Does anyone know how to get those aluminum caps off our lug nuts...I dont think they lock as the manual says they would have a number on them...all my lugs are capped and dont want to screw them up taking vice grips to em...oh ya and i dont have that piece thats in the trunk either..friggan father in law again....man i could kill this guy..

 

You dont take the caps off, use a 3/4" socket. If you use the metric size , many times you have to beat them out cause they stick in the socket

 

fixed.....AHHHHH the old impact gun..lol...i would take pics but not sue how to upload them...

 

Dont ever use that lug wrench in the trunk, youll mangle the covers and crack the wrench.....yes its that much a piece of junk

 

That should be lesson 1 to any car owner, down't use the jack or supplied tools unless you absolutely have to. I can't count hown many times I've had sissor jacks fall over and cracked the stinking factory lug wrench over the years.

 

Funny... The lug wrench in the trunk doesnt even fit over the lugs?? I used my breaker bar when I was taking off my stock wheels.

 

I see the manual says tighten with torque wrench to 79.5 ,,I'm just gonna tighten em back up with the impact and check when done by hand..Can someone tell me if it crucial for me to torque these to 79.5?..I dont own a torque wrench thats why I ask...I could borrow one though!.

 

Irish, if you can borrow one, do it. But, if you can't try to make sure that all the lugnuts are tightened the same amount (and not to spot torque). Tightening the lugnuts to different tightenesses puts stresses into the rotors which will lead to warpage.

 

My two cents:

If you overtorque them, they'll be next to impossible to get off when you're stuck on the side of the road with nothing but the aforementioned crappy-tools-in-the-trunk to change a tire with. You don't need more torque than the factory recommendations to reliably secure the wheel to the hub.

Of course, I've had dealer mechanics and tire-shop monkeys argue with me on that point, insisting that you should crank down on them with an impact gun until they won't budge any further. But they're never around when that inevitable flat tire happens.

If the manufacturer's engineers say 79.5 lb-ft, then aim for that mark.

 

ok..got a torque and like an idiot,,set to 79.5 whaen it;s 75.9 lol...i will rectify this tamorrow,but i wouldnt think 4.5 lbs would make much diffrence..and on the tool's in the trunk thing..I swear they make em cheap..so we gotta go to a dealer for service...after owning this ride for couple years now,,i looks that way from top to bottom almost...