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Having had my El Camino for 31 years and 377,000 miles I went through many sets of tires. I always hated watching the tire monkeys using an impact wrench to put the lug nuts back on without starting them by hand.
I had one or two studs on every wheel that were wonky. The nuts had been partially cross threaded or over torqued or some problem and it took a lot to remove some nuts. Finally I had enough and replaced all the wheel studs, and the nuts and then just thread on as they should, and just a torque wrench to tighten them.
I finally found a local shop that spent the time to do it right. I told them up front, all the lug nuts are new, and to use caution on them.
For my 911, I always put it on the lift, remove all 4 wheel and tires and throw them and the new tires in the back of the El Camino and off to a local independent Porsche only repair shop. They have a new tire machine, and get the new tires mounted with zero damage to the wheels and road force balance. No one but me removes and replaces those aluminum nuts.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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