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I have a 2006 Civic LX coupe.......anyone know what size the lug nuts
on the 16" aluminum wheels are? I would like to get an impact socket
for them.

Thanks

The ones on my 98 are 19mm.

ourkid2000 wrote:
>I have a 2006 Civic LX coupe.......anyone know what size the lug nuts
>on the 16" aluminum wheels are? I would like to get an impact socket
>for them.
>
>Thanks

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loewent via CarKB.com wrote:
> The ones on my 98 are 19mm.

great - now he's going to be using air tools on his lug nuts and coming
back here bleating about how his brakes disks are "warping" every 5k miles.


to the o.p. - do NOT use air tools to tighten your lug nuts. fasten
with a torque wrench only, in the correct sequence, with a 2 or more
stage tightening process.


>
> ourkid2000 wrote:
>> I have a 2006 Civic LX coupe.......anyone know what size the lug nuts
>> on the 16" aluminum wheels are? I would like to get an impact socket
>> for them.
>>
>> Thanks
>

ourkid2000 <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in news:1187980944.961548.233390
@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> I have a 2006 Civic LX coupe.......anyone know what size the lug nuts
> on the 16" aluminum wheels are? I would like to get an impact socket
> for them.
>


You can't try a few non-impact sockets to see what fits?

Or are you going to attempt a fast midnight excursion for somebody else's
wheels?

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"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
news:H6KdnVtxVckD_VLbnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
> loewent via CarKB.com wrote:
>> The ones on my 98 are 19mm.
>
> great - now he's going to be using air tools on his lug nuts and coming
> back here bleating about how his brakes disks are "warping" every 5k
> miles.
>
>
> to the o.p. - do NOT use air tools to tighten your lug nuts. fasten with
> a torque wrench only, in the correct sequence, with a 2 or more stage
> tightening process.

That was my initial thought, but then I remembered I use an impact wrench to
remove the lug nuts - faster than other methods. Heck, I even use it on a
reduced setting to put them on and it still leaves a turn or so before the
torque wrench clicks. It's always mandatory to use impact sockets on an
impact wrench because of the risk of shattering a regular socket even at
reduced settings.

Mike

"You can't try a few non-impact sockets to see what fits? "

LOL.........well thats pure laziness, I just figured i'd check here
first.

I was only doing this in order to get my lug nuts off...........I'm
not going to hammer em back on, I know the score on warping rotors.

ourkid2000 <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in news:1187996602.805611.175460
@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> "You can't try a few non-impact sockets to see what fits? "
>
> LOL.........well thats pure laziness, I just figured i'd check here
> first.


Um, I would have thought trying a few non-impacts on your own would be
classed as FUN.

Don't you enjoy just moseying around your vehicle, doing little idle
nothings just to make yourself feel good, and coincidentally enjoying the
smells of the car, and the sounds of the engine cooling off?

No? Then you're not a "hobby" type owner. Let somebody else do your wheel
nuts.


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I love doing that stuff but where I recently moved into a very large
apartment building, it's hard to do work on your car........my tools
are difficult to get down the stairs.

I'm an aircraft mechanic by trade........don't worry about what kind
of "owner" I am.

ourkid2000 <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in news:1188010798.838390.216440
@l22g2000prc.googlegroups.com:

> I love doing that stuff but where I recently moved into a very large
> apartment building, it's hard to do work on your car


Yeah, I know how that works. Apartment buildings and condos generally
prohibit work on your car on their property. I spent ten years in an
apartment building.


> ........my tools
> are difficult to get down the stairs.



Sure, but one socket?


>
> I'm an aircraft mechanic by trade........don't worry about what kind
> of "owner" I am.
>


Well, OK...

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Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in news:Xns9996EA9F68C50tegger@
207.14.116.130:

> ourkid2000 <ourkid2000@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1188010798.838390.216440
> @l22g2000prc.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I love doing that stuff but where I recently moved into a very large
>> apartment building, it's hard to do work on your car
>
>
> Yeah, I know how that works. Apartment buildings and condos generally
> prohibit work on your car on their property. I spent ten years in an
> apartment building.
>
>
>> ........my tools
>> are difficult to get down the stairs.
>
>
>
> Sure, but one socket?


Hey, I just thought of something: if you can't check the wheel nut size
with a non-impact socket because you live in an apartment bulding that
prohibits working on your car, HOW WILL YOU USE AN IMPACT SOCKET TO WORK
ON THAT SAME CAR? Where would you legally plug the gun in and use it?

The answer is, that you must be a thief...


>
>
>>
>> I'm an aircraft mechanic by trade........don't worry about what kind
>> of "owner" I am.


....or you're making up the whole works.


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