All our reputable tire and alignment shops around here say to bring it back after about 100k (~60mi) for them to retorque them, just in case things shifted. I also do that whenever I take the tires off myself, I torque it to factory recommended, drive for a few days, then check the torque again to be sure.
The ones that annoy me most are the guys who over-torque them, had a stupid cheap tire shop do that to my Altima and it snapped the lug nuts the next time I went to change the tires. Never going back to that place again.
Hmm, so would y'all chock this up to something I should've checked after a cpl drives or should I bring it up to the shop that did the work and obviously didn't put things back as they should've?
I already feel like I got the short end of the deal on a cpl things that were done..
Start rant-
I'm out of stamina, space and know how to tackle the stuff I'd been accumulating to add/change/mod my X.
An acquaintance I've wheeled with a cpl times posted on a FB group that he's having a 40% off labor sale as his shop is struggling to stay busy during the pandemic. I thought what better way to get everything done in one swoop and not spend a fortune.
When I picked up the X the 1st time I noticed they'd cut a portion of my grill out to have access to where they mounted the winch controller box. I assumed they would've routed it into the engine bay as most others do but.. Then I noticed about 30mls down the road that my new fog light rocker was blue and not Amber. I didn't realize it right away as it's hidden behind the steering wheel until I make a hard turn.. ufck, it just keeps getting better. I drove it home & noticed clanking noises from the front end and thought it may be the shackles hanging off the front bumper, the winch shackle rattling and/or the spare tools/parts in the floorboard.
After cleaning the truck and removing shackles & misc, the noise remained. I took it back and we realized the top hats/top strut mounts were shot. I wondered if they should've known this when reinstalling the new shocks and coils as the top hats looked worn out and dmgd..
New top hats and things were back to normal..well, almost. I was diggin' the fact it rides a cpl inches higher and handled bumps better but I was sorta bummed the truck was a lil more sloppy in handling when on the hwy, a lil more swervy and a lil more play in the wheel..
The truck was tracking/swaying on every seam or ledge in the road and was worried the lift was the reason, then.. I realize my lugnuts were barely holding on after a violent swerve and shake exiting the hwy the wheel completely came off and wedged under the truck. I'm heading down to Orielys now to grab some new nuts they've got in stock and a 4way untill my cordless impacts go on sale again..
I'm not gonna get discouraged, just gotta keep putting one mod in front of the other~
