Same here.  Oh, you should heat up the hub with a blowtorch for when you hammer the old one out.  Try to keep the stud as cool as you can though.

i always tighten them by my feel also.  several steps: 1) figer tight while its lifted, 2) torque em up little bit more while the wheel is touching ground slightly, 3) final muscle work when wheel is on the ground completely 


oh, little bit off topic but still related - always check your lugnuts' torque after safety-state-checks or any shops which take your wheels off!!!

one day after my mom's car had a safery inspection it was making really funky sounds from the front.  we changed brakes 2 days before that so we thought something was messed up with brakes, but the car passed inspection.  the problem WAS = the moron, who ever inspected the car used air wrench (duh) and didnt tighten lugs tight enough so the left front wheel was actually held by like 3 out of 5 lugs 

According to Chrysler the torque needs to be to 80 lbs and yes the left and right need to be the left and right they do have different wear even if it does not appear to be....look at the tires they should say inner and outer (thats just to make sure that they are on right) Now since you forogot which ones are which its ok to have them switched no big deal they will just develop new wear on top of the old wear.

the popper procedure is to first take them off mark them and set them aside do the job you need to do...then put them back on finger tight(no need to worry about star pattern here) then go in a star pattern with a gun if you have one if not use a torque wrench(i like to start on the bottom most lug) or pull the living sh*t out of them...lower car and do that over again since the weight of the wheel will now be surpased by the car itself and could have possible left you a loose lug. There is a VERY nifty tool that is a tapered attachment for the gun that only allows the gun to torque to a certain amount (believe me the gun can and does over torque wheels...Ivan he must have had his set at a lower rating...ive seen these things strip the lug and snap it off with the nut pretty much permanently stuck to the pice) it will simply click when the torque has been reached and you are done. they come in collor coded sets and a book that lets you know what year and color goes to which ever attachment.


It is pretty improtant to get the tires on the right side since the hubs can warp and set in a wear pattern on the tire this could cause different drivability in the car....though its not a safty issue its just one of those things that should be done...on a new tire its not important just make sure that the inner is on the inside and the outter is on the outside for directional treded tires( lol funny story there my buddy has a cobalt ss that he took to the dealership 3 times cause the car drove off the center they told him the car was perfectly alligned and he said no there is a problem come to find it was that they installed the tires wrong now hes stuck with a side of inner on the outside and outter on the outside on the other side so it pulls to the right a little)


Oh and ET though 90 inst enough to cause a problem be careful of over torqing the lugs it does cause problems and can cause stirpping which can be dangerous.