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I used a cordless drill and socket adapter for several years to make wheel changes go quicker at autocrosses, but my wife got me a Dewalt cordless impact for my birthday a couple of years ago, and that works even better. You'll still need a breaker bar (or the stock lug wrench) to loosen the lugs and a torque wrench for tightening them down, but a drill-socket adapter can make the job go a lot quicker. The 1/4" hex to 3/8" or 1/2" square (socket) drive adapters are about $5 at any hardware store.
-Keith
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What do they need to be torqued down to?
Do you think this is a waste of $$?
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...+impact+wrench
Do you think this is a waste of $$?
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...+impact+wrench
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Originally Posted by coopercrazy
What do they need to be torqued down to?
Do you think this is a waste of $$?
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...+impact+wrench
Do you think this is a waste of $$?
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...+impact+wrench
If you already have a decent cordless drill, it would likely be a lot better for swapping tires than that JC Whitney cheapie 12V impact. You'd still probably need to use a breaker bar to loosen the lugs, and you'd definitely need a torque wrench to tighten them.
-Keith
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You can use a cordless drill or an air gun (really quick) and you'll need a drive adapter for the cordless availible at the hardware stores. I torque mine to 101 Nm and out of sixteen lugs I've had one loosen an 1/8 turn in three weeks of driving and track day combined, at least once a week I go around the car and check all my tire pressures and tourque the lugs. It still takes me 5 min to get the car jacked up (I need a new jack soon) but I can do four tires (less the jacking time) in about 2-3min with just the torque wrench. I imagine an impact wrench would cut that down to 45sec-1min.
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Originally Posted by mielnicki
I can change two tires, including jacking up the car in about 5 minutes.
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