Turns out my torque wrench was the problem, not the bolts
I spent six months blaming cheap hardware for stripped lug nuts on my truck in Boise. Every job I did, same issue, nuts would seize or cross thread no matter how careful I was. Finally a buddy watched me work and said I was cranking it way past the click on the wrench. I had been using it like a breaker bar, not a precision tool. That click is the stop point, not a suggestion. Since I actually started lifting off at the first click, zero stripped nuts in three months. Maybe it's just me, but how many folks out there are overtorquing their wheels without realizing it? Has anyone else had a tool they were using wrong for ages and only figured it out by accident?