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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
i did one wall mount before using lag bolts but this time i'm going to be mounting it onto steel studs in an apartment, the consensus with steel studs seem to be toggle bolts, so somthing that is fairly simple to mount would be nice
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Depends on the weight of the TV and whether you're swinging it out off the wall. If it's an LED and it's going on a flat mount so it's never far from the wall, you're probably okay with some standard drywall screws into the steel studs, because there won't be a lot of linear force on the screws.
Thing with toggles is, you usually have to drill a pretty big hole for them, which would be most of the width of the stud if you're going through that... and if you're just going through the drywall, you won't have as much strength behind them.
I'd say just drywall screws (the fine-thread type for steel studs), and think of the stud itself as a REALLY BIG-ASS toggle
One other thing: pick up some stick-on felt furniture pads, like this:
Stick those to the back of the mount before you put it up, so the soft side is against the wall... that will help prevent (or at least minimize) damage to the paint should you ever need to take the mount down... otherwise it will bring big sections of paint and drywall paper down with it.