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Old 07-09-2004, 09:02 PM
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Default What do you torque your slicks/skinnies at?
Just wondering if they are the same spec as stock rims?
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Old 07-09-2004, 09:21 PM
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I don't tq them to a specific amount. i have a tq wrench but i've just never seen the importance in doitn that with any of my rims, just put em on by hand.
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I torque my Weld draglites to 70 ft-lbs and my stock WS6 wheels to 100 ft-lbs.
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i torque my prostars to 100
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100ftlb on my Convo Pros

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100 ft lbs on ProStars. Always had a problem overtorquing by hand.
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100 ft lbs on my CCWs
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i use 100ft/lbs on all my wheels.

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100ftlbs here and torque street wheels too no matter what
untorqued wheels lead to warping issues with wheels and rotors
plus id rater have the whell torqued evenly
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110 ft-lbs (on my torque wrench) for my Bogarts. I also re-torque after every 2 passes until they stop moving. (FWIW, I don't trust my torque wrench for much more than lugnuts right now.)
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100 ft for my prostars
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100ftlb on my Convo Pros

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same here
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80 to 100 ft lbs for a 12mm stud. I torque my stockers and convos both too 100lbs

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100 ft lbs on my Convo Pros
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I torque my Bogarts's to 80lbs (as per Steve from SJM).
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Originally Posted by Big Mike
I torque my Bogarts's to 80lbs (as per Steve from SJM).
Me too. I torque mine to 80-85lbs. per SJM.

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I always torqued my Convos to 80#, I will do the sam with the bogies
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80 on Weld Pro Stars per Jay Billingsly. I have been told that more than that can damage the wheel.
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