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Genre: Autos & Vehicles
Date of upload: Nov 25, 2023 ^^
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Just a tip, always check the tire pressure out after a shop mounts the tires to make sure its set right for your vehicle (especially if you just bring them the rims and not the vehicle).
Most shops are good about this, but a few times they had the pressure around 50 psi when it was suppose to be 35, it made for a rough ride home, lol
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I bought CrossClimate2's over 2 years ago for my Model 3 and have over 55,000 miles on them. I just bought another set and will put them on in a month or so. Great tire, though not quite as sharp handling as the OEM tires and definitely off from a summer tire. But definitely usable year round for normal use.
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Woah. Case just VANISHED at 6:24!!
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I have done mechanic work for more than 40 years on everything from motorcycles up to industrial equipment, ag equipment and semi trucks. Wheel lug torque is in a range according to the the lug diameter and the wheel material that you are fastening to the hub.
It is more important to make sure and draw the lugs down in a cross or star pattern first with a torque wrench and then go around everyone in a circle.
Then after 100 miles recheck the torque.
With 1/2 inch lugs and alloy wheels I would start with a minimum of 75 foot pounds and then drive it for 50 miles and retorque to 85 foot lbs and leave it alone.
That will prevent rotor warpage and wheel deformation from over tightened lugs.
If you don't tighten far enough the alloy wheels will quickly start to oval out the lug holes and loosen. If you tighten too much you will stretch the lug bolts and break them or you will crush and deform the wheel lug holes and possibly break the lug bolts off when you try and remove them.
It is best to find out the manufacturers spec and go with that.
I was taught to oil the threads and de rate the torque spec by 10 ft lbs when you torque the bolts down.
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As far as buying a dedicated set, i usually just order from tire rack and get tires, wheels and sensors, all mounted and delivered and is usually in the $1500-$1800 range. Other than the huge advantage winter tires have in cold weather, the other advantage is extending the life of the other set of tires. No tire should be run in the winter below 5/32, but that is plenty of tread for summer. You will be replacing your summer tires less often. The other is when you dont need the dedicated winter setup any longer you can easily get $500 from the winter set if the tires are shot and $1000 if they are relatively fresh.
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Back when I was younger, I ran the accessories department at a high performance European car dealership. We sold a lot of sets of aftermarket wheels, especially Compomotive 3 piece wheels that I personally specced and assembled for dozens of cars in +1, +2, even +3 fittings. With the variability of multiple widths of inner and outer rims, we could fit ANY car to perfection. Even lowered ones, and stance them out so close to the wheel opening lips... so, actually any competent tire dealer that has the proper experience, can help you select better wheels that are lighter(a must) stronger and better performing.
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@markc19821
5 months ago
Very important to torque those lugs! Too much torque you can break a stem, too little you can lose a wheel. FYI for anyone putting brand new wheels you need to torque your lugs drive a few hundred miles and re-torque them again so they seat properly into the wheel.
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