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      10-26-2013, 08:27 PM   #17
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You can over torque a fastener with a torque stick. Stud kit or OEM bolts are both subject to failure. IMO, a stud kit is more prone to failure because there's more room for installation error.

Over-torqueing once will not cause your wheels to fall off. Not properly seating the wheel against the hub or not having hub centric wheels AND over torqueing WILL result in failure of the fasteners pretty quickly. So that's why it is very important to keep your hubs and wheel bores clean.

Although if there's a car at the track that is stuck on the side with 3 wheels...its usually a BMW.
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