Quote Originally Posted by JoshuaASE
Acutally ...when Your driving its keeping tesnion on the wheel an the studs, when you mash the clutch in, it allowed the wheel to move back an forth causing it to get louder, plus the noise from the motor an the exhaust deaden the sound from your wheel...an vibration will not make your lug nuts come loose if they was torqued right to began with!

Honda studs are particularly well known for having EXACTLY this happen both with stock wheels and ESPECIALLY with aftermarket wheels. Also, Anthony's explanation as to why is correct. The wheel vibrating the hub was DAMPENED by the connection to the engine. When the clutch came off what he actually heard as amplification was more likely the vibration of the clutch pressure plate against the flywheel. Realistically the change in tension between clutch in clutch out on a 3/4 stud loose wheel would be hard to hear over road noise, however if he had said 4/4 were loose then her certainly would have heard the kachinkachink of tension change. While he MIGHT have hard the tension change, he also described that it happens as he gets to around 95% of clutch depression, which really doesn't make sense for tension change, but does for tapping.

OP: If you have larger-than-stock wheels where your tires have a short sidewall, and ESPECIALLY if your new wheels are lugcentric and not hubcentric, remember that they generate more stress and transfer more road vibration to the lugnuts. I'd recommend replacing your studs and lugs with heavier duty ones and using around 100-105 ftlbs of torque to hold the lugs on. Even then I might consider using a little bit of locktite at the very bottom of the stud to prevent vibration. Yours is the fourth honda this month, including my roommates integra, that I have heard about this from.