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wel here goes...

i had to get 2 tyres put onto my alloys at front so STUPIDLY i went down to quik fit (ggrrrr) and they did it fine. However when putting the wheels back on and tightning the bolts, there was this massive 'snaping' noise, which i now know was the idiot overtightning the bolt and snapping it. But at the time everything seemed ok so i let it go.

However today when i was putting my new mud guards on from becuase i snapped my old one, when i went to loosen the bolts to take the wheel off it just fell straight into my hand :O, so for about a week i had been driving with just 3 bolts.

Anyway i took it down to a local garage which has turned out to be a decent place and they managed to get the rest of the bolt out that was stuck in it, pheewww

anwyay the moral/tip of this story...NEVER GO TO QUIK FIT

Nightmare dude! Well at least they tightened yours! I went to a Quick fit to get two fronts fitted. All seemed fine after they fitted them until I got a few miles down the road when a loud knocking noise started from the front. Got the car home and found the monkeys had left the drivers side wheel finger tight!!! I was suppose to be going to London that day as well so it could of been alot worse had I not spotted it earlier! i.e. a closer view of the central reservation on the M40 with a wheel flying past...!!!! [/i]

polobear wrote:Nightmare dude! Well at least they tightened yours! I went to a Quick fit to get two fronts fitted. All seemed fine after they fitted them until I got a few miles down the road when a loud knocking noise started from the front. Got the car home and found the monkeys had left the drivers side wheel finger tight!!! I was suppose to be going to London that day as well so it could of been alot worse had I not spotted it earlier! i.e. a closer view of the central reservation on the M40 with a wheel flying past...!!!! [/i]

thats ridiculous!!!

That really is soo dangerous,

Adam, heads up mate doesnt sound that bad!! it's all sorted now and the cars looking good, stress free

yeh true, lets hope it is all thumbs up now

i dunno, my local quick fit is pretty good, 5iver to balance the two fronts! mind u, i spose knowing the lads down there helps aswell!

true. i knew the lad who usually does my tyres but he broke his arm so his mate did it and turned out to be the most useless mechanic ever. anyway i have found a decent, local, honest garage now which i will stick to

grrrrr kwik fit