Changing wheels with the factory jack and hand tools sucks!!!!

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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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Changing wheels with the factory jack and hand tools sucks!!!!

Changing wheels with the factory jack and hand tools sucks!!!! I have one side on...now I'm taking a break...

I'll do the other side in about 15 minutes, then take some pics!
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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go buy a floor jack. silly goombah....
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Nicky Pass
Changing wheels with the factory jack and hand tools sucks!!!! I have one side on...now I'm taking a break...

I'll do the other side in about 15 minutes, then take some pics!
Really? I was using my teeth......
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:25 PM
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I heard you drag teeth...
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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lol! Thanks for the update! Post them new pics up!
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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Nicky you can buy my jack and jackstands if you want. Its just some jack I got from Sears.

I plan to get a race jack soon.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:51 PM
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All finsihed...I'll get the pics up in a little while. U cant use a regular floor jack on the factory locations....you'll bend the pinch seam, you have to go staight up and down (American quality!). So its either a lift or the hard way...and I'm retardedly impatient, so I did it the hard way. AND... I have a cold, but I toughed through it!
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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My jack has slits.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Sellout
My jack has slits.

what jack is this?


Nicky, there should be some mounting points further in on the body that will allow you to use a floor jack.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
what jack is this?


Nicky, there should be some mounting points further in on the body that will allow you to use a floor jack.

There is, my floor jack couldn't get there, I'd have to drive on to an incled just to get the friggin' jack under the K-memeber (front) and there is a bar on the IRS you can use for the rear.
....It sucked with the factory jack, but I'm all done!

When I go home I'll post the pics...It need to be lowered about an inch, then it will look perfect!
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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Doesn't KW make coilovers?
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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Get those pics up!!!

I want to see how it looks with the Cobra R's!
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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Get those pics up!!!

I want to see how it looks with the Cobra R's!

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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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I like the rear stance... but i still like the stock wheels better.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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nice. conservative but nice. now you just need to lower it.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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shoulda got steeda wheels. my friend has them on his cobra with 275s in the front and 315's or something in the rear.

looks sharp.



and i know how you feel with no air tools, i put new springs on my car on friday with out air tools and im still sore as hell.
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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I like the look, subtle, but different.
May I suggest some eyecatchers for your calipers?
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=335025
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 09:06 AM
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Looks pretty good for the stock look
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 09:21 AM
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Looks hot.
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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looks great Nicky!
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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needs a drop now but looks good!
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by SSMTL01

Looks pretty good for the stock look

I was gonna get some 24s with blue LED valve cover caps and spinners, but I wanted to go for "subtle"!
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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like how it looks.
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 10:50 AM
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I like the rear stance... but i still like the stock wheels better.


Doesnt' look bad, but I personally wouldn't spend money on rims that looked so much like stock.... but if you like it... that's all that matters
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicky Pass
I was gonna get some 24s with blue LED valve cover caps and spinners, but I wanted to go for "subtle"!
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicky Pass
I wanted to go for "subtle"!

BTW...I'm going to Vegas next week, perhaps you could suggest a place where I could find a nice "sweet".


Bitch.
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bgsm1th
BTW...I'm going to Vegas next week, perhaps you could suggest a place where I could find a nice "sweet".


Bitch.
Wherever she's staying.....
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