140?? f*c me, ya, hope he's using god glue or something. Our guy charges 20 a tire including tape and everything. I can usually run to Walmart and get em mounted for 10 a tire, never had an issue. That's why I was saying.

 

Yep, $140 for 35 series 18's including tire disposal. I think it's less if you order through them, but I fortunately win most of mine through Hoosier contingencies or purchase from TireRack. There's some places around my house that I've had mixed luck with and some I don't trust (not with custom 3-piece rims!). Cost is still $100-$120 alltogether.

 

No doubt. If you had buddies close that would go in on it i'd do it. Cost around 3000 for cheap ones and 8 grand for decent ones.

 

Nothing left to say here, go buy an impact wrench!

 

+1 on the Snap On CT6850. It is perfect for lug nuts. It can break free lugs torque'd to 100lb/ft and if you don't wail on it, it will torque to around 80lb/ft so you do the final tq with a tq wrench.
These are relatively prevalent, used, on ebay.
Battery can be rebuilt for ~$50.

 

No! Don't use anti-seize or any other kind of grease on your lugs. This will cause incorrect torque readings, and will cause you to overtorque your lug nuts.

 

I always use anti-seize due to the fact that I swap wheels at least 10 times a month. When I wasn't using it, I snapped wheel studs due to the stress of lugnuts being taken off/torqued all the time. One of our experienced (note: 2009 DSP national champ) autocrossers suggested that I clean the studs periodically and apply anti-seize. I combated the overtorquing issue by lessening the torque that I apply to the lugnuts.

 

How much did you decrease your torque settings by? I've snapped studs as well and would love a more reliable solution.

 

I was torquing to 85ftlbs, but now I'm using 75

 

that's still expensive. I can get all four tires mounted, balanced, and tire disposal fee for $80.

 

I completely disagree with you , Myself and a friend have a tire changer and balancer both bought used and are commercial grade invested under a $1000 for both plus a compressor that costs $300 but is used for other impact guns and such ,
Now add in the cost of taking 3 sets of track rims and tires thats just for myself and having the ability to flip flop tires if they get bad shoulder wear , the ability to run used tires that you pick up from places plus the 100s of friends tire that have been changed in the past year ask for a donation for upkeep on the machinery and it has paid for itself already .

Back on the original topic best cordless impact on the market when i bought it last year.
http://www.milwaukeetool.com/Product...a+V28%e2%84%a2


Overkill yes ,,, has it ever failed to remove anything on my car , no.
The nice thing about these li-ion batteries is they provide nearly full power almost until fully drained , and still work decent in the cold not to mention the ultra quick charge time of around 30 min.

When i change on the track i use a breaker bar to loosen , (the gun will do it but you risk wearing out lug nuts and studs with changing often)
And to tighten as mentioned by others just seat the rim with a quick blip use the torque wrench and ALWAYS RECHECK after a run or two .(you already knew this).