[Smurfenstein]

The GM ones are too soft and ive gone through three sets of oem ones from factory for the rear. they just twist right off. Im not sure why. Overtorquing them is not the reason why. I put in a set of dorman ones at my friends shop and they all torqued to 100 ft ibs just fine. the three sets broke at 75 ft ibs. Weird I know.

If you're going through studs, you're over torquing them. And if you think you're not, you are. No one else on this forum has ever had an issue with their studs shearing right off, and you've gone through three sets [really?] now so you didn't get a bad bunch of weak studs.

End result, stop over torquing them dude, if this was a one time issue I'd have your back, but after three sets, you're doing something wrong.

 

[Smurfenstein]

I think you misunderstood what I all said originally. Ill say it again.
I put in a set of dorman lug studs and they torqued just fine. The others didn't want to very well. Plus ill take my good friends word for it that I had a bad batch of studs. I know two other people that had the same issue with theirs when they took theirs in for a rotation. So its not me. I take my wheels off every once in awhile to clean them and clean the wheel Wells and they torque just fine now. Its easy for anyone on here to go against another persons opinion because they aren't there and don't know the situation. Just like what your doing now by accusing me of causing damage to my own car.

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I just don't think that the studs are that weak on our Cruzes for you to go through three sets is all.