So last week when it was snowing my car slide & my back-end fish-tailed & my back driver side rim hit the curb. Yep that MM Evo5 rim was done, a piece cracked on the bottom.

So I throw on my winter rims & tires the next day & stripped a screw w/ the lug on the front passenger side. So I think nothing of it & thought I'll be fine on 4 lugs till I have time to get the screw replaced.
So 2 days later its like 12a its my friend & 3 girls on our way to go bowling. When all of a sudden my car feels like it has a flat. I get out & see nothing, so I get back in car & start driving some more. Now the feeling of a flat now feels like the whole front of car is wobbling. So I pull over again & decide to pop the cover to see the lugs....as soon as I pop cover off 3 lugs fall out. Basically 3 lugs broke off (sheered) w/ screw still attached. There was only 1 screw left. All I kept thinking was what if I kept driving.

Well it doesn't end, that was friday night & I was in Franklin Park, IL & not a very good area. So I call for a tow truck. While we are waiting 3 wannabe gangbangers come up to car while me & cousin are smoking a cig & basically asking what 'gang' we are with. So I laugh & say we are not gangbangers & to keep walking. Now them guys weren't big so thats why I was talking back at them. All of a sudden a sherriff pulls into parking lot & asks whats going on. Then he calls another cop up there. So they have us all place our hands on hood. 3 cops are padding us all down & 1 cop is talking to the girls in my car. It seems the 3 guys are reputable known gangbangers b/c cop knew their nicknames "joker" ; "wanderer" & "flaco" (means skinny in spanish)....also they all had knifes on them. So cops arrested them. I asked cop why we got searched & he tought we were buying drugs from them at first, until cop got same story from girls in car about the tire. So next time I know to keep my mouth shut b/c those guys could of easily pulled a knife to fight, instead of the good ole' mano a mano fights.

I did have car towed to Nissan dealership, picked it up next day & was only charged $110 to replace 4 screws & lugs. Now that night we went to bars & clubs downtown & I parked car on street. I come to car & some f.uck broke off my passenger side mirror. I hope new year brings me some better luck then what i've been have in the last week.

p.s. I'm also thinking of selling my remaining 3 rims & tires, I'm thinking of going back to chrome for summer rims.

Sorry just needed to vent....


edit: Forgot to mention when I picked car up from Nissan on sat. they told me my back brakes are completely shot & I need new front rotors. So, thats more money I need to dish out this week sometime.

 

Too bad man. Hope everything gets better soon.

 

That sucks man, you should keep something in your car just in case as well. I've got a knife (legal length) and a 4D Cell Maglight...

At least it wasn't too too expensive to fix...

 

ooooooooooh man that sucks BIG TIME!!!! Sorry to hear about your bad luck - screw 2003, just go for 2004 already.

 

Thanks....yea I'm hoping '04 is better....the 2nd half of '03 has been major bad luck for me....


I have bats in trunk but at a time like that you won't have time to get a bat.....

I know I thought for sure it will be more then $110....the tow service cost more, I paid $160 to have car towed.

 

Sounds like you maybe forgot to tighten down the 4 lugs that you left after you broke the 5th one.

Dixit

 

Oh man. Sorry to hear about all that. Yeah, at least they didn't charge you too much. Too bad about the rim.

 

I think so...b/c I drove on 4 lugs before no problem....boy is this a lesson I won't forget anytime soon....

 

dam that is one sh*tty week

 

Rough week!!! Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Hopefully things will be better in '04 for you.

 

That sux bro! Don't worry, its not as bad as some of the other ORG member went thru (with accidents and stuff like that)... but it was a bad day for you none the less. Consider yourself lucky those gangbangers didn't rob you...

I just have a couple of questions... were these girls hot? Do you have any pics? Did you get any that night?

 

I can tell you exactly what would happen if you kept driving... Since I did... I didn't tighten my lug nuts down all the way on my front right wheel after I installed my new suspension... And it started wobbling and I didn't know why, so I drove around with it like that for a couple of days and ended up completely fking up my front right axle, wheel bearings, and abs ring... which costs alot to replace..

 

Some good questions you have there.

