[V8] Small update on Black betty

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Oh.  Yeah.  Can imagine that'd be pretty scary at 70 mph.  Also why I  
use Locktite on wheel studs or if it isn't handy, Permatex or other  
similar to cover the threads on the studs when installing into the  
wheel hub.

All those body panels and no brilliant black!  I'm (almost) speechless.


On Dec 12, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Ron Wainwright wrote:

> Not even close Ingo... nice guess though.
>
>  The long & short of it is..... I lost a rim @ 70mph resulting in  
> the rim/tire peeling back my fender & bending my door.
> The cause was a few of my wheel studs loosened resulting in the  
> nuts loosening & my rim/tire shooting down the road bout 300 yards  
> & my front d-side slamming the road.
>
>  As far as replacement fenders... what do you think ;-).... but  
> none of them are Brilliant Black. Sooooooooooooo....
>
> ...I have a few options.... which gets me in a certain mood, know  
> what I mean ;-) So taking that into account I was thinking,
>
> light weight fenders, hood, rear trunk.
>
> Do I have enough good spair fenders, front/rear bumpers, doors, ect  
> to have my body shop prep & paint everything, remove the dents,  
> little bits of rust from the whole car & put everything back  
> together as factory new..... SURE... but again taking into account,  
> well it's me were talking about I was thinking of going a "bit"  
> over the top.....BUWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
>
>  Ron
>
>
> --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Small update on Black betty
>> To: ron_01056 at yahoo.com
>> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
>> Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 12:05 PM
>> Hmm. Lemme guess:
>>
>> After replacing the front tie rod end bushings you either
>>
>> a) reused the lucknut (not using locktite)
>>
>> and/or
>>
>> b) didn't tighten said locknut to the proper torque
>>
>> resulting in the left locknut coming loose and having the
>> strut tower
>> assembly disengage, resulting in the tire falling back and
>> hitting
>> the back part of the fender and the obvious resulting
>> damage.  Ooops.
>>
>> Sorry, 'bout that Ron.  At least black is fairly easy
>> to match up.
>> Certainly more so than Pearl White. Do you have a
>> replacement fender?
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Ron Wainwright wrote:
>>
>>> http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/170930.phtml
>>>
>>>  Ron
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 12/12/08, Ingo Rautenberg
>> <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Ingo Rautenberg
>> <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [V8] Small update on Black betty
>>>> To: ron_01056 at yahoo.com
>>>> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
>>>> Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 11:12 AM
>>>> I see the pics but no copy (text).  Why did you
>> remove the
>>>> fenders?
>>>>
>>>> Ingo
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Ron Wainwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>> http://forums.audiworld.com/v8/msgs/138493.phtml
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanx
>>>>> Ron Black Betty (Bam-A-Lam)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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