Anyone paint their wheel bolts?

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Mar 28, 2019 | 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Petza914

I also hope you're only removing them with the impact gun and reinstalling with a good torque wrench and not the impact gun.

If you want another toy purchase an 80 or 90 ft/lb tourqe stick. They will limit your impact gun and you can do the rest by hand.

Mar 28, 2019 | 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jkw911

If you want another toy purchase an 80 or 90 ft/lb tourqe stick. They will limit your impact gun and you can do the rest by hand.

Good point. Those are handy, but I find the impact guns with sockets, actually mess up the edges and finish of the heads from the hammering effect so I loosen them with a breaker bar, then finish by hand, and start them by hand and finish with a Snap on Digital torque wrench. Yes, it takes longer, but I'm not working on a pit crew in my garage. I also thread in 2 of the wheel guide pins once once I get the first 2 lug bolts out, especially on the cars with PCCB rotors.

Mar 28, 2019 | 06:21 PM

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MexicoBlueTurboS

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While we're at it - how many people use the specified lube OPTIMOLY TA when they do their wheels?

My caveat - use gloves and caution to make sure this stuff doesn't end up anywhere it doesn't belong. It's a PITA to clean.

Mar 28, 2019 | 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MexicoBlueTurboS

I use Marine Grade anti-seize on the threads only - never the seat - every once in a while and torque to 100 ft lbs which is probably similar to the new 118 ft lbs dry torque spec. Considering the spec used to be 96 ft lbs dry, I think this combination gets me well into the range between the two.

Mar 28, 2019 | 07:39 PM

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orange260z

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Originally Posted by rw229

Just scuff and paint with silver or black... think of it as annual maintenance.

+1

I find an upside-down egg carton is a great way to do this quickly - poke through all the bottoms, leaving only the heads exposed. I give them two quick coats of rattle-can silver, usually lasts me a couple of years (and several wheels swaps) before they look ratty again.

Mar 29, 2019 | 04:25 PM

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Yet anothercrisis

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I spray painted mine black. They look slightly less crappy than the original silver/rust.

Mar 29, 2019 | 07:41 PM

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use this.. its a zinc rich paint..will resist rust better than anything u gonna find in autozone..

Apr 1, 2019 | 07:21 PM

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steam_mill

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I am from the 996 group....

I used the wire brush on my table grinder and removed all paint, covered bolts with rust check and bough 19mm silicone covers, black. Looks great.