I got the wild hair up my *** (insert three letter word beginning with A) to clean and polish the inside of my wheels. After a lot of effort, struggling with extremely tight lug nuts, I managed to remove the LF and complete the process using Wheel Wax and Adams VRT. The wheel looks great.

I then found putting the sucker back so I could insert the lug nuts was a indeed difficult. Each of my 18" wheels weighs 55.6 pounds, and positioning it so the holes lined up properly was nearly impossible. I finally got them in and and hopefully tightened correctly. I then lowered the car to proceed to the RF.

Here is my issue. The lug nuts were so incredibly tight that I was afraid to grunt too hard fearing the wrench slipping and scratching the daylights out of my $1250 wheels. I gave up and plan to go to the dealership to ask for someone to check the torque on each wheel to make sure they are properly tightened.

I cannot imagine having to change a tire out in the wild without the luxury of my clean cement garage floor.

 

You mean lug bolts, right? If so, there is a special tool that makes this much easier; it it like a long stud, without a head. You thread it into one of the holes and you then 'hang' the wheel on it while you insert the other three lug bolts.

 

Yes, "Lub"= typo.

I'll look for that tool. Sounds essential. I was thinking I might slightly loosen the nuts while the tire is still fully resting on the floor. Before, I raised it until it was barely touching and that might have caused enough give to prevent the process.

 

Update:

I man'd up and tackled the project. After seeing the tire needed to be undisturbed while resting on the ground while slightly loosening the nuts, I was able to remove each and clean the wheels. They look wonderful. And, I finally learned that if I got down on the floor I could make the task of lining up the holes to make insertion of the nuts easier.

 

Yep real handy.........

http://stores.ebay.com/GOOD-OL-BEARs...d=241596987952

 

Be sure to get the correct size; I assume yours takes the 14mm version.

 

wow, I could have used that at least twice a year (for the past 6 years) when switching from my summer to winter tires. never even knew such a thing existed. just hit the link you provided and bought a pair. many, many thanks.

 

Me too. Thank you!

 

Always nice to have the right tools for the job.

Just noticed this thread is titled Lub Nuts instead of Lug nuts....

 

They're not lub NUTS; they're lub BOLTS.