Originally Posted by chronohunter

http://cgi.ebay.com/V28-Milwaukee-1-...QQcmdZViewItem

these are both their respective best in category, you can get cheaper stuff (but the you would have settled for a STi and not bought an EVO )

Originally Posted by chronohunter

Get a good torque wrench such as this one:
http://www.procarestores.com/product...s_id=006070120

Originally Posted by mayhem

Cordless impact is your friend!

Originally Posted by KZEVO

i do that, but even with a cross wrench it's still a pain if the lugs are torqued too tight which happens when shops use impact guns. i'm just wondering if there's a tool out there that can make it easy to take lug nuts off.

I borrowed a torque wrench from someone at the track that you could use both ways, but forgot to ask the brand. I went to sears to get one from craftsman, but apparantly they don't make one that can go anticlock wise (ie to loosen)

thanks

Originally Posted by Warrtalon

I use my 1/2" breaker bar, then lift one side, zip 'em off with the impact gun, then hand thread them back on, zip' em all the way on with the impact gun, then torque to 80-81 ft-lbs with my 1/2" torque wrench. It should be very very easy to loosen lugnuts if they are properly torqued. 80 ft-lbs is light enough to loosen them even if the wheel is off the ground and spinning freely.

Yes, my torque wrench is usable in either direction, but I don't use it to loosen the lugs.

Originally Posted by Richard EVO

If you are having that much trouble getting your lug nuts off, your are torqueing them too much in the first place. 75 lbs. is fine. As far as I know, almost all torque wrenches and impact wrench are reversible and go in both directions.