Wheel nut torque??

I think some ranges are listed at

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Carl

My Subaru dealer says it's "supposed" to be 67.5 on my STi, but after they told me that I should feel free to push it up to 70-75, especially on aftermarket wheels, I tighten them up to 72 psi.

I have Rota Torque II's (beautiful, austere wheels btw) which I like a lot.

.. anyway, 67.5 is the recommended standard apparently, even for an STi. I would stick with that if I were you.

For the 2003 OBW the torque from the service manual is 65 ft-lb. I find it to be on the low end, meaning I have found wheels that were tightened to spec, that later on were kind of loose.

Jim wrote:

I usually just make em 'tight.' I crank it till it gets tight, extend the handle on my Monster lug wrench, and give it one more jerk. I always use one hand for the jerk so as not to overtorque it. Considering my wife drives the car, not that she would ever change a tire, lol.

Anyway, I need another nut myself. Somehow I lost it in my haste changing that blew out tire in that shady neighborhood a few months back...

I'm not an expert, but overtightening lug nuts on disc brakes is supposed to be a major cause of warped discs. I do know that I haven't had any more warped disk-type shudders since I changed to using a torque wrench... well, after I replaced the shuddering ones. I find a good approximation for roadside repairs is a medium strength shove with my shoulder, but that's a very subjective thing. Putting my upper body weight on it is too much.

Mike