Tire kingdom minions did a assanine mistake last week , I went to get a allignment and wheel balance... well they broke one of my studs by not checking the direction on there air gun, well when the fool put the air gun on the lug nut , he hit the triggger and the gun was set to tighten , he broke the locking lug nut in half and cracked the shaft of the locking key, but thank god he didn't strip the key itself! :Eyecrazy:

Long story short they said the last guy who installed the wheels , over tighten them. Well i blew there story wide open when i told them that i just installed brakes on this car the week before and the wheels came off easy as pie and tighten them to spec with a torque wrench, plus why did the other 3 wheels come off fine? No awnswer, but silence.... I was furious and told them they should keep there day job , because they suck at lieing as there side job. They were quiet, and i put there heads down again. The manager was deeply sorry and offered to pay for the stud and a new set of locking lug nuts for all 4 wheels. But here is the kicker , i would have to pay $80 bucks for labor to put the new stud back on.

F-that! I grabbed my key and told them they would never touch my ride again!


This past weekend.
I changed the stud myself, it was a pain in the ass! Took about 1 hour to drill out the old stud, i knicked my custom rims, i was so pissed!:rant: But on top of that i finally got the wheel off after 2hours Yeah and as I examined my rim , Dick head had his gun on set to tighten , the lug nut was burried at least 2mm deep into the seat of the stud shaft!

Removed the brakes, took the HUB nut off , the big sucker with the Key! But the hub did not come off, i was stumped for 45 minutes trying to figure out how in the hell does the Hub come off?! I realize that i may need a puller, so i improvized and bent the aluminum brake flange as much as possible, I put the lug in there and tapped the new lug until it went through. I damaged the thread on the new stud, so i re threaded the new stud , it was good as new.Reversed my job and put the wheel back on, good as new.


But my question to you Rotary heads, how in the hell do you take off the hub ? I cheated to get the stud on , but there has to be some way to take the hub out properly just incase i have to take it off for the future. Your info is needed, plus i am curious!

Never, ever, ever go to any Tire Kingdom, ever!

I brought my old SUV there before I bought my RX-8. First, they used an air wrench on my wheel lock and stripped it. They blamed it on the wheel lock, and I had to buy a new one for $30.

Next time I went there, it was for an oil change and tire patch. First, they put about 2.5 extra quarts of oil in my SUV. When i told them it smelled like burning oil, they told me that they probably just spilled some oil on the exhaust and that it would go away. Well 100 miles later it was still stinking, so that's when I checked the oil level and discovered what they did.

I was actually on my way back to Tire Kingdom to get the oil issues fixed when a nice person flagged me down on the highway. He was pointing to my right rear wheel...the same wheel that Tire Kingdom was supposed to install a tire patch. Well, it turn out that the wheel was literally falling off the truck. The truck that Tire Kingdon had sent me and my then-pregnant wife out on the road in. They had only hand tightened the lug nuts!

Needless to say, i was livid when I finally got back to the store that screwed me. The manager promised to drain the oil and refill, and fix the wheel issue. Well, they drained and refilled the oil, again with about 2 quarts too much, and the dang moron who was supposed to fix the wheel just tightened the lugs (again with an air wrench) but he didn't bother to make sure the wheel was on the hub straight. Needless to say, they stripped my wheel lock key, again! And now i was stuck, with a crooked wheel, and a stripped wheel lock key.

I will never, ever, ever bring my RX-8 to those idiots. They don't know the first thing about auto maintainance, and i learned the hard way.

I ended up taking my SUV back to the stealer to fix it.

I'd take it to a real shop, have it fixed, then send tire kingdom the bill.

That is like going to Midas for them to access your engine problems.

Hmm, I think you have to take the CV joint out of the differential for the axle to come off. Last time I heard you need to use a pry bar or something to get it to pop out.

Hmm, I think you have to take the CV joint out of the differential for the axle to come off. Last time I heard you need to use a pry bar or something to get it to pop out.

I figured as much, my old Z was like that.