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Old Dec 17, 2007 | 02:03 PM
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First of all, you need to understand that I'm pretty **** when it comes to car stuff.
Here's my problem:
Every night when I get home from work I jack the car up to revolve my wheels to re-align my centercaps so that all 4 logos face the same diection. I spend hours each day looking out the window at work trying to catch the kids (I assume) who are jacking my car up to screw up the alignment!! They do it EVERY day and I never see them. Its driving me crazy and I'm about to lose my job over spending too much time at the window instead of working. Any suggestions???
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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Shoot the kids.

Problem solved.
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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...?
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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Have you sought professional help?
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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lol
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 05:27 PM
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yeah....professional help should be sought
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 05:38 PM
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centercaps? on the stock wheels? i hope you know they never stay the same...


or am talking about something else? hahah
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SoleLaced
centercaps? on the stock wheels? i hope you know they never stay the same...


or am talking about something else? hahah
That's the problem.....they're never in the same position when I get home as they were in the morning. Someone's messing with them.
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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or you're turning right or left, which means more or less rotation on the wheels
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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^^... yeah man...
when you drive, each wheel turns more or less during turns..

you wanna catch the culprit for messing them up? look in the mirror.
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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are you being serious.......?

a little ocd maybe? haha, what they said ^.
Old Dec 17, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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thats freaking crazy . . . like medically crazy. OCD for sure, like everybody else said. the tires will rotate different just from driving. Nobody else cares how your center caps look. I could be missing one right now and not even know, its been about 2 weeks since Ive even looked at mine.
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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I care how mine look but i ain't about to take them off and set them rite everyday. Maybe at a car show where people will actually be looking and the car ain't going anywhere. that will be my exception
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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I WAS JOKING!!!!
I did a similar post on the Viper forum last year and the thread went on for several hilarious pages, so I thought I'd try a bit of the absurd humor here......didn't really work here.
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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you should have given it more time. how many days did you let the one on the viper forum go for?
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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actually i should have realized u were kidding when said u jack up the car and turn the wheel when u just have to pop off the top
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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HAHAHAA!!!
at first, I was like
Old Dec 19, 2007 | 02:39 PM
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I think it was the Ninjas.... the are always changing my rear view mirrors on me. It's so annoying.
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