So it appears I have found the culprit. I learned something new about lug nuts when you buy new wheels. The typical hub centric OEM wheels will used a normal 60 degree tapered lug nut where most aftermarket wheels require new lug nuts which are still tapered but have a shorter taper and a bulge at the start of the taper. The bulge plays a key role in centering the lug nuts to the wheel and ultimately centering the wheel. This is not such a huge concern with hub centric aftermarket wheels, but more if they are lug centric for multiple vehicles with the same bolt pattern but different hub diameters. In the end, the lug nuts from the OEM wheels were used, as I have done in the past, and ultimately was not allowing the wheel to be centered on the lugs. I also learned it is super important to tighten the nuts by hand first and then hand torque the wheels. Again, not such a huge concern with OEM wheels, but if you have aftermarket wheels it's probably best to only use the impact for removal and not installation. I hope this helps someone else too as I will be picking up some new nuts tomorrow from Wheel Pros and this should fix the problem. I spoke to McGard and they told me this is why almost all aftermarket install kits for non OEM wheels are the bulge acorn style not just the 60 degree acorn style.
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