PenguinQX

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I was driving yesterday and felt like the car was pulling sort of weird... not sure if it was just mental or what, so I took a look at my wheels and noticed that I was missing 1 lugnut from each rim on the passenger side of my car.


I don't know when exactly this happened, or if this was a prank by some idiots (i'm at college now, so i'm always parked in a hugeass student lot). Could this have anything to do with the fact that I lowered my car on Eibachs 2 months ago? I did the install w/ a friend (Titand19) and tightened the lugnuts myself with an impact gun. I checked the remaining lugnuts on the car, and they weren't loose...

t0ast

Probably not a prank, but rather the lugs just shook themselves loose. Consider yourself lucky noticing that you lost two on different wheels cuz I've heard stories of people losing the whole rim due to improperly tightened lugs.

Ideally, you should use a torque wrench and torque em to spec rather than using an impact gun. Also, whenever removing wheels, you should retighten them after driving the first 50 miles or so cuz they can loosen a bit after driving initially.

fsttyms1

lowering didnt have any thing to do with it. Either some one took them or you didnt tighten them properly. I would NOT use a impact gun to tighten lugnuts. That is a very good way to accelerate warping rotors. They should always be torqued.

cambo

not to mention an easy way to strip wheel studs.

fsttyms1

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Pure Adrenaline

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Always re-tighten the lugs after a couple of days. On certain types of wheels, namely aluminum, the expansion from the heat can actually loosen the lugs. Tighten properly, then re-tighten after some time.

pavan87

I'm pretty sure WalMart sells lugnuts if you need to get some. Just a FYI.