if all you doing is buying a torque wrench for light duty work ie:sway bar, lug nuts a cheap 3/8s torque bar will work, lug bolts are aprx 110 ft lbs.

 

100 ft lbs according to the owners manual.

Around here you either get super cheap and inaccurate or pay a decent amount and better quality.

I found one but it's measurements are inch lbs, not ft lbs.

 

Well, I just did the same Friday. I can't see why that wouldn't work, seems like tight is tight! What more can you do?? I just couldn't justify spending good money for a tool I'd never use again. As far as improving the handling, I'll never know, since my Wife drives the HHR! It'll be interesting to see if she makes any comment after she uses it Monday.

 

lets us know...

 

Well, just as I figured, no comment at all from the Wife, either today or yesterday! She never said anything after I had the Turbo Muffler put on, nothing after the Billet bumper grille or the "Chevrolet" decal was put on the upper grille bar either! I don't know why I bother! I don't get anything out of it, and she couldn't care less. I guess some Women are just like that. A vehicle is just something to get you from here to there, and back again and they don't give a second thought to anything else in the process

 

That is kinda sad you do not get comments from the wife, or anyone else at all at that!.

Whenever my wife drives the HHR, she always has an encounter. Whether it is the billet grille, or the foose wheels, or just the HHR in itself. People just pop up and start talking to her about the car..this is something that always surprises her.

As for the sway bar and muffler, I understood that these components would be more effective under extreme measures. Meaning, when you push it hard is when you will notice the difference.

My wife is drives the HHR very slowly and carefully..... she would not notice a muffler or a sway bar either.....

 

FYI, ProMotion Tuning, one of our supporting vendors, carries the Progressive rear bar and at a good price, too! Call 'em!

 

I got one last year from SO CAL and it made a significant improvement in the handling. It's worth the investment!

 

I installed mine over the weekend and it has made a subtle difference in the handling. Haven't tried anything wacky though.

 

I'm sure glad , me finding this out in Jan 2006, and seeking out a vendor to make it for everyone.... and vendors can stock it and sell it to us all....
everyone makes out...