Here's some links to some tools I use and would recommend if your doing installation yourself.
I purchased a red floor jack from Costco 4yrs ago and it is still working great and we use it for many other unintended uses in our shop like moving large machines and equipment around. It's all steel and low profile, but unfortunately not made in the USA. I couldn't find a link to it, but I believe it was just over $100.00.
Portable air compressor: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thin Wall Plastic Protected Sockets: http://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Pneuma...ref=pd_cp_hi_1
http://www.amazon.com/Titan-21092-Dr...EAVN7CXE0GBNQ5
Lug Nuts McGard 3/4"/19mm Hex, Bulge Style, 60 degree cone seat. We stock 1/2X20 and 12mmX1.5 in chrome and black closed end style. For open end race style lug nuts and studs contact Curtis at MSI Racing Products. They supply many NASCAR, IMSA, Continental and World Challenge pro race teams and are made in the USA. He also can custom make whatever you want as well.
http://www.msiracingproducts.com/
Valve stems, please contact us directly as we only use a high quality metal TUV approved German made valve stems from a company called "Alligator". We have two styles Long and Short. Almost all of our PT applications would use our short style. It is important not to over torque the valve stem on the wheel as it will crush the grommet and cause it to crack faster causing a leak. We hand tighten them with a socket until the grommet starts to bulge or mushroom and is tight enough to not spin in the hole. A small drop of blue/med. thread locker is a good idea as well. A simple leak can cause a blow-out and thousands in damage to your PT car. A simple way to check for a valve stem leak is to spray some foam style glass clean on it and look for a bubbles.
Torque Wrench, I sell this high quality made in the USA torque that is accurate and made for a lifetime of service. I prefer the split beam, dial and click style over a digital. Precision Instruments makes torque wrenches for some of the highest quality tool manufactures. So your not paying the extreme mark-up and logo. I'm offering these to Lat-G members for $215.00 each, plus shipping. http://www.torqwrench.com/tools/item...kCode=C3FR250F
The above are simply suggested items I use and recommend. I'm not a car builder, but believe these items are of great value and quality to the do it yourself garage person that wants to do more on his own. As you can see, we do not sell many of the above items, as our core business is building great wheels.
I appreciate any input and understand some or many of you already have these and much more!
