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[lettuce]

This. They stretch with the proper torque. Audi charges like $4 per bolt. You only need 2. The ones that you use for the bushing brackets are much smaller, and are fine to reuse. The fronts aren't as crucial because you use nuts instead of cranking them into tapped a hole in a pretty expensive swing arm. Less room for error with the nut.

And what if I don't use a torque wrench and plan on just hand-tightening them like a savage?

[4ringnut]

And what if I don't use a torque wrench and plan on just hand-tightening them like a savage?

Snap a doodle do! You can borrow my torque wrench. Or you can get one at lowes for like $40-$60

[lettuce]

Snap a doodle do! You can borrow my torque wrench. Or you can get on at lowes for like $40-$60

I have one, I just generally don't use it. Only when doing bottom end work or bolting on heads or something important like that.

[4ringnut]

I have one, I just generally don't use it. Only when doing bottom end work or bolting on heads or something important like that.

Them Germans insist that you use it with ALL of your Audi hardware. Even the lug nuts!!!