lug nut torque...
 

Hey, Just wondering what the torque specs are for lug nuts? I have always used 55 ft/lbs, and im sure i saw this somewhere.
Anyways, My winter wheels are steelies, as i know the torque specs may be different depending on the material of the wheel. Anyone know what the torque would be?
Tom

Re: lug nut torque...
 

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/...jsp?techid=107 nm i guess its 70-80 ft/lbs.

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I've always done 100 ft/lbs, especially on steelies.

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I only do 80-85lbs. I hate taking off over torqued lug nuts off.

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I've usually done 100ft/lbs too, by that I mean I just get them really tight and if I feel anal I break out a tq wrench.

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I do 70 on the WRX and 75 on the X (both within factory spec range).

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Same. On regular alloy rims, 80 is the min I tighten lugs to. Steelies I always torque to 100ft/lbs.

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Actually, I correct myself. I use number 3 on my air ratchet. :D

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Haha, i use number 3 too!

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The tighter the less chance they fall off, which I found out, is bad. Dsm's have pretty stout studs, probably have to go over 150ft lbs to start stretching them.

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Worst advice of the thread. Mitsu lists torque specs for a reason.

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We use a Doorman book.

Here's a link to the PDF
http://www.dormanproducts.com/docume...pecsMASTER.pdf