Niko_Fx
07-26-2004, 09:42 AM
Ok here's the story and some pics:
Yesterday when I arrived home I saw that I had a huge nail in my tire, since it was late and a sunday I didn't feel like going to a tire place (Besides they close early on sundays). The tire was losing air very slow.
The next morning (Today) I woke up early to get that fixed (I'm working as a delivery guy through the summer and I start working at 11AM). The tire had almost ran completely out of air, so big deal I just had to get the spare and put it and drive to "Tire Kingdom" which is like 1 mile away from my house. When trying to unscrew the first lug nut it broke, it broke as if it was PLASTIC. My face = :eek: So it was impossible to take the tire off (Impossible with my tools obviously)
I went to wal-mart with my dad's car and got one of those "Tire inflator & Seal" cans cause I don't feel like paying 40 bucks to a tow truck to move my car 1 mile. So I fixed the tire and went to Tire Kingdom to get it professionally fixed and to change the lug nut for a newer one. In tire kingdom they said they couldn't do it, that they didn't have the tool for it.... OMG they change tires the whole day and they cannot find a way to get that fixed??? They said the lug nut was too broken and that the only way was breaking the rims or just getting rid of the drum brakes or who the heck knows... At the end they didn't even bother trying, they just told me to go to some speedshop in Fort Lauderdale which is like 30+ minutes away from Boca Raton.
I went to another place and they kinda told me the same thing but they recommended me a place which was very close, right there in Boca.
I went to that place and the guy said that he could do it but that he would probably have to damage the rim, like scratch it really bad or something. I said wth, there's nothing else we can do so just do what you can, I won't consider you responsable or anything for the rim's damage.
Later he called me, I went and picked it up, the rim was perfect, he found a way of taking the lug nut off without damaging the rim at all :) He also put me the 4 stock wheels cause I told him to do so cause I was afraid the other 15 lug nuts would break.
So I'm now driving with stock wheels, still need to get the other one fixed (Not at freaking tire kingdom though) and couldn't work today.
BTW the "Tire inflator and seal" thing is fantastic, I highly recommend you carry one can in your car cause accidents happen all the time.... you never know when you might need it.
What did you learn about this story??
Nothing really, just be careful with aftermarket crap and try to avoid nails on the road ;)
Oh and don't go to tire kingdom when you have a problem like this!!
Here are some pics.
Niko
Yesterday when I arrived home I saw that I had a huge nail in my tire, since it was late and a sunday I didn't feel like going to a tire place (Besides they close early on sundays). The tire was losing air very slow.
The next morning (Today) I woke up early to get that fixed (I'm working as a delivery guy through the summer and I start working at 11AM). The tire had almost ran completely out of air, so big deal I just had to get the spare and put it and drive to "Tire Kingdom" which is like 1 mile away from my house. When trying to unscrew the first lug nut it broke, it broke as if it was PLASTIC. My face = :eek: So it was impossible to take the tire off (Impossible with my tools obviously)
I went to wal-mart with my dad's car and got one of those "Tire inflator & Seal" cans cause I don't feel like paying 40 bucks to a tow truck to move my car 1 mile. So I fixed the tire and went to Tire Kingdom to get it professionally fixed and to change the lug nut for a newer one. In tire kingdom they said they couldn't do it, that they didn't have the tool for it.... OMG they change tires the whole day and they cannot find a way to get that fixed??? They said the lug nut was too broken and that the only way was breaking the rims or just getting rid of the drum brakes or who the heck knows... At the end they didn't even bother trying, they just told me to go to some speedshop in Fort Lauderdale which is like 30+ minutes away from Boca Raton.
I went to another place and they kinda told me the same thing but they recommended me a place which was very close, right there in Boca.
I went to that place and the guy said that he could do it but that he would probably have to damage the rim, like scratch it really bad or something. I said wth, there's nothing else we can do so just do what you can, I won't consider you responsable or anything for the rim's damage.
Later he called me, I went and picked it up, the rim was perfect, he found a way of taking the lug nut off without damaging the rim at all :) He also put me the 4 stock wheels cause I told him to do so cause I was afraid the other 15 lug nuts would break.
So I'm now driving with stock wheels, still need to get the other one fixed (Not at freaking tire kingdom though) and couldn't work today.
BTW the "Tire inflator and seal" thing is fantastic, I highly recommend you carry one can in your car cause accidents happen all the time.... you never know when you might need it.
What did you learn about this story??
Nothing really, just be careful with aftermarket crap and try to avoid nails on the road ;)
Oh and don't go to tire kingdom when you have a problem like this!!
Here are some pics.
Niko