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The dealer charges $22 to rotate the tires. As I said in another thread, I have been obsessed with wheels, especially taking them on and off since I was in diapers. I figured, it's just 22 bucks, but why pay them to have all the fun?
I bought two 1.5 ton scissor jacks. I got scissor ones because they fit perfectly under front and rear jack up points. I had a bad experience with a larger jack on my G37 with a plate that was larger than the jack up point. It ended up bending that ridge that goes under the car because the only part that is really supported to lift the car is the jack up point. I didn't get jack stands because there would be no way to set the car down on a jack stand at the same jack up point if I have a jack already in the way there.
I start jacking up the car simultaneously at the front and back and I start thinking, you know, I just don't know how good an idea this is. I would die if this car came slamming down on its rotors.
Can anyone that really knows about this tell me what they think about this or maybe even a way to properly use jack stands with a car with such limited jack up points?
I would really like to be able to do this myself. It's like bonding time with my car plus I can clean my sexy calipers.
I bought two 1.5 ton scissor jacks. I got scissor ones because they fit perfectly under front and rear jack up points. I had a bad experience with a larger jack on my G37 with a plate that was larger than the jack up point. It ended up bending that ridge that goes under the car because the only part that is really supported to lift the car is the jack up point. I didn't get jack stands because there would be no way to set the car down on a jack stand at the same jack up point if I have a jack already in the way there.
I start jacking up the car simultaneously at the front and back and I start thinking, you know, I just don't know how good an idea this is. I would die if this car came slamming down on its rotors.
Can anyone that really knows about this tell me what they think about this or maybe even a way to properly use jack stands with a car with such limited jack up points?
I would really like to be able to do this myself. It's like bonding time with my car plus I can clean my sexy calipers.