Getting Tyers Swapped+low Car?

[chef_stagea]

hey all. i need to get my tyers put on a new set of wheels i have. my car is fairly low ( front bar 100mm ish) will they be able to get it on a hoist at baurepairs etc? or will i need to take 8 wheels in lol?

[-RBD2-]

i needed to drive up on the hoist on long block of wood at the exhaust shop and mines not that low in the front...but arse end is quite low.what rims did you get?or is it a secret...?

[shaunr34gtt]

wood should help

remember seeing a hoist mounted ground level somewhere in adelaide cant remember where though

[nisskid]

depends on the store, but ull find a lot use platform lifts, u drive over them (ramps), and the square platform between the wheels raises in the middle of the car onto the rails, they usually just put little blocks of rubber under ur chassis rails.

[Weezy]

If its on a two post hoist they will jack the car up at put the arms underneath it like that.

Used to work at Sinergy Motorsports and every 2nd car I'd have to jack it up to fit it on the hoist, what a fcvking nightmare!!

[JMW]

I'd be looking for somewhere with a 2 post hoist, like Wayne said. Those drive over lifters are good, but if your car is that low you may have dramas

[Race__24]

Just take the car in, I'm sure 99.9% of tyre places can deal with a very low car.

[MissR34]

Adelaide Tyrepower, in Currie St in the city are well prepared for low cars

[nisskid]

If its on a two post hoist they will jack the car up at put the arms underneath it like that.

Used to work at Sinergy Motorsports and every 2nd car I'd have to jack it up to fit it on the hoist, what a fcvking nightmare!!

why not just drive onto planks of wood or something? lol

[-pumba-]

Coz if its really low you will need to drive it onto pieces of wood to even get the jack under there, thats what we do anyway. you can only raise a car by driving onto a plank of wood so much. Or if its not to bad you just get someone to give you a guard lift while you put the hoist arms under

[nisskid]

how low are ur hoists arms? mine fit under before a jack does. unless the rails are 2cm off the ground, a plank of wood thats like 6cm is usually plenty to lift the car up to get it on.

this just needed a bit of wood about 3cm thick to get the arms under easily:

[DSTROY]

This is how low the car is, will have trouble due to the side skirts

[Dohmar]

this just needed a bit of wood about 3cm thick to get the arms under easily:

Ouch, nice wheels and offset but wtf happened to the quarter panel? :\

-D

[nisskid]

clem's tyres happened lol

[Inline 6]

lolz any excuse to get the pics out of the cars u 2

[Travis32]

how low are ur hoists arms? mine fit under before a jack does. unless the rails are 2cm off the ground, a plank of wood thats like 6cm is usually plenty to lift the car up to get it on.

this just needed a bit of wood about 3cm thick to get the arms under easily:

its not that low wheels arent bad look alright i spose

[-pumba-]

Its just a normal Molnar 2 posta. yeah but that doesn't look like it has a low kit on it. its not really the arms that give the trouble its the pads even when wound all the way down still add 2-3cm to the height, then once they are under the car you have to wind them back up so the kit doesn't get crushed on the arms. im not saying driving onto wood doesn't work some/most of the time but Ive had the odd car or 2 come through that is just ridiculous

[Luke_ENR34]

The hoist we got has a clear floor. You drive the car up on to a couple of blocks then wind the rubber pads all the way up.

If you want Adam you can come put the car on my brothers hoist, take the wheels off and go get some rubber put on them.

[SLED]

there you go Adam....Lukey Boy to the rescue ^^^

[Weezy]

Nisskid your car is hardly heaps low? But anyway sometimes wood isn't thick enuf so you can get the arms underneath the car to the chassie rail