pizdets17

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Just a question like it says above. What is best for a gs300? Manual says 76lb but to me that seems insanely loose.

iNS0MNiAC

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i torque mine at 80lbs and its fine. Why do you think 76lbs its "insanely loose"? This is almost standard for most vehicles.

pizdets17

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just feels that way for some reason but Im a nooble so what the heck do I know

tmf2004

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76lbs...

ZippyGuy

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Just a push past 80lbs for good measure.

suprafantx

I just follow the manual 76 lbs. There is no reason to give it a little more. It seams very loose but 76 lbs is a lot of torque.

GS300ToM

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83 for me!!!!

slickgt1

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80, 4 ft/lbs is neglagable for the studs, and takes exta effort to get it exactly 76.

5t341th

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80 all day.

Selvarace

76lbs and no more......Thats why in an emergency when you need to change a tire and theres no roadside service around, a female or a weak male cannot get the lugnuts loose after theyve been tightend with an impact wrench and not checked with torque wrench. The oem lug wernch should be plenty long enough to get the nuts loose. Most air wrenches will slam the nuts down over 175lbs without even trying, then when you need to use hand tools, theyre extrememly difficult to get loose. I have had so many cars come in to my shop to have the studs replaced because the do-it-yourselfers that used their home air compressor and air wrench to remove and replace wheels for cleaning of whatever other reason, when they snapped off a stud. Most of the time they didint know that they should use a torque wrench and that 70-80lbs is more than enough. Believe it or not, even those old cross wrenches can generate enough torque to snap off a lug stud. Steel rimmed Truck and trailer wheels are the only ones that need be torqued higher, but pretty much anything with a tapered lugnut on an alloy rim gets no more than about 80lbs.

Oh, one last thing, its the method of torquing thats important too. Use the "star cross" pattern as specified in the manual. can make the difference in getting the nuts to seat properly with that seemingly loose 76lbs of torque.

sleeper408

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76lbs. Remember, this is not some arbitrary number but what Lexus engineers have worked out is best for us owners.

This is what the manual says and what many veteran Lexus members have advised me as well as the only 2 shops I take my car to. There is no need to over-torque the lugs. You'll end up breaking off the studs if you do. This has happened to me twice when a tire shop used an impact wrench when I specifically asked them not to. I am currently running spacers front + rear with extended studs so I can't afford to over-torque my lugs and have my wheels come flying off when on the freeway.

JeffTsai

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If you use high strength extended wheel studs, the torque needs to be increased for racing applications. Normal road cars, follow Toyota guidelines.

3UZFTE

I use an 80 ft. lbs torque stick for almost all cars, and 100 ft lbs. one for the trucks. You will never have a problem as long as there all evenly torqued, but you could torque them to 500 ft. lbs., and if there not torqued right, that wheel is coming off eventually.

vwynn

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when in doubt.. use a air impact u know your wheels will stay on with 100+ ft lbs hahaha

but i do 76lbs. torque it.. drive for a day.. re-torque to 76 again... drive.. n repeat like 4 times. after that it should be set.

AYEmike

its suppose to be 80lbs of torque.