what so i torque my lug nuts too i have a 97 maxima with 17" motegi mr7 wheels.

 

I torque my MOMO's at 85 ft-lbs. if that helps any.

 

I've never heard of torquing your lugs. I've always just put them on as tight as I can....and I'm a big guy... I haven't had any problems yet....

If anyone knowledgable...(Jeff...Clee) know different, please post here....

 

tighten the lug nuts in a crisscross pattern to 72-87 pounds, 98-112 Nm.

 

If you overtighten the lugs you can stretch the threads. Since the the metals also expand when they heat up the torque on the threads actually increases. At some point this will lead to a fatigue failure and you will have a big problem. Justin was correct on the torque #. Even if you're a big guy you'd really have to use a lot of force to actually damage anything, but the risk is always there.

 

Yup, I religious about torquing my wheel lugs correctly. 80ft/lbs in a perfect star pattern.

I read somewhere online, that perfectionist sometimes torque to around 60 when the wheels are touch the floor, but the weight of the car is still half on the jack. Then after 60ft/lbs, the car is lowered fully, then torqued to around 80 or 85.

 

...72-87 ft/lbs

If you go to amazon, do a search on "maxima" and "haynes" you'll get the page for the 93-99 manual. Amazon is conveniently providing a short excert from the books they are selling. And, would you believe it, on the bottom of page 7 of 13, there's the wheel tourque spec.

I would vote for 85 ft/lbs.

BTW, there are many other useful specs on that page. Oil capacity, spark plug types, all kinds of handy-dandy stuff. Free too.

 

I usually torque my lug nuts to 85 like emoore suggested, but torqueing is really important. If you overtighten and/or tighten different amounts it promotes rotor warping. I usually like to do my own tire rotations, but if I can't I always specifically ask for them to be tightened by hand. Air tools are +/- about 100 ft/lbs
-hype

 

They do make torque sticks for airguns too.

 

I'm aware of that, but frankly I don't think most people know/care about getting the specs right.
-hype

 

You are correct in that some people could care less about the specs but on the contrary, when you have a set of expensive wheels and brakes you will do whatever it takes to eliminate the chance of warpage or damage caused by incorrect torque specs.

 

Yeah I hear ya Ravq. I swap my wheels a lot because I change out between my 18"s and 16"s at least once a year. I also have slotted rotors which I do not want to have any problems with since I can't just turn like normal rotors.
-hype

 

I agree with the things below, that's what I did to my car.

Another thing, check back on your wheels after 200 miles. Usually there will be at least one nut that started to loose in among 4 wheels.