I plan on putting on the new HFP wheels and tires soon. Can someone tell me the correct lug nut torque for the Fit wheels? I knew it but can't remember what it was.

 

That's the general rule ouf thumb...

 

i use 90lbs/ft on all my cars.

retorque after you drive 5-10miles.

 

In the service manual it mentions 79.6lbs/ft HAHAAAAHAAA the important part is the .6

 

I torque mine to 100lbs

 

i torque mine to 80. i would torque them to 90 but i dont want to mess up the forged nutz!

 

80 is right on the money guys!

Tech article from Tire Rack:
Wheel Tech - Wheel Lug Torquing

Check out other articles. There are great tips in there.
I highly recommend the one on "wheel finish and care".

Ivan

 

One more thing, DO NOT ALLOW TIRE SHOPS TO TORQUE YOUR LUG NUTS WITH AN IMPACT GUN!

These guys that do actual work rarely pay attention on their impact gun torque settings. Beside very strong possibility they will strip either studs or lug nuts, you might find yourself with a flat tire trying to remove the wheel to put a spare with that pathetic lug nut wrench that came with the car kit.
Ever tried loosening lug nuts torqued at over 150lbs/ft?! No, keep the AAA roadside assistance card handy!
Oh yeah, some impact guns are rated at up to 700lbs/ft! Not that threads would handle it!
Ever had your own wheel overtake you on the fwy? My friend did! Courtesy of a very inteligent tire shop employee with an impact gun!
Stud threads were gone!

Ivan

 

and put some anti seize on your lugs if possible.

 

you dont want to put it on your lugs, rather your center hub.

 

i always put a little inside each of my lug nuts.

 

yah little amounts and only on the inside should be fine. don't
get any on the tapered part.

 

i took the wheels off of my brother's '67 mustang last weekend. whoever put those lugs back on at the shop last time must have use the impact gun. those things were so hard to get off of there.
i bought a nice ($$$) torque wrench, so i like to make use of it whenever I can.

 

yeah dont let anyone use an impact to re-install the lugs. I got mar car serviced a couple months ago at the dealership and two weeks ago i went to do my brakes and the wheel stud sheared off while i was removing the lugnut. I suspect that the technician over torqued the lugs after rotating the tires, most likely by using an impact gun. They replaced the broken stud, but since then i've been back twice, once cause they didn't do something right when the put the wheel back on causing a horrendous grinding noise resulting in the replacement of whell bearing, hib nut and abs sensor. And a second time, because the abs light is now on again. All this aggrivation started with one freakin broken stud!!!!

 

I use 80 ft lbs.

Don't assume your old torque wrench is giving you accurate torque over time, you can get a newer one or recalibrate it to cheek for errors.

Always store the torque wrench with zero ft-lbs to save the mechanism.

Do not over torque the nuts, 90 or 100 is too much.

If you buy an hand impact wrench, get one rated to about 80-90 ft lbs or you can over torque. Just be careful. For portable units the bigger the battery the more torque it can generate.

 

ive done alright with just hand-tightening lug nuts.....

 

yeh, ive been swapping wheels so often that i can get it within 2-3lbs
of 90lbs/ft almost each and every time just using the ratchet.
i use a torque wrench though, just to be sure and to make things
go faster.

imho 80lbs/ft is fine but it's on the loose side. most dealers use more like
120lbs/ft+ because they know customers will not go back and re-torque
the lugs after they leave the lot.

one time a dealer used so much torque that i had to bounch on my
18" breaker bar to remove it...that's like over 300lbs/ft.

 

When I got the Mickey Thompson wheels for my Ranger, the shop that put them on cross threaded 4 of the 5 lugs on one of the back wheels. I had to break of the studs to get the damn wheel off. Never going back there lol

Thanks for the replies guys. I wanted to make sure I got the torque right when I put them on. I'll recheck after about 8 miles and re torque.