size of socket to remove OEM lug nuts??
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Hey guys i just got a 1/2 inch impact wrench to help with rotating/switching wheels etc, and im wondering the the size of socket in millimeters i need to remove my stock lug nuts on 15 inch steelies, i believe they're 185/65/15. thanks!
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Yeah. 19mm. Do you plan on tightening them with the impact as well? Maybe it's just me, but I prefer to just put them on and torque them with my torque wrench(final touch) and ratchet. There's something that makes me uncomfortable about tightening them with that thing.
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I'm with mel on that one.. Even if you can set your imact wrench to 80-ft-lbs, I'd still take a torque wrench to get the final torque.. but that's just me.
Overtorquing lug nuts can end badly.
Overtorquing lug nuts can end badly.
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and jsut for the record, 12 x 1.5 mm studs (what we have on our civics) gets torqued down to 70-80lbs (proper and safety range). nothing higher than 80 though.
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I put mine on with a impact set to 80ft/lbs and check it with my torque wrench, I don't use my torque wrench to tighten lug nuts because of the danger involved with using a torque wrench/breaker bar/cheater pipe while a car is on jack stands. Tightening with a bar rocks the car back and forth since the wheel is on the outside corner of the car, but an impact does not cause that rocking.
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ur suppos to tighten ur lug nuts to about 50lbs. drop ur car on its tires, then tq it to 80.
or if ur **** like me, have someone depress on ur brakes and torque it to 80lbs.
or if ur **** like me, have someone depress on ur brakes and torque it to 80lbs.
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Torquing the lug nuts in the air or on the ground depends on if the car is lug centric or hub centric, if you want to get really technical.
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The impact gun over time eventually damages the chrome on the lug nuts (osc. back and forth at a high rate once the nut is tight) and leads to them chipping and rusting.
Seen the prices for a set of new lug nuts from Honda or Acura lately??
Hand torque with a decent torque wrench is the way to go. Most shops don't like to do this as they consider it takes up too much time.
Seen the prices for a set of new lug nuts from Honda or Acura lately??
Hand torque with a decent torque wrench is the way to go. Most shops don't like to do this as they consider it takes up too much time.
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The impact gun over time eventually damages the chrome on the lug nuts (osc. back and forth at a high rate once the nut is tight) and leads to them chipping and rusting.
Seen the prices for a set of new lug nuts from Honda or Acura lately??
Hand torque with a decent torque wrench is the way to go. Most shops don't like to do this as they consider it takes up too much time.
Seen the prices for a set of new lug nuts from Honda or Acura lately??
Hand torque with a decent torque wrench is the way to go. Most shops don't like to do this as they consider it takes up too much time.
agreed. especially if u have some expensive light weight lug nuts like rays, blox, project kicks...etc
u dont wanna be messing them up.
i got blox lug nuts and they are amazing light compared to stock honda (60g stock vs 25g blox)
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