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my mondeo has broke 2 studs so far, luckily both on different occasions.
hope you get it sorted
BTW, what wheels are they please ?
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Those are stock E0 wheels.
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...did you check them in the 1500 miles? on aluminum wheels you should check about 100 miles after the install...
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Ah man that totally sucks!!! Sorry to see that. The same thing happened to my buddies toyota camry  Good thing you were not hurt!
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Sorry to hear about ur car man!! I hope everything works out for u!!!
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Originally posted by tour96se:
...did you check them in the 1500 miles? on aluminum wheels you should check about 100 miles after the install...
I don't mean to reiterate what Chris already said, but definately check the torque on the lugs after you get to your FIRST destination post-tightening, and re-check continually that same day out of healthy paranoia.
My lugs came looser than I'd like them to be after one drive post-retightening (two lugs on each front wheel took a half turn to re-tighten to spec). OK, so I'm not the strongest man on earth, but I'd expect them to be solid in place.
Hey, look on the bright side. Bmonje did a rotor slide from 65mph and half his rotor disappeared 
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Sorry to hear 'bout your problem . Hope you get it fixed without too many issues .
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I say unload the car after it is fixed, sounds like a money pit.
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That same thing happened to me this year. I had just had wheel bearing replaced 3-4 days prior. I drove to work that morning (Friday) it was noisy on the way home. Drove around some with my son on Sat., and it was getting noisier (but I didn't realize what it was...) was planning on calling the shop on Monday. Pulling out of a drive-through and they went. Sheared off 3 of the lugs. Luckily we were going 2 mph, and the owner was so apologetic when I called him, that he showed right up with his tow-truck and fixed it within a couple of days. No charge, of course. My fender was only slightly damaged (which he did not fix).
We were lucky. I was 3 minutes from the highway.
I'm glad you are OK. It could have been worse.
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