Ok, so I replaced the brake pads on my truck Sat after work.
As all DI owners know the lug nuts on a DI are a real pain to get off the truck.
Well I found a easier way to do it.

First take you 6 point socket and hammer it onto the lug, not all the way mind you, leave just enough room for...
A small pry bar.
The mistake I made on the first rim was I did not protect the rim from the back of the pry bar.
After you get the socket on the lug and break the lug loose put the pry bar behind it, pry, rotate lug a 1/4 turn, pry, repeat until the socket is off the lug.
Hand tighten the lug back up, do the next one on that wheel.







And here is a comparison of my old brake pads and the new ones.

 

What size socket did you use Spike? I am thinking this will help to reshape some of mine that were tore up before I bought it.

 

1" 1/16", it MUST be a 6 point socket.
I dont have a tire tool so that is what I use, that socket and a breaker bar.

 

I ditched my lug wrench.

I use. 1-1/8" socket and it slips right on and right off with no beating and the caps stay perfect.

 

yup thats what i had to do when i still had factory alloys on the 95

and the locking lug on my mustang when i lost the key

 

I was thinking of cutting off the decorative cover from the lug nut. This was definitely a design flaw!

 

I am going to buy a set of RRC solid lugs so this will no longer be a issue.
But for those who Google this maybe this will help.

 

I bought the solid ones from a west coast salvage yard for 5 bucks each. Love them. A four-way lug wrench from Advance Auto for 20 bucks. It works great. Spins them right on/off. Easy to get leverage with the four way, just a bit awkward to carry but great to have.

 

Good idea, but the pry bar will only work with the deep dish rims that you have. All of the others swallow the lug. Oh, and make sure not to use a screwdriver through the socket hole to get it off the nut once you remove it. Stupid tire guy bought me 4 new nuts..

 

if you just use a 1 1/8 deep SIX POINT socket, you dont have to hammer it on or fight to get it off and it works perfectly on lugnuts that have been warped by impact wrenches or something