itsajeepthang

long story short my brother sold his tires yesterday of his xj so took my tires and rims off of my xj and put on his since i use his for a DD and i think he forgot to tightn all the lugs up

ktmracer419

i have only had my lugs loosen up once

and i sure as hell felt it long before the tire was gonna come off, had about 2mm of play between the flange and wheel, and i drove for 5 miles like that trying to think of what else it could be.

and im sorry if you take offense to this, but your bumper reminds me of jay leno's chin

huntingman2706217

do you really not know how many lugs you need? lol... i did this when i lifted my ZJ... back left tire forgot to tighten and i was on 5.5in lift and stock tires still... top heavy like crazy... started riding like crap and i was mad that something wasnt right with the lift... looked out my window and saw a lug shoot off... lol... onl had 2 left holding on the wheel... had to replace it all... but im with him above... i felt it even on the back and pulled over...

rweaver138

sorry but.... hahaha

winston427

I did that once as well. I made sure the lug nuts were tight, just didn't make sure they were damn tight. At 45 mph a front can be a deadly projectile. It went airborn and into a tree, breaking off a limb 6 inches in diameter. Thank god school was out because there are normally children standing right in the path the tire took. Ended up costing me a new hub assembly, new brake rotor, and a crushed left front fender.

bigomudders

Duh that would be 5

itsajeepthang

first of all i know how many lugs ... just put that in the title because there was none left......yeah the bumper does look like jays chin....it happen so fast first i thought it was a blow out because it came off and sat in the rim then dropped all the way to the ground....couged(sp?) the hell out of my rim ...but put everything back on and it works fine.....oh and the guy who said ha ha....me and my brother laughed our *** off ...should have seen how far the freakin tire rolled down the highway

huntingman2706217

i watched a front tire off a Prowler (military aircraft) on the USS Enterprise (aircraft carrier) come off when it landed and catch a yellow shirt (Navy guy that directs aircraft) right in his leg... breaking his feemer (spelling) and dropping him on his face... then bounced off the front of the boat and is probly resting near the firetruck the navy drove the front on another day... lol

winston427

That's what mine did. One big boom and it dropped making me think the tire blew as it was rolling inside the rim. Then the second boom and drop as the tire came out from under the fender, shot to the left, and the rotor started plowing asphalt.

itsajeepthang

yep same exact thing man

rweaver138

oh dont worry im not hatin on you.. i have not tightened my lugs all the way and had my tires shake really bad.. and thats what would of happened if i didnt get out and chech them

itsajeepthang

i was workn late and my brother had to do it ...so wasnt me .....but it was really funny if i would have seen that going on i would have stopped and laughed my butt off

cherokee92

Sorry to hear abut your xj. I found that when I got my xj four months ago, it had some of the original tin lugs and some were loose. I went and spent 60 bucks on the good ones. I had a tire and rim come of an old truck when I was younger due to someone coming by in the middle of the night and loosening them. I am glad you were able to save the front of your xj. My father in-law had someone loosen his on his old xj and he had two on each rim when he went back on found the other ones on the side of the road.

itsajeepthang

dude i put the wheel back on and tightned all the others back up and drove that sucker home... gotta be a JEEP ...lol

NewXJaddict

epic tire loss!! Glad you and your xj are fine and we can all laugh about it with ya instead of the other alternative!

great picture too lol.