Gutted!!!!!

[takethefifth]

Well balls i've knacked my car!!

Before:



After:



Was just coming back from a camping holiday in the lakes and going over the buttertubs near to my house, sharp bend, 100ft drop and my wheel falls off!!! Feel the crunch of the brake disc biting the tarmac and see my wheel rolling past me in a comedy manner before hurling itself off the side! Frickin' lucky was my first thought!

I'm putting it down to the ebay purchased wheel bolts i used to put these wheels on a few months ago. Couldn't find any to check though! I think i might have weakened them or something when i went over Hardknott pass the day before. (Does anyone know Hardknott? That is one SERIOUS road!)

Just about to pop it on axle stands and have a look at the damage.

If anyone has a Silver wing and/or door they would like to sell me that would be spot on! I have my old wheels and bolts to go on till i find the missing wheel 

Going to check the brake disc but other than that there doesn't seem to be anything mechanically thats obviously damaged.

So yes if anyone has an ideas of things i should be checking, has a spare wing or door to sell me or just wants to offer condolences please reply!

[Mew]

That is nasty! 

Is the hub alright? Could the bolts not have stripped the thread on the way out?

[Simpson]

unlucky mate at least you are ok! jesus just shows you never know whats going to happen. Good luck in repair.

[Organisys]

Silver bits are gonna be hard to come by me finks. good luck though fixin her up.

[Robdub]

Car can be fixed up m8 could have been alot more serious glad you and yours are ok

[golf8v]

just quick question do the wheels fit tight on hub ie does it have spigot rings?? i had set wheels once with no spigots on. this was cause of me losing my wheel? because the wheel cant centralise!! glad your ok mate

[vw-bob]

sorry to hear about the car, but at least your ok. ive been around the buttertubs area once and the drops arent pretty!!

[takethefifth]

Cheers for the kind words!

Hunting down a wing and door today, anyone know any good breakers btw?

Going to replace the hub as well as i am worried about the threads but everything else seems ok.

I am putting it down to using too short wheel bolts which then allowed it to strip the thread out of the hub  :embarassed: That was a fairly foolish mistake. :embarassed:

[firstVW]

Most unlucky mate. Good luck with getting her sittin pretty again.

[tobz.]

Gutted for you  mate, hope you manage to get it sorted.
I love the buttertubs, visited them last month for the first time in years.
Oh and the Hardknott!!! Quality driving, managed it in both directions last month in my campervan, very scary!!! Managed the approach from the west side in heavy rain with the back wheels spinning all the way. There was no way I was attempting the eastern approach in the wet so I did that a few days later in the dry (back wheels were still struggling for grip though).