Originally Posted by ramzilla

I had a VW Beetle back in the 70's. Got a flat. Corroded lug nuts could not be removed with hand operated lug wrench. Had to have a shop bust them off. Some snapped & had to be replaced. Became an $$ expensive PITA $$$. Since then (over the last 40 years or so) I've applied axle grease to the lug bolts on all my cars. Probably driven something like a five million miles during that time period. Never had a lug nut come off once. Never had a stuck lug nut since either. Of course I'm not driving in the Monaco Grand Prix. But, the point being - don't worry about greasing bolt threads. They're not going to slip off.