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10 December 2007, 09:57 PM
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I'm planning on taking my wheels off in the near future to give them a damn good cleaning, will it be worth investing in a trolley jack to lift the car up with, or will the scissor jack supplied with the car do the job.
10 December 2007, 10:11 PM
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Don't waste time using the basic jack - takes far too long - pop down halfrauds and get a basic trolley jack - £25ish IIRC or for £40 they were doing a 2 tonne jack, 2 tonne pair of axle stands, pair of wheel chocks, lug wrench adaptor and a nice padded creeper - well worth the dosh..... and it's ruddy quicker using a trolley jack than the basic jack.... no contest really... 
11 December 2007, 06:00 PM
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Found these ones quite cheap would anyone particulily reccomend any of them or have any ?
Buy RAC Trolley Jack Kit from Woolworths.co.uk online shop
Clarke - CTJ2ZA 2-Tonne DIY Trolley Jack & Stands - Trolley Jacks & Bottle Jacks - Machine Mart
Clarke - CTJ2M 2-Tonne DIY Trolley Jack with Case. - Trolley Jacks, Bottle Jacks, Transmission Jacks & Farm Jacks - Machine Mart
Buy RAC Trolley Jack Kit from Woolworths.co.uk online shop
Clarke - CTJ2ZA 2-Tonne DIY Trolley Jack & Stands - Trolley Jacks & Bottle Jacks - Machine Mart
Clarke - CTJ2M 2-Tonne DIY Trolley Jack with Case. - Trolley Jacks, Bottle Jacks, Transmission Jacks & Farm Jacks - Machine Mart
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17 December 2007, 07:03 PM
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Errr stupid question alert 
I have a Spec D - where do you place the jack as when I tried to do my wheels over the summer there was nowhere obvious and ended up using the supplied jack and, yes, it does take ages.
I have a Spec D - where do you place the jack as when I tried to do my wheels over the summer there was nowhere obvious and ended up using the supplied jack and, yes, it does take ages.
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Can anyone help us ?
18 December 2007, 09:54 AM
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I've just fitted my winter wheels and tyres to my Spec D. Took under 30 minutes in total to swap all 4 wheels using the standard scissors jack supplied with the car.
On my car (which has the Prodrive springs fitted), if you jack up the front of the car enough, then the rear wheel also lifts enough for you to get the wheel off, so just need to loosen the wheels nuts to start with, and jack up once at each side.
If you are using a trolley jack, then you would normally jack up the fronts on the mounting point for the front suspension (ie where the wishbones mount onto to the chassis). The rears you would use the rear diff, though this will be tricker on the recent cars due to the diffuser covering the diff.
On my car (which has the Prodrive springs fitted), if you jack up the front of the car enough, then the rear wheel also lifts enough for you to get the wheel off, so just need to loosen the wheels nuts to start with, and jack up once at each side.
If you are using a trolley jack, then you would normally jack up the fronts on the mounting point for the front suspension (ie where the wishbones mount onto to the chassis). The rears you would use the rear diff, though this will be tricker on the recent cars due to the diffuser covering the diff.
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