wheel changing question..

[clarkgrizwald]

im getting my new wheels and tires put on tomorrow. im headed home for christmas on saturday. i was thinking of putting my old wheels back on before i go home so i can avoid putting 600 miles on my new tires. but i dont know if i will or not. as far as changing the wheels, just use a torque wrench? is there anything else i need to know about taking and putting wheels back on a car?

[CharmCityES]

tighten all the lugs to 80lbs with a torque stick
21mm lug nuts for camry
make sure if u have wheel locks to not lose the key
if u have directional tires make sure theyre going the correct directon

its pretty self explanitory

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by clarkgrizwald

im getting my new wheels and tires put on tomorrow. im headed home for christmas on saturday. i was thinking of putting my old wheels back on before i go home so i can avoid putting 600 miles on my new tires. but i dont know if i will or not. as far as changing the wheels, just use a torque wrench? is there anything else i need to know about taking and putting wheels back on a car?

If you decide to go on a long trip with the new rims+tires then make sure you give it a test drive at different speed and also brake at different speed to see if you can feel any vibration at all. This way you are not driving 600 miles with rims+tires that has vibration.

[liquidi3ladz]

You could put it off till you get back.

[ScrooYoo]

its pretty simple stuff man. just make sure u retorque your lug nuts to make sure after about 100km anytime you change your wheels.

[clarkgrizwald]

yea for the life of me i havent figured out if i need to buy new lugs or not. when i ebay mazda lugs (which is the wheel im putting on) the lugs are the same that i already have. but everyone tells me that i need different lugs than the ones that came on my steelies. however i dont think i do need new ones. but i dont know..

[MrSo0h0o]

did u get them put on yet?

[clarkgrizwald]

naw its still up in the air firestone got 3 of 4 tires from ups today? they are calling me in 10 to let me know if they got the 4th..

[07XLE]

I wouldn't advise using a torque wrench to remove the lugs, use either a big socket wrench or breaker bar (similar to a socket wrench, just no gearing like socket wrenches have), you can mess up the calibration of the torque wrench using it for loosening bolts, only use the torque for installing them. If you must use the torque wrench for loosing the lugs, just make sure you set it to something over 100lb/ft of torque. The torque stick that was referred to in a previous post is for use with impact guns, so unless you have air tools (impact wrench), you'll need the regular torque wrench.

[Hajoca]

Alloy wheels are usually shank type with a steel washer, or a very wide chamfer (v type seat)
the lug nuts must fit the type of wheel , so if the wheel is of the shank type then you will need new lugs.

Toyota alloy wheel lugs are of the shank type but on the bottom where there is a bulge seat so that it can be used with the steel spare tire.

[clarkgrizwald]

when you say shank are you refering to the kind with washers? im thinking that i might actually need those kind. because when i look closely at the wheel, there are marks there like there has been a washer there.

[Dropitmore]

more than likely you will need the shank style lug nuts, just dont go to the dealer, cause I went to Toyota and they wanted $12 a lug nut, multiply that times 20 equals raped in the a$$.....see if Firestone or any wheel shop carries them, I ended up going to a wheel shop and got them for $50 for all 20....you could find them a little cheaper than that I would assume, but I was anxious and in a hurry.....