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From my 997.2 manual

Always clean the wheel bolts before fitting. Apply a thin coat of Optimoly TA (aluminum paste) on the thread and between the bolt head and movable spherical cap ring.

The bearing surface of the spherical cap facing the wheel must not be greased.

Tightening torque 96 ftlb. / 130 Nm

jhbrennan

From the service manual (2012 version)...
Silver wheel bolts (up to model year 2011) = 96 ftlb. or 118 ftlb. also permitted retroactively.
Silver wheel bolts (as of model year 2012) = 118 ftlb.
Black wheel bolts = 118 ftlb.
Center Lock wheels - 444 ftlb. (that's right four-hundred-forty-four foot pounds.)

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jhbrennan,

Thanks for the additional details! Helps others with differing model years.

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Opti moly at Pelican Parts

https://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin...tion=opti+moly

Hard to find.

Meursault88

Maybe Pete will chime in ???

This can't be too much different and people seem to really like it.

Meursault88

PDF for Castrol - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...v44hlqPUDWgX-M

Glyndellis

I would suggest to call Loctite and ask them. When I did this a couple of years ago, they confirmed that Castrol Optimol TA is an assembly paste and that Loctite Anti Seize has abrasive particles that could cause problems with centerlocks or any sliding application. I concluded they are different products.

Per my post on another Optimol thread, the Castrol people and the Loctite (Henkel) people are very nice folk, and will answer your questions. They understand their own and their competitors products.

Meursault88

I am going to follow this to the letter. Sigh... these cars are exhausting.

HenryPcar

My guess is that for liability reasons. From 96 to 118 ft/lbs is about 13% and it more than covers the discrepancy of inaccurate torque wrench out there. I hate to think of the consequence of a torque wrench giving a reading of 96ft/lbs and yet in reality only torques to 50 ft lbs.

OKB

95 to 99 on all my cars