mhosts

Hey all:

Picked up a set of winter rims/tires for my new A3... Won't be putting them on for a while, but I was wondering what to torque them to?

My old G35 was 80ft lbs. Is it the same?

Thanks!

sakimano

89 ft-lbs my man

your G35 used lugnuts. The Audi uses bolts. Ball seat.

mhosts

awesome, thanks!

cheeba

In case you bought aftermarket wheels, most of them use cone seat – you don't want to mix them up. I've seen even mechanics use the incorrect bolts/nuts many times.

mhosts

I got a set from TireRack.

They included a free set of centering rings and 20 lugbolts... I'm assuming these should be correct?

One thing I notice with all previous mechanics (dealers included) is they always over-tourque the bolts. There are times where I needed to jump on my wrench to get the bolts to start moving and I'm 225lbs (very frustrating)...

I got a set of these: 17x8 Black Painted MOTEGI RACING MR118

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...MR11878012732B

mikeh

I will confirm that its 89. I have my torque wrench set to 90 and check it every two weeks as they have been known to back out during driving.

mhosts

What do you mean!? You don't have a torque wrench that measures to .001 lbs

On a more serious note: I find that once the car is lowered and torqued, driving it around the block and re-tourqing them allows the wheel to settle a bit. Most of the time I get a little more turn on the lug before my wrench clicks. (but never done it on an Audi before, so we'll see).

cheeba

Hehe yeah, most mechanics have two torque settings: 3/8" impact wrench or 1/2" impact wrench I once talked to a mechanic, who placed (IIRC) 3rd in a national wrenching competition, that used a setting on his air gun to torque head bolts (engine fastener torques are very critical). No kidding.

sakimano

wow...that's ****.

kayubassist

I need to order a set of winter tires too.
Did you have the wheels shipped to your door or go down to the border to pick them up?