Discount tire side skirt concerns

[JSolo]

Last time I had the car at DD for tire install/wheel balance they lifted the car using 4 floor jacks at my request.

Should I be concerned about their regular lift causing any side skirt damage?

 

[Thomby]

Depends where they're lifting. I've yet to find a non-awkward way to get the car on jack stands, even with pinch weld adapters on jack & stands, because the lift spot is too short to fit both side by side.

I plan to see if I can get under the suspension next time, and if they have decently low/long jacks that may be their approach, or they may just be putting the jack under the running boards with a piece of 2x4 to spread the force out...probably worth asking or watching.

 

[Snicklefritz]

Just tell them to do this.

Or, if the "feet" are adjustable into a high or low position, make sure they are high, to clear the rocker panels.

 

[JSolo]

Look at the right most pic - What did you do to your Kia Stinger today?

This is what the local place uses. I'm bringing my pucks with and have them do the floor jack method unless they have their own spacers.

 

[Volfy]

The discount tires in my area have been pretty good. With the Stingers though, I'd rather not take any chances, which is why I almost always take the wheels off and bring them in loose in my big van. Pickup them up loose also gives me a good opportunity to inspect the wheels closely on both sides.

 

[JSolo]

^^Easier said than done with 1 vehicle.

 

[D.J.]

Last time I had the car at DD for tire install/wheel balance they lifted the car using 4 floor jacks at my request.

Should I be concerned about their regular lift causing any side skirt damage?

If it is set up by a half de ent Tech, no concern
If it is set up by an idiot - CONCERN

Nearly every hoist I have ever used has feet/pads similar to this

This short video shows where they should be, and what happens if they are not setup correctly.

It's really easy, but the tech has to bend down, can't just kick the arms under

 

[Volfy]

^^Easier said than done with 1 vehicle.

That would limit your options.

 

[vipeboy2000]

If it is set up by a half de ent Tech, no concern
If it is set up by an idiot - CONCERN

Nearly every hoist I have ever used has feet/pads similar to this

This short video shows where they should be, and what happens if they are not setup correctly.

It's really easy, but the tech has to bend down, can't just kick the arms under

the discount tire i used to use had an attachment that fit in some holes on the flat portion of the lift that was adjustable to where the lift points are.. there was about an inch of clearance to the rocker panels to the lift.

 

[socalvn]

Discount Tire all the time easy peasy mines lowered so we don't even chance the rack

 

[JSolo]

Went in earlier this morning, relatively uneventful. They didn't have the right attachments for their lift type (see post 4), so they used floor jacks. They don't let you use your own pucks now, instead they have 1" (maybe 1.5") thick blocks they can place over the floor jack heads. Mostly kids working there, a few in their 20's or higher, one female (in the shop).

Didn't get over 50 mph coming back to hard to tell if it made any difference. I was feeling a slight vibration before.

 

[Volfy]

FWIW, I had a set of tires mounted/balanced, and the new weights on one of them fell off. Since I had taken the wheels off the car for the mount/balance, I didn't put that set back on the car till a couple of weeks later. Freshly stuck on and just standing in my garage, the weights fell off without me realizing it. Wasn't until later I saw some brand new wheel weights stuck on my garage floor that I realized something was off. By then, I had been driving the car for several days and not felt a thing. I had to take the car up to 80+mph before I fell some vibration from the back end. I had to swap the rear tires to the front, and redid another 80+mph test drive, to confirm which one it was.

 

[JSolo]

When I used to do bike tires, I had access to a tire machine. With strategically placed rags, possible to do mcy wheels on a car machine. I would balance at home with a nomar mcy balancer. Good to at least 100 mph.

 

[Volfy]

When I used to do bike tires, I had access to a tire machine. With strategically placed rags, possible to do mcy wheels on a car machine. I would balance at home with a nomar mcy balancer. Good to at least 100 mph.

Me too. I've also got Nomar's large cones for balancing single-sided swing arm rear wheels. Works fantastically. It could show 1/8Oz. out of balance, but the smallest wheel weights I have are 1/4Oz. Never had a motorcycle wheel where that made a difference at triple digit speeds.

I thought about trying a car wheel/tire on that stand, but these Stinger wheel/tires are far too heavy (and the offset too great) to work well.

 

[D.J.]

While we are slightly off topic....

Not too long ago - a friend of mine installed some Counteract Balance Beads in his Suzuki X90 - with favourable results.
The concept intrigues me!

Just sharing for entertainment.

 

[Thomby]

I don't know if you ever saw that one-off Juke GTR (subcompact Nissan Juke SUV with GTR powertrain), but with a Stinger and X90 you guys have the opportunity to do something hilarious...