Thread: May 22-23 @ Salt Lake: Audi Event
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Old 2006-05-17, 11:34 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by sperry
Germans over-engineer everything. Not that I have a problem with that.
Germans use lug bolts mostly, 12x1.5 instead of the Subaru 12x1.25 studs. The former are probably stronger, but a PITA.

Typical torqueing for 1.25 is about 65-80 ft*lbs, whereas 1.5s run 90-105ft*lbs.
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