an left them.we noticed it first thing in the mornin an switched the wheels with a beater set but the wheels werent on the car they sat stacked up rite next to the driveway,but we put it there because things like that never happen in my nieghborhood intill that, than a week later we saw a pos honda driveby with the wheels on his car so we saw what he looked like an he was new to the nieghborhood, so we went to his house and took them rite off the car an rolled them home,but it didnt stop there he came back 2 nites later an stole all 4 wheels off my mustang an then went to his house an they were behind his house,so i knocked on the door,he opened the door and then BOOM he was on the floor with a broken nose and rolled my wheels home But it still didnt stop he came back and smashed the rear window out of my dads Merkur xr4ti so whatever it was a parts car i didnt really feel like playin this stupid game anymore he was like 16 anyway im not gonna kill him,but he never bothered us anymore

 

With the stuff in his backyard, it would have been pretty easy to prove that it was him stealing the stuff. Didn't feel like fooling with the police on this one?

 

Ouch at the insurance.

I guess you lucked out on the damage, even though it's hard to say that you lucked up in any aspect of this situation.