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ok...so i put my new rims on last night...18 axis seven mods in gloss black....goin to get my alignment done today to have my car put in the shop monday to have my back end fixed from where someone hit and run me....ok so im drivin along....and i hear and big bang noise and my passenger side front just hits the ground...i hear the rotor scrappin...so i stop immediately....i get out and my new rim isjammed up in the wheel well smashing my fender in.....i look in and see that the lug nuts are completely ripped off and it looks like the lug bolts were stripped when my uncle air gunned them on......so now i need 16 new lug BOLTS...not lug nuts.....cause he stripped them all and im not takin a chance of drivin my car anymore till i get them fixed....can someone tell me what this might cosr me and how i can go about fixing it.....what size bolts do i need to get.....or any help at all that can help me get this fixed.....

 
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they are studs, not bolts. call a parts house. i think they're about $1.00 a piece

 
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ok thanks.......can anyone tell me how to put them on??? is it hard or what?? what do i have to take apart??

 
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yo ugotta take off the bearing and just take them off. a couple pair of vice grips should work.

 
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They need to be pressed in from the back. The hubs have to come off, you'll need to knock the old ones back out and press new ones in.
This is why I hate air wrenches and never use them on ANYTHING.

 
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I LUV AIR TOOLS!!! Ppl are stupid cuz they just put the nut or bolt on to the socket and force it . I use air tools everyday at work and ive never stripped one before cuz i always start by hand to make sure its threaded in then you use the air gun to finish the rest off!!!

 
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you might also want to consider inspecting your brake rotor on the passenger side. if you fell on it it might be warped/cracked or whatever.

 
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DIY air wrenching is marginally better. I still don't do it, but at least you're responsible for your own mess. I've found most shops use air wrenches on one setting, full blast. Doesn't matter what the torque spec is, they're cranking it on. I've fought off more nuts and had them come off broken, stripped or damaged because of the dealer and impact guns than I have with trying to break loctite or rust. I hate em. The few times I've actually taken my car to a shop, I've written on the work authorization "NO AIR TOOLS" before I signed it. Especially on wheels. Its so bad for them, and they all should know that. Its common sense you don't use impact guns to tighten wheels.
As far as not hand starting nuts and bolts... well, you deserve what you get, thats common sense.

 
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good example of why not to impact gun lug nuts on, you can warp aluminum rims, hubs, rotors, and strip studs.
they should be torqued to 90-100 ft/lb and a typical shop used impact gun will get up to 450 ft/lb.

but you should have a professional do it if your replacing everysingle one because it will be more tricky in the rear and you dont want to take a chance in this happening again do you?

 
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not that hard to put em in/out
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hammer out all 4.

pull in from back... then use a nut plus 4 washers+ to "press them in"

riley

 
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what size studs do i need??.....im goin to get me some tomorrow...

 
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and you dont need 16 of them just the 4 for that wheel

 
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lol i have a feeling this is gonna turn out BADDD

tell em you have honda theyll give u the right ones

12x1.5

 
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yes he said theyve all been stripped

and rijikowsky (sp? sorry couldnt remember) i have the same feeling lol

 
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have a little faith fellas haha.........i got this hahahaha

 
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well its a somewhat serious matter, im not trying to be mean just kinda worried

 
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*** hope all is well

 
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let me know if you need the rear oem drum setup from EX. it includes the drum brake and the knuckle so u can just bolt it on.. i also have the front oem rotors too.. only about 20k miles on these oem brake components.
i can sell these to you cheap.

 
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another reason why i dont use air when doing anything.....or let anyone else (even family) touch my car(s)

 
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damm must of been scary when it fell. well its not hard to put new studs in just takes time