I've got a 2010 and 2011 TL. Both are base models with standard factory wheels. What is the correct wheel nut torque spec? The only reference I can find in the owners manuals is regarding the compact spare tire. The manual says that should be torqued to 94 lbs. I assume the standard wheels should be torqued to the same spec. Is that correct?

All of my previous Acuras specified 80 lbs for wheel nut torque, so I want to be sure I don't overtighten.

Thanks!

 

owners manual is correct 94 lbs is the right torque.

 

Thanks! Just wanted to be sure.

 

Interesting, I've always tightened mine to 80lbs.

 

id go with standard recommended torque specs

 

127 N·m (13.0 kgf·m, 94.0 lbf·ft) frt and rr

 

^Where is this information from. After looking at everything I could find online, 94 is for the steel spare and higher than any other vehicle (with that size lug) with alloy wheels (VW 88). The specs from the TireRack don't even go that high.

 

94 ft/lbs is what the dealer torques mine down to.

 

Did you call them? How would you know that? 80lbs from 1995-2005, now 94lbs??

 

I removed one of the nuts to install a lock and called them. They told me 94.

 

That works for me. Thanks. I had noticed that they seemed to be really tight once after a dealer rotation, this explains that situtation.

 

Just to repeat what others have said, per the 2011 Tire Guide, 94 lbs.

 

It was curious for me too since 80 lbs has been the Acura standard since 1984. But apparently that has changed with the 4G TLs.

Thanks everyone for the 94 lbs confirmation!

 

Heavier car....plus i tight mine until I fart.....pooooot!

 

Everything has changed for the 4G.

The bolt pattern used to be 5x114.3, and the 4G is now 5x120.

The thread size used to be M12, and the 4G is now M14.

So the increase in torque spec may have to do with the increase in bolt size and the wider bolt pattern.