Is EZ Lug worth it?

Bill D · 06-02-04, 04:47

I heard about this product a while ago but this is the first time i saw it. Sure seems like a hassle saver. Does anyone have an EZ Lug and does it really work well?

http://www.browsermall.com/ezlug/

havabooz · 06-03-04, 09:46

first of all dont waste your money

if the stock lug remover is too hard to use (which it is sometimes)

get the one that is shaped like a "T" (more like a "+")

its MUSH easier to use and you get the leverage taht you need

its much cheaper and can be bought at any place

the one i have has 4 diff size lug holes...which is cool if you need them but annoying when you need to always find the one you want

Bill D · 06-03-04, 09:51

I'll keep that in mind. I cringe remembering the time my friend and I had to use a spinner wrench with a piece of pipe over it to get a wheel off. Damn tire shop

I hope that T shaped lug remover can easily loosen a lugs on a wheel overtightened like that.

thinksnow · 06-03-04, 09:58

The supplied lug nut remover for many cars is a *great* way to round out the nut. I'm also a user of the four-way lug wrench. Mine is really hip--it's "X" shaped instead of the ultra-lame "t" shape.

The weight of the EX Lug isn't much of a determining factor--I'd be more interested in the actual size. The only drawback of my Xtreme lug wrench is trying to jam it in with the spare.

Bill D · 06-03-04, 10:00

hmmm.Xtreme lug wrench..I'll investigate that more

thinksnow · 06-03-04, 10:03

Don't spend too long looking. I was making light of corporate suits re-selling old products as X-something or another so they can be "hip" and "with it." It's just an old-skool 4-way rotated slightly from the "t."

Bill D · 06-03-04, 10:05

Ok, I'll have to look around locally. In time I'll probably have half a dozen different kinds

Thanks!

andriver · 06-03-04, 10:13

Here's a link for $49.99 with free shipping http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...19907?v=glance

Bill D · 06-03-04, 10:18

Thanks andriver,

I think I'm going to hold off for some time and try to see these X and T shaped wrenches thinksnow was speaking about in person locally. Maybe if I get one, I'll try it on another car, if it gets it with ease I'll just keep that, if not I can just return it, then get the EZ Lug

Accumulator · 06-03-04, 10:34

If you want to use a "+" wrench, make sure the ends are small enough to fit where they need to. Some of those wrenches have large ends and some wheels have narrow lug channels.

I just use a long 1/2" drive breaker bar with a short extension and a socket (a plastic-sleeved socket if the application calls for it). Anyone who doesn't already have a *good* breaker bar in the garage oughta have one, period, anyhow (OK, that's *IMO*

). And a torque wrench for tightening them back on properly. And a speed wrench for spinning the lugs on/off quickly. I honestly don't think anything is gonna beat the breaker/speedwrench/torque wrench combo for ease or speed unless you wanna use air power.

You can get this stuff pretty cheaply at Sears, etc., but I had a Craftsman breaker bar break on me (seriously :scared situation, the fractured yoke piece took a chip out of the concrete floor!) so from now on I'm sticking with my ancient Snap-On for that.

If anyone is really having problems with too-tight lugs....who're you letting work on your vehicles? I can't think of any passenger car lugs that are supposed to be much tighter than 100 pound/feet, and that's not all that much. Next time your mechanic pulls a wheel, check things out with a torque wrench and let the shop know if things aren't right.

havabooz · 06-03-04, 11:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Accumulator
If you want to use a "+" wrench, make sure the ends are small enough to fit where they need to. Some of those wrenches have large ends and some wheels have narrow lug channels.

forgot to mention that

even though its the correct size it may not fit in the "lug channel"

for example the T shaped wrench is only good for my stock wheels not my aftermarket (but i use the same lug nuts for both) so thats what accumulator was talking about

as far as the X shaped on goes...it kinda defeats the purpose of having the leverage that the T shaped gives you..try and find a shorter T shaped one cause the big one that i have doesnt really fit will with the spare

actually the T shaped is MUUUUUCH better...cause once you loosen the lug you can just spin the lug wrench and in 2 seconds the nut is off

bottom line....the T shaped is best bang for your buck

thinksnow · 06-03-04, 11:20

Perhaps I was cryptic:

(x) = (+) with 45 degrees of rotation. Let there be no more speak of "X" shaped lug wrenches.

As it was spoken, word became law...