Ph Messed!

[mach10]

Picked some new wheels up from butler yesterday and fitted em yesterday. This is what happened today

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5742/29696604xo3.png

The wheel came off, lucky it came off 5 mins before I hit the dual carraigeway to bluewater!

Dont know wether to feel grateful I aint dead or what

 

[cat171]

Oh sh*t, how did that happen ??

 

[db]

coulda been nasty... wheel nuts come loose or are they fucked??

 

[Beef-Mc]

Ouch!

Good thing you didnn't make the motorway or that could have been much worse.

 

[Matteh]

is there a jacking point there?!

 

[Limca]

s**t!!!

 

[leeds_182]

Woops.

 

[Hazza]

glad ur ok tho mate

 

[Tim172]

is there a jacking point there?!

No! Next post about buckled sills?

 

[Dcds4]

lucky boy, could have been far more serious!

 

[mach10]

Very lucky lol I waited for my friends to come jack it up for me and put the wheel back on and pushed it back to my mates garage. There is a bend in the wheel, I bought these wheels yesterday from the car parts for sale section it describes the bend in the wheel there. Cheap but cheerful wheels but deadly! The wheel flew off into the air and nearly hit someone lol and the bonnet ripped open. Scared the sh1t out of me

 

[Nafoff]

sh*t...that don't look good, fair bit of damage, wheel nuts not tight enough?

 

[mach10]

I think the balancing went wrong and the nuts went crazy Im not sure. When I was braking the car would pull to the side with the bent alloys on

 

[_Kenny_]

ouch, could have been a whole lot worse tho

 

[BIG jts]

Why the f**k would you knowingly buy bent wheels and then put the bent one on the front?? Surely it would have made sense to put it on the back??

 

[Ady182]

Surely would have made sense not to fit it at all :S

 

[mach10]

I didn't think it would be that much of a problem lol

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=273964

bought them yesterday, lost out on the wheels and now I gotta repair lol

GREAT DAY FOR ME!

My car is booked in at KTEC on Wednesday to get a recessed exhaust, gotta break the news and cancel them now ffs.

 

[mach10]

Why the f**k would you knowingly buy bent wheels and then put the bent one on the front?? Surely it would have made sense to put it on the back??

I said that to him but he said you cant because of the directions of the tread or something

 

[Nafoff]

wouldn't make a difference.....if its on the front in can go on the same side at the back.......

have to agree why would you buy bent wheels......lol

 

[16valver50]

Surely would have made sense not to fit it at all :S

badluck mate.life lessons suck !

 

[Renault_Boy01]

unlucky mate

 

[Whiteley]

Unlucky. Whats the damage? Wing/bumper/bonnet/disk fooked?

 

[rctempire]

One of my wheels either is imbalanced or has a slight buckle.
Swapped it from the front to the rear and the car drives so much better now.

Unlucky for you, but bad place to try a scissor jack. Rear of car and front of car, or a trolley jack.

 

[TomTom]

is there a jacking point there?!

There is now

 

[Josh@Renparts]

is there a jacking point there?!

There is now

how else would you get the front up quickly, its not going to do major Damage really.

 

[mach10]

Unlucky. Whats the damage? Wing/bumper/bonnet/disk fooked?

yep all of them how great

 

[HartZ]

Sorry to see that mate

 

[Hazza]

Ph-fooked now long. Hope u get it sorted man...

Let me know.

 

[Alan]

Write off??

 

[Whiteley]

Write off??

I'll take a stab and guess at third party based on the age?

 

[Butler205]

The bend in the rim is minimal as you can't even see it in the photos. I ran these wheels for a 1 year without issue. Its a co-incidence. It seems like you didnt use the right wheels bolts oy they weren't tight enough.

Either way sorry that this has happened.

 

[mach10]

Yep tpft and also havent checked all the damage. Bonnet, wing, side skirt and brake disc fucked but also under the car had water leaking. It wasnt thick it was water but confused whre from? gotta wait for renault to check it out or something =/

 

[mach10]

Im pretty sure they were fitted properly, I went to meet my friend HAZ because he lives 15 minutes away and we fitted it there without a problem.

BILLS BILLS BILLS :dead: :dead: :dead:

 

[Marky_]

Good to hear you're alright. Very lucky not to have made it onto the dual carriageway.

 

[Final Maxim]

dunno why you'd buy bent wheels, its like buying a car with broken seatbelts

 

[Bluebeard]

I've read this entire thread and i still, for the life of me, cannot work out why you'd buy bent wheels, then fit them before even having them checked over???

 

[fUbAr]

I can't comprehend why someone would knowingly fit bent wheels onto their car... the mind boggles! :S

no sympathy.

 

[SBV116]

I dont understand, the buckle in the wheel or the balancing out would never make the wheel come off, it obviously wasnt f**king tight! fitter error i would bet.

 

[SBV116]

Just be grateful you didnt hurt anyone else.

 

[Sarah]

r u sure the bolts were loose or not tightened properly......easy thing to forget if your in a rush to get them on

looks like its gonna cost you alot to get ur car sorted.....one expensive set of wheels there