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      07-19-2019, 08:41 PM   #3
AndyW
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Originally Posted by gjm120 View Post
Another point worth noting is check what grade of nuts and bolts you have. I had grade 10 nuts for the subframe nuts and bolts so torqued accordingly (from Bentley). Then I thought I'd take a second look at everything and had an 'aw shit' moment when I saw the bolts were grade 8. So I had overtorqued them. This worried me enough that I parked the car and ordered new nuts and bolts and changed them out. At $50+ screw up!!
Just did my upgrade to M3 control arms and now you have inserted doubt...lol.

I responded in a torque thread and would appreciate your perspective.

https://www.1addicts.com/forums/show...4&postcount=16

I don't want to do it again if I don't have to!
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