# i almost died today! **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-almost-died-today/105642 "2007-04-17T08:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![G-E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/g-e/32/5546_2.png) [@G-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G-E)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-almost-died-today/105642/13 "2007-04-17T16:53:50Z")
> [@Your Next car?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-next-car/12162/43): > > buy a torque wrench, 100ft/lbs in a star montion. industry standard, as a mechanic. that’s a stupid thing to say unless you have steelies… mag alloy wheels = 55-65lbs retorqued the next day… aluminum = 75-85lbs… those are unlubricated values, if you use lube on the studs use the lowest of those numbers too high a torque will deform the lug seating area and can possibly warp the wheel (or introduce small stress fractures), however with steel you probably don’t care since it will deform safely and even if you wear them out steelies are cheap --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-almost-died-today/105642)._