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 Posted: 02-13-2021 12:52 am
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 No, it's NOT necessary to use an aluminum socket. I have a few nylon inserted sockets that are "safer" for lug nuts that are still in excellent shape, but for most of the cars I work on, the nuts are already badly "beaten" as well as over-torqued, so a regular steel impact socket is used.
If they are in "great" shape, then get the nylon inserted ones(19mm, such as used on Porsches, are basically equivalent to the3/4" nuts on our cars, and therefore, there will be more choices available)