 

1 was my g/f & the other 2 were my friends...in my eyes they are hot....well this ain't maxima related but if you wanna see a pic then i'll bring a camera new years when we are all gonna be hanging out again (unless when i go home & find one i'll post one sooner)

"A gentleman never tells....."

what you think...she's my g/f...

 

sorry to hear about your misfortune Pazzo....look at it on the good side, you can now buy better lookin rims.....

might I suggest some blue powdercoated ones..

 

just curious, how much did you pay...over $1000?

 

too bad the rims i want i can't find online...i can only describe them & not too many people know what i'm talking about....i've seen them on a tahoe & on a mustang couple months ago when i was downtown....

wtf blue rims....yuck....show me a pic of blue rims on a car....

 

damn man that really sucks.....but remember it can ALWAYS be worse.....
good luck in 04'
-J

 

Damn, fcking savages... The reason why I have 2 escrima sticks in my car ready to deliver serious @ss whompings.
Those rims are so nice. Why don't you just get 1 more rim? Those wheels really work on your car...

 

wow! that really sucks. My car was in a hit and run bout an month ago, and Maxine is going to the dealer tom. to get two studs replaced. 1 on each rear wheel. I too thought nothing of it I did it back in the beginning of October. Why did you wait so long to take off the rims? Oh well live and learn hopefully you get a late check for the holidays to help get you back on your feet! Good luck

 

what are escrima sticks?

i was gonna buy another rim....but i miss chrome rims & since they are summer rims only....why not have chrome

 

i didnt check the weather channel & one night i was out & when i was leaving to go home there was a $hitload of snow....these tires suck in the snow, plus i came out of the parking lot too fast for conditions & *bam*

 

Well, you had some luck since if it wasn't for the cops, who knows what might have gone down in Apache territory. Usually gang bangers are always packing heat and have another 5 or 6 within yelling distance. Hope your New Year begins with a lot of good fortune. Peace.

Pedro

 

Got a pic by any chance? The rims I wanted to get be4 no1 has ever heard of, nor has any1 ever heard of the ones I want to get now. I just searched my @ss off til I found it

As for the papa smurf...guys got a fetish for things blue, this is like the 10th time hes posted about something blue Whatever floats his boat I guess.

anyway...man you dont have any luck when it comes to stupid conflicts, I remember the last one you had a whiiiile ago. Dont talk a certain way to some1 due to their size (of lack there or) any1 could be strapped at anytime.
In a way, yeah you were lucky. Yout night could have gotten A LOT uglier.

 

Ouch.... I feel the pain.


~limsandy

 

escrima is Philapino stick fighting I believe... basically 2 short bamboo sticks, probably 1/2" thick, that you train with to beat the living **** out of someone!

 

Guys....you make it sound like replacing the lugs is tough. Stripped one last week and had to replace it. Each lug+lug nut for the max is about $3 from Autozone/Trak auto. Takes about 10 minutes to replace and minimal automotive skills.

Oh and HNDA ETR, it's "Filipino" ...and those things are wicked!!!!

 

damnnn bro, sorry to hear about your troubles, good thing u pulled over when you did, and glad the "homies" didnt shank u...

 

selling the other 3?
PM me

 

If I didn't have connections, then yes... But I ended up getting the axle from a junkyard for $162 shipped, and the wheel bearings and new wheel hub I bought new and got those really cheap, spent $200 on labor, friend of mine did it, which included him cutting the wheel nut off because the threads were all jacked up on it and it wasn't coming off... ended up spending a little over $500 dollars... so I was happy. It could've easily been over $1000.

Bryan

 

sorry no pics....but let me try to describe it...its a five star rim or six and the middle cap is like a chrome sphere-lookalike type that sticks out....almost like this cap but alittle bit thinner---->

i'll have visit some local rim shops to see if they carry it...b/c i can't find it online anywhere...

 

You got me thinking and im still I know how you feel though, it took me over a month to find what I was looking for. You'll find it, its just gonna take a little bit of time.

 

For a second there I thougt you were considering the rims above. Hydraulics are pretty much mandatory if you go with those bad boys!! Ouch.