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here's my 2 cents b/c i work at discount. Everybody is right when they hire anybody. a lot of people are not trained properly. Best thing to do is request a manager to work on your car. if not try to get the best tech. Stuff breaks when you have billy joe using powered tools on a easilly fucked up car. for example, not using blocks on cars with side skirts, not using thin wall sockets on expensive small hole wheels, etc. a lot cars are hard to work on. If a noob comes and works on a car when he can barely work on trucks and shit, you car is gonna get fucked up. also it's not entirely the noob's fault. they don't train properly. and also they are being yelled at and shit to hurry up and get the cars out. in trying to keep their job, they skip a few steps. these steps they skip are what fucks shit up
p.s. the proper way to install wheels with a gun is: low setting and a torque stick. the torque stick torques it to 50-80 lbs (whatever size it is) then you drop the car and torque it according to specs.
p.ps.s. a lot of these places are cheap on tools. they have to understand these tools are being used all day, 6 or 7 days a week. I haven't seen many shops do the proper maintenece. It's okay on most tools but torque wrenches have to checked everyday. I remeber one time i checked the torque wrenches for accuracy. you'll be surpriesed at the results and this is the reason for wheels falling off and over tightning.
1 came out perfect
1 came out low, meaning if you set it to 80 it will torque at 50-55
2 came out high, torque at 80 and you are actually torqing at 110
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