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Originally Posted by IMADreamer
It happened because GM decided to use rejected Russian bomb making metals from the cold war era to make all the nuts and bolts for our car. Not only have the wheel studs been a huge problem for Cobalt owners but so have the strut tower studs.
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My lug nuts got all gouged up and the threads got stretched from my impact gun and torque stick. I got another set of lug nuts and now I only torque them with my TQ wrench. Even with my wrench they are starting to gouge. I've never seen metal this soft on such a high load area before.
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2006 LS coupe, manual, Victory Red
Sportlines, FE5 struts, shocks, front swaybar, Progressive 22mm rear swaybar, Airlift load assist rear airbags, TWM ST shifter, smoothed TB, LSJ exhaust, debadged, demudflapped, Yokohama AVID Touring P195/60R15's. Soon to come 17x7 Motegi Tracklight 1.0. Best to date 15.402 at 90mph
"No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full."
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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