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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Well i was at work today and someone walked in the store and asked who drove the black TA.....they said it had a flat. I walked outside and looked and the tire was just a bit slack. I looked around the tire and couldnt find any holes or nails. So i drove it up do the local store to pupm the tire up. Come to find out someone took and glued my caps on the valve stems. I tryed to get the cap off but it wouldn't move. Come to find out....all my caps on all the tire had been glued on. I finally got he cap off by cutting the back of the stem with a pair of cutters. So now i have to get a new valve stem on the front passenger tire. Hopefully the tire shop can find a way to get the other caps off without replacing the stems. It probably wouldnt have been so bad if the stems were plastic but theyre the metal ones that come on the firehawk wheels, I usually check my tires every two weeks to make sure they are right, So i guess someone thought it would be funny to let some air out the front tire and put some glue in them. I checked the whole tire and there are no leaks but from the valvestem where i had to cut it. Now im just waiting for someone to come up and tell me it was a prank. Going to be a bad day for them.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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Thats terrible...sorry to hear that. There are pranks...and there are *** kickings when someone involves the Firebird in a prank.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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People are so messed up, that sucks man! Try taking a heat gun or a hair dryer to the other 3 and see if it loosens up the glue
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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Yeah...i can take a prank. But when it comes to messing with the Hawk.....thats a different story. Hopefully i will be able to free up the others with some heat.
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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Lucky for you, its very fast and very easy to replace the stems. Count your blessings it wasn't worse.
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 06:10 AM
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Yea i know. But then i look at it the other way though. It shouldnt have happened in the first place.
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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+1 for the heat gun..
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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sorry to hear good luck
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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Well. The shop managed to get the other caps off without breaking the stem. Had to get one of the stems replaced. Cost me $5. Wasnt too bad.
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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That sucks.....glad it only cost $5 get this fixed.
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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Yeah.....i cant wait to find out who did it. It wasnt a hard fix...it was just aggravating to have to fix it.
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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yeah when you mess with some ones car like that it is agrivating, on time i was at work, i park in the verry back of the lot so i dont get door dings and all my friends know i park there so one day after i had detailed my car for hours i go into work and when i leave there is writing all over my windows with that stupid white window paint, i was so pissed i can onley imagin how you feel
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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Yeah..when i get my new wheels and tires on. I dont think i will leave the car sitting anywhere if im not there.
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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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I see a beat down comin'.....
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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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hahahahaah......i had that happen to a customer of mine at my shop.....not so funny when you are on the recieving end of this but damn funny at the tire shop.....
hope it turns out good for you in the long tun man.......they acutally make locking caps but they look really stupid.......espically on one of our cars

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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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I would rather have my *** beat than my car messed with...leave my car out of it ya know
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Old Jan 15, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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I see a beat down comin'.....
Yeah.....bad thing is that i think its my boss's son...
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Old Jan 18, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RareBreed0295
Yeah.....bad thing is that i think its my boss's son...
Sounds eerily like an excuse.

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Old Jan 18, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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People that do this **** need to be beat the hell down and slaughtered. Well the slaughter part is over the top but nonetheless beat into submission. ( I guess I've been listening to, too much death metal)I would be flipping the hell out though, I would have to find out who. Most likely it's someone you prolly even know. Why else would someone do this? I guess just to be dick.
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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 02:15 AM
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Beat his or her ***! You don't **** with our cars. If it's your boss's son then maybe you can just slash his tires. Unless you don't care about your job, then just beat him down.
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