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HKB BOSS hubs? better think again.

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Old 09-06-10, 01:34 PM
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Thumbs down HKB BOSS hubs? better think again.

i had this setup for about 2-3 years mostly daily driven, but then again- this happened. probably would only happen during high stress since it happened while flicking around my steering wheel. but even then, who knows! so beware!

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Old 09-06-10, 01:46 PM
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whoa, must've been an epic drift lmao
Old 09-06-10, 02:18 PM
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damn Ant...lol. the o ish handles are above your head.
Old 09-06-10, 02:49 PM
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Holy crap. I'd be scared ****less if I was driving hard and that happened
Old 09-06-10, 03:16 PM
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That aluminum looks way too thin, bad engineering.
Old 09-06-10, 08:00 PM
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send them an email, im pretty sure theyll send you free stuff
Old 09-06-10, 09:13 PM
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wow, that looks like some cheap casting
Old 09-06-10, 09:56 PM
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Looks like foil!
Old 09-06-10, 10:12 PM
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those are pretty much all the same words i thought about.

im not sure how i could send them an email since their site is in japanese. anyone know a US/ eng website?

although im skeptical about their products now, i got a new setup
Old 09-06-10, 11:57 PM
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DD dorifto ftw! haha, jk mang, that blows. I have a Works Bell Hub, but I heard its the same thing as HKB, are you sure yours wasn't a knockoff?
Old 09-07-10, 06:10 AM
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daaaangggg
Old 09-07-10, 09:02 AM
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That's sux man, I ordered a splash hub and I think it's made by boss too. I'll share some photos when I get it tomorrow.
Old 09-07-10, 12:51 PM
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Was it like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZEwx...eature=related

Except in your case it didn't go back on?
Glad your OK bro. Could have been real bad.
I keep LMAO when the dude yells
Old 09-07-10, 01:05 PM
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^ Wow. I like how dude held his line and wasn't even fazed by it. So how the hell did you drive home Fender?
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wowzers. that must have been scary.


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