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Old 07-17-2009, 03:07 PM
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Get some tuner style lug nuts...

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Originally Posted by blertawho
Get some tuner style lug nuts...

thats the kind i have on my car for the CCWs. I like the low profile on them a lot
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same thing happened to me with my ruffs
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same **** happend to me with my Evo's....
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
I'm confused.. You get judgment for them to pay a body shop of your choice to fix the fenders, and they also have to pay to get your wheels repainted.. Tell me again how didn't the little man win???
You are right i did I ust thought there practices deserved more punishment.

I did win but this could happen to some poor bastard again.
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
thats the kind i have on my car for the CCWs. I like the low profile on them a lot
Im able to search but because i just wanna be sure can you give me a link to the ones you actually have?
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Syko:

I don't mean to give you sh*t, but before you went to these losers, had you ever gone to them before? Did you know anyone who was a previous customer? Not to say any of this was your fault, I was just curious. I know when it comes to my car, I only take it to 1 of 3 places that I've been taking it to for the past 8 years.

Again, what happened sucks! Hope your misfortune spreads like a virus on their shoddy business (practices).
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sry dude i would be f#ck!ng POED! if i were u hope it looks better!
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Originally Posted by hitmanws6
its pretty damn hard to break a stud off. hard to believe they wouldnt be careful with wheels that nice
i literally watched a friend break 2 in a week on his 99 v6. wtf he did to that car to deserve that, idk...
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Originally Posted by thecobrahunter
Syko:

I don't mean to give you sh*t, but before you went to these losers, had you ever gone to them before? Did you know anyone who was a previous customer? Not to say any of this was your fault, I was just curious. I know when it comes to my car, I only take it to 1 of 3 places that I've been taking it to for the past 8 years.

Again, what happened sucks! Hope your misfortune spreads like a virus on their shoddy business (practices).
No man I never did business with them. I live in a VERY small town and there are only a couple of shops around here. This was the only one i never tried . . .and will be the last.

I was wanting to go to Corinth,MS(40 mi away) but I was already driving on a spare and didn't wanna risk it. So i settled for here. . . . . . GUESS I SHOULDA RISKED IT!
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Yeah, well...that still sucks. Hope it all works out for the best 4 ya.
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You can get the tuner lug nuts just about anywhere, I got mine at autozone. The thread is 12 mm X 1.5 (M12X1.5) very common.
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this is why I tighten my wheels by hand, there's no need for a pneumatic tool, it's overkill.
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Originally Posted by Marc3.4V6
this is why I tighten my wheels by hand, there's no need for a pneumatic tool, it's overkill.
no, that's not why.

On a sidenote, when I was getting my exhaust done, I was watching the guy set the 2post lift under my car. Before they lifted, I checked to see where the guy had set the lift, and he was going to lift from the tab.

I told that bastard that you're not supposed to lift from there, and that he should lift from more "inside" (the rubber block).

He said, "It's not the first time we lift a car up"

I told him, "I know, but you're not supposed to lift from there, it'll punch out my fenders." Then the supervisor came in and lifted the car from the chassis.

******* NOOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Default the horror is over.

Got the car back today took a pic of where the the MAJOR gouge used to be. all in all im very pleased with the touchup. Fenders look good as well.

Can someone PLZ give me a PM with a site that sells the lugs that fit this wheel. the tuner style or whatever you other kids with Ruff racing wheels use. I can't find them anywhere.
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I would recommend McGard or Gorilla Tuner/Spline drive lugs. I'm running McGard spline drives on my DD and am very impressed by the quality. Dont buy cheap ones(speaking from experience), most of them come with cheap sockets that crack or break if you actually torque your lugs down, then they also rust after about a year because of the cheap chrome.

Here's exactly what you need on Summit(assuming your rims use a conical seat), this kit includes locking lugs
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MCG-65557/
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Originally Posted by Sykokilla
So i was sooo happy I got my new Ruff wheels and brand new tires for my 98 camaro.

Took them to a local shop and the rednecks broke off a stud trying to put them on and did this!



They are marred all four wheels lug holes darn it! I paid for them and this is not the look I wanted for my first drive out on the town.

Im going back tomorrow to bitch

P.S they flared out my fenders with the lift too

Originally Posted by whytryz28
Everytime I need a tire change, I remove the rims and take the wheels there. I dont trust these uneducated rednecks with my cars.
I wouldn't even start to trust them past changing the tire on the rims.
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I have relatives that live in Corinth, you say you live in a small town, you must cause Corinth isn't too big either. If it would have been me, Memphis is where you should have went, IMHO. But glad it all worked out.

PS-I trust very few people with my stuff, I would not let some $8 an hour guy change my oil, why should I let the same $8 and hour guy put my mega$ rims on...redneck or not. Its not the redneck part that hosed it up, its the STUPID part that did...



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