Quote Originally Posted by jick.cejoco View Post
today, nov12 at around 1000, i witnessed a "mechanic" overtorqued lug nuts on an unusual color porsche (blue) in banaue street. i feel sorry for the car. the owner more than likely doesn't know nor have an idea fo the torque specs for the lug nut. from the looks of it, as the mechanic was tghtening the lug nuts/bolts on the car by pushing downward with force that i think is way too much for the bolt. this malpractice is both dangerous and damaging to the car. overtorquing leads to pssible fractures on the bolts from stretching aside from possible warping of the brake rotors. friends, if you have to install tilres back to the car, please use torque wrench whenever possible to avoid damage to the car or avoid accidents from runaway tires.
porche uses lugbolts. in my opinion is a pain in the ass when it comes to installing back the tires and lining up the holes. lalo na when it is fat ass wide tyres.

yes bihira ako makakita ng gumagamit ng torque wrench dito sa atin maski as simple as for torqueing mag wheels