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Author HELP, need advice on how to change tyre when car has a KIT on!!!
Andy GSi
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   25th Feb 03 at 23:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

just got my car bk from bodyshop today, it looks well sweet i will post pics up in the next few days!! BUT the major prob is, when i have a flat tyre, i will have probs.

my car is lowered 40mm with 16" and has combat1 sideskirts, the problem is i can't get a jack under there, so do i need to buy a trolly jack special made for low cars!!!!

u lot must have the same problems, can some one plz tell me what they do in the same situation

the bodyshop bloke told me to carry peices of wood, so i could drive on to them, which wud rase the car up!!!and then i could jack the car up, and it wouldn't scrap the side skirt!!!

PLZ HELP!!!!!!!! i'm just hoping i don't get a flat tyre

[Edited on 25-02-2003 by andysri]
Sambo
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25th Feb 03 at 23:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Just join the AA and get them to sort it out!!!
Makarus
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25th Feb 03 at 23:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You sure you cant get the jack under if you put it in from the wheel arch, slide it under and then do it??
Fear
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25th Feb 03 at 23:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yeh it should be possible to get the jack in by the front or rear wheel arch!!! If your realy having probs you could slightly turn the front wheel although that aint exactly the safest option!!!
i had the same prob with mine although ive only got rieger skirts which arnt as deep as the combats mine lowered 60mm so it is a bith to do!!!
Andy GSi
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25th Feb 03 at 23:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i can't use the jack at all!!! how much r trolly jakes, and wud it worth me buying one!!! and the AA r TOO expensive, i'm only a poor student, wiv nice student loans

[Edited on 25-02-2003 by andysri]
Robertio_uk
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about 30-90 depends which one u buy, make sure when u use a trolly jack that it doesnt put pressure on the skirts when lifting the car up.
Andy GSi
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26th Feb 03 at 10:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cheers!!! robertio
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26th Feb 03 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

just by a can of Tyre weld and carry that with you, hell of a lot cheaper than £30-90
Jason Iles
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quote:
Originally posted by andysri
i can't use the jack at all!!! how much r trolly jakes, and wud it worth me buying one!!! and the AA r TOO expensive, i'm only a poor student, wiv nice student loans

[Edited on 25-02-2003 by andysri]


For £24.99 Argos do 1 which lifts 2 ton and it includes axel stands and chocs. Real good value I have 1 and had no problems with it
Andy GSi
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quote:
Originally posted by Gambit
just by a can of Tyre weld and carry that with you, hell of a lot cheaper than £30-90


is that any GOOD
Gambit
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aye it does exactly what it says on the tin. unless u shred the tyre!!
john_sri
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quote:
Originally posted by J 11ESY
quote:
Originally posted by andysri
i can't use the jack at all!!! how much r trolly jakes, and wud it worth me buying one!!! and the AA r TOO expensive, i'm only a poor student, wiv nice student loans

[Edited on 25-02-2003 by andysri]


For £24.99 Argos do 1 which lifts 2 ton and it includes axel stands and chocs. Real good value I have 1 and had no problems with it


cheap ones are gonna be no use they are quite tall and so won't fit under the car. he aint got any trolley jack and can't use the emergency jack supplied with the car under the spare wheel. go to hlfords and buy one of theres. i got one and it fits under a car lowered 60 on 15" just have to put it in through the wheel arch and jack it on the bottom of the bult head.
Mickey
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ayen thats what i do - i have combat skirts lowwered 40mm onto 16's and i use a trolley jack on the axles and put the stands where you would normally jack the car up from if you were using a normally jack!
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aint the tyre gotta be in the air for you to use tyre weld otherwise it'll mould the tyre in a wierd flat type shape?

just carry the wood around with you. or jack the car up front the front of the car
Robertio_uk
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26th Feb 03 at 17:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

or get a sissor jack from a scap yard
C2RL R
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   26th Feb 03 at 17:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by d0gz_bollox
aint the tyre gotta be in the air for you to use tyre weld otherwise it'll mould the tyre in a wierd flat type shape?

just carry the wood around with you. or jack the car up front the front of the car


Not really mate no. u have to drive on it as soon as the can is empty. It sort of works its way around the tyre and finds the puncture.
I drove on a tyre full for three days and it never went down either!
STEvieXE
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26th Feb 03 at 21:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

carry the wood get a trolley jack and if the worst happens. drive unto the wood and put the trolley jack in below and jack on chassis legs
MattyB
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26th Feb 03 at 21:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Mate - just use pieces of wood like the geeza suggested - much easier + cheaper!

Matt
RickV6
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Ya could get one of those airbag jacks (no serious) think they run off exhaust, ya put under and inflates and raises car voila!
think they lift upto 2 ton. I know wot u r thinkin but they do exist and car mechanics mag tested one and it does work
Andy GSi
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27th Feb 03 at 10:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

cheers lads, much appreciated!!! i will go and buy a low trolly jack, and i will carry a piece of wood in the back as well. next job is to get a high profile tyre on my old 15" to make it the same rolling radius as a 16" for a spare

andy

 
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