Car problems, the day before FCS grrrr!

[S34MER]

It all started thursday evening, when i noticed one on my wheel nuts was loose, upon trying to torque it back up i noticed the thread was knackered! Great!!! :err:

So off to see a family friend, who kindly re-tapped the thread for me and made me a replacement bolt! happy days i'm thinking :A:

then we notice that there are not 1 but 2 massive cracks along the alloy where the bolts locate, these cracks ran the full length of the hole and went all the way through :shocked:

after putting the spare wheel on, I booked it into the top alloy welding place in Derby. Went to collect today, and they cannot repair it, something to do with the fact there is too much magnesium in the alloy!

so i'll be rolling into FCS tomoz on a set of half decent S wheels, proper gutted tbh! bloody thing!

oh and while im here, does anyone know if i can use my alloy wheel nuts to hold my VTS wheels on?? rep for any helpful advice given!

cheers

Oli :y:

can't believe i just wrote all that ^^^^^^^^^ :p

[Predator_R32]

am sure it will get better, its typical though :)

alloy wheel nuts?? not sure what you mean, do you mean off vtr wheels or what??

[S34MER]

basically what i wanted to know was, would it be ok for me to use my alloy wheel nuts (which came with my wolfrace alloys) to fix my VTS alloys in place!?

but i've just spoke to a mate who confirmed that it will be ok! lol

[b0t13]

if there long enough then they shud be fine

[VTSarah]

sods law mate

cant wait until tomorrow, shame i aint on the saxp stand.

[jablitt]

as long as it bites in to the hub far enough its fine, however, if they are too long they will catch on the break components. lol, that probably doesnt help too much.

[S34MER]

they bite about 13mm ish onto the hub, so should be ok!

[vtrjay]

Yes mate you can use them! i used my ones and is fine!

[Predator_R32]

if there tapered with a flat part on then yes

[Mikey]

same as me fella..my cars not going FCS now as the gearbox is playing up!!

im sure they do it on purpose lol

[Mattsaxo]

my clutch is burnin majorly lol... still goin tho, all that cleanin, its deffo gettin there!

Home's another matter.... Tow rope any1?

[-Jason-]

Well now me and S34MER think our cam belts are going oh joy.

Good job im in the AA lol

[S34MER]

im down with the AA crew aswell lol so its all gravy baby!

[thadogg]

Unlucky mate, trust it to happen just before a show :n:
Yours will still look good on 'S' rims pal!

[S34MER]

cheers Dan :y:

[thadogg]

No probs mate, I'll see ya in a few hours lol. Best go and get some kip, I'm gonna be up at 4:00am ish

[craigy_87]

lol yeah my clutch cable snapped but what my car didnt know was it wasnt goin to FCS anyway lol

[GreenSaxo]

my car is still in bits :( so it and me are not going to fcs :(