Lug Nut Torque Specifications

[$upraMan]

What is the recommended torque for lug nuts?

Thanks,

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Drew
98 GS-T
95 TT

[dsm4eva]

I torque it 80 ft-lbs. I believe the spec is 80-85.

[$upraMan]

Thank you. Actually I just found out from club dsm's webpage that factory manual calls for 87-101 ft-lbs. But 80 ft-lbs should be fine.

Kinda weird that shops manual gives a range instead of a value.

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Drew
98 GS-T
95 TT

[AWDPetmitsu]

So is the lug nut torque spec the same if you get afermarket wheels and different lug nuts? And how about tire pressure? What pressure are you supposed to run if you get larger tires or different tires than stock?:confused:

[Turboholic]

-That's why the factory manual give you a range for this kind of variable, the torque wrench's calibration are different depend on the brand of wrenches too.
-30 PSI have the same amount of pressure regardless your tire hold 1 ft^3 of air or 5 ft^3 of air, larger tire just take more air to build up the pressure.

-Kevin.

[AWDPetmitsu]

So are you saying that if I get different size tires and rims, the tire pressure should stay the same as for the stock tires and rims setup?

[RyaN95i4]

dpends on the tire. i know when i use to have Pirelli's, the max pressure was much higher than stock goodyears. the 225/45/17 Pirelli P7000 SS max pressure was 52 psi, and if they ever got below 40psi, they looked flat. i had em set at 50 psi up front, and 48 in the rear, rode decent (considering my suspension) and the damn things lasted forever (i bought em august of '98 and just replaced the november 01 -- in between were the occasional autoX and quite a few burnouts ;) ). I only had my 235/45 Falkens for a month before i sold my rims w/ em, but i had to run much less pressure

some people will argue that 30psi is 30psi, which is true, but every tire isnt created equal ;)