Loose lug nuts are not your friend.
I've been getting some popping noises for a while on my truck. It got really bad this week. Yea..... Here's why:
When I bought this truck, it had a full size spare tire on it. The original tire was in the bed, with obvious damage to the sidewall. Cool, someone replaced the tire. No need to do anything much about that, since it's a full size spare in good condition.
I suspect that these lug nuts were only put on hand tight, maybe barely better. Over the past 5000 miles I've had it, it's been moving about, causing damage.
Anyway, I'm a tard for not picking up on this sooner, and now have to work out the extent of the damage and what I'm going to do about it. The rim is trashed, the lugs are trash, rotor is trashed, and the hub may be trashed too.