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I bought this and R32GTST from sydney over a month ago:

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Cool huh? Fo Shizzle. Nice car.

Now i pick it up at the depot and take my time driving it home. So here i am sitting at the lights, no license plates, no front bumper so i think yeah why not dump it a little. Pulls well i thought as I back it off from ***edited***. The speedo hits 100 and the rear left hand wheel shudders for no more than 2 seconds and DAMN the car is runnning with only 3 wheels. I look left and I see my rim bouncing down the road. Im like "What the f**k is going on here?". Hit the E brake and throw the car to the side of the road. Thank god there wasn't anymore near me. I get out and have a look and this is the result:

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The studs sheered clean off. Not one BUT ALL 5!. Not less than an hour from picking it up. Not bad for spending 17K on a car inc transport.

The car has a vertex kit in calsonic blue and the exhaust took all the pounding. The hub is fine and so is the kit.

Thank god.

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I chased the rim as quick as i could but after 2km of not finding it i gave up. I went back the next day and walked up and down looking even in the bush near the river. Nothing.

Shame

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She looks hot! Maybe give the 32 a really really good look over before you drive it again and a service. I trusted the seller that my car had the oil change when it first arrived in aus, wasnt until i did the next change i saw the jap filter still on and the oil was farked.

So what's it packing? :)

"So whats she packing?"

3 wheels lol

I tried replacing the studs on the weekend and god damn nothing seemed to work. I'm going to take both rear hubs off and take them to Nissan have them changed. Should be right after that.

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"So whats she packing?"

3 wheels lol

I tried replacing the studs on the weekend and god damn nothing seemed to work. I'm going to take both rear hubs off and take them to Nissan have them changed. Should be right after that.

How to change wheel studs on a nissan

http://www.westdrift.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412

hope that helps

Man,

That is full on, it was bad enough that you snapped the studs off but then to lose that wheel???? Not good.

I had a similar thing happen in my old panelvan (read: pile of crap) i had some twelve slotters on and and they all wobbled loose on me, makes for interesting driving....

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