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Old 07-30-2011, 07:24 PM   #1
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I have a 2001 Boxster and I just put new rotors, pads and stainless steel lug nuts (lugs off eBay) on. The cars is pretty much stock. The lug nuts have a smaller tapered shoulder than stock but I don't see how that could be the problem. The lugs are torque. Any ideas where the sway maybe coming from?

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Old 07-31-2011, 01:31 PM   #2
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Porsche has a very stern warning to only use Porsche lug bolts. I would first put back the old bolts. If that doesn't fix it, then go back over the brakes.
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Old 07-31-2011, 02:13 PM   #3
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Porsche has a very stern warning to only use Porsche lug bolts. I would first put back the old bolts. If that doesn't fix it, then go back over the brakes.
+1 Lose the stainless.

One of my Boxster buddies happens to be a mechanical engineer and ran me through the math on stock vs stainless lug bolts. The stock bolts were about 10x stronger.
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Old 07-31-2011, 02:43 PM   #4
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Ok thank you both for the reply. I will put the old lug's back in and see.

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