Can someone send me a link to a good troque wrench for a Rays Black Lug Nut. PS what can do to make sure my lugs don't get scratched when taking them on/off? Please give me your info and let me konw if i need anything else for this job (i got jack-stands). Thanks.

 

abazaba

 

I haven't had no problems with scratching the lugs themselves as you stated.They seem to be pretty tough at abuse. But the wheels there self when taking the lugs out is another problem. Some times I have put some nickes in the gunmetal finsh. So for that I have just put some electrical tape around the socket to cushion it. Just take your time every turn.

 

you can get a plastic / nylon sleeve that fits over the outside of your deep dish socket to prevent scratches to the wheels, learned this the hard way at a track day, another racer let me borrow his torque wrench. Anyway you can get em from Summit Racing, they are sold in sets about $35.00 for 3 different sizes.


http://www.summitracing.com/

 

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Would you guys think that would be a good wrench? I will take ON/OFF my wheels maybe once every 6months, so i don't need anything too crazy

 

that sounds cool but not sure where to serach for it in summitracing

 

Here you go: just had to do some searching under tools. Just copy & paste the link in your browser. I highly suggest you breakdown, if I had a clue before mine got scratched up.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

 

Cool thanks man. I hope those work with my Rays Lug's.

 

Those sockets aren't needed, waste of money IMO. Just like someone said above, wrap your socket with some electrical tape. Nothing crazy, two to three layers will do the trick and it will work just as well without spending $35.00.

Better to spend that $35 towards a good torque wrench instead.

 

Thanks for the input. Any torque wrench you suggest?

 

I personaly own a snapon torque wrench but those are expensive. If you don't take your wheels on/off often and you don't really care about having a precise tool, just pickup a breaker bar and use that. I'm sure you will know how tight is tight enough for your lug nuts, just be sure not to overtigthen them.

Or you can also just wrap the head of your OEM tool thats located in your spare tire area with electrical tape and use that. Cheap fix right that does the job without scratching your rims right?

 

I see. Ya i don't think i need a precise tool since it will not be used. I am looking into buying a torque wrench from Kregon (the ones that click) and I guess somehow its suppose to tell you if your lugs are tight enough by the # of clicks or something!?! I need new tools because I currently have the Rays Long Lug's and the stock tool won't fit on it

 

I have mine wrapped in painters tape.

 

Just go with a torque bar then. It's basically a torque wrench bar without any kind of clicking or gauge on it.

Or a step above that would be to go to Autozone/Kragen and pickup one of these:

It's basically a manual torque wrench with a gauge face on it that you have to read manually to torque to the proper amount. That might suit you well and it should be fairly inexpensive (probably $20-25).

 

^thats what i got. does its job.

 

Will be going to Kregon/Autozone to find that tool. Thing looks cool.

 

Another thing that works is being careful