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daft question
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:03 am
by nickpolo
in a couple of weeks i'm gonna be taking all four wheels off my gti, so i can have the tyres removed and then refurb the wheels, have the middle parts powder coated and the have some lovely new eagle F1s put on so, bearing in mind this will take a couple of days for the powder coating - what the hell am i going to sit my car on?!?!
i cant take it to a garage 'oi mate, you mind if i leave this here for a few days?'
my dad suggested bricks (ouch), my mum (bless her) went one better and suggested i put it straight onto the ground - now i'm really gonna go for that one?!?! and my sister? well to be honest i don't think she realised you could take wheels off.
so peeps - what do i put my lil' red gti on?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:06 am
by hot_polo
steelies
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:09 am
by nickpolo
yeah but i want to do this without spending any money, not cos i'm tight or anything, just dont have a lot of money after service, mot blah blah
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:28 am
by metz
nip to a scrapie and get 4 steelies they won't be much at all.
tell em u dont need legal tyres as its not gunna be driven its just to save the disks from snapping lol.
may even give u em .
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:40 am
by inder
Would bricks not work on the jack points
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:57 pm
by vr6south
inder wrote:Would bricks not work on the jack points
Ouch
Re: daft question
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:42 pm
by bstardchild
nickpolo wrote:in a couple of weeks i'm gonna be taking all four wheels off my gti, so i can have the tyres removed and then refurb the wheels, have the middle parts powder coated and the have some lovely new eagle F1s put on so, bearing in mind this will take a couple of days for the powder coating - what the hell am i going to sit my car on?!?!
2 x Steelies - you have the first one already in the boot - go to a scrapy and buy another space save steel wheel with a 4 x 100 PCD
FIT THEM on the REAR - make sure the handbrake is on good and proper
2 x Axle Stands for the front
nickpolo wrote:my dad suggested bricks (ouch),
not clever at all - if it was all the garages would use them!!!
nickpolo wrote:my mum (bless her) went one better and suggested i put it straight onto the ground - now i'm really gonna go for that one?!?!
An option but getting the jack out will be fun
nickpolo wrote:and my sister? well to be honest i don't think she realised you could take wheels off.
PMSL
nickpolo wrote:so peeps - what do i put my lil' red gti on?
Answered above
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:42 pm
by PoloCornwall
Serious. bricks or wood, or anything which wont crumple under the weight of a car will be fine for a while, or axle stands
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:47 pm
by bstardchild
inder wrote:Would bricks not work on the jack points
Firstly - Normal bricks are not designed to have impact loads or loads centred in a small location - trust me on this they will crack, crumble, split and the car will end up on the deck and the bits that break away will dent the sills or floorpan as it comes to the ground
Secondly - The car will have to be at a height that the wheels can be removed so unless they are huge RC Blocks it will be seriously unstable a nice gust of wind will have it over let alone someone leaning against it!!
Thirdly as you jack up the car and remove each wheel in turn the weight of the car will be transfeered to the other corners supported by bricks - it will tip off as there is nothing to stop it. At best the car will be damaged - At worst - you will be
PLEASE PLEASE DON'T EVER BE TEMPTED TO DO THIS NOT EVEN FOR ONE WHEEL!!!
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:49 pm
by bstardchild
PoloCornwall wrote:Serious. bricks or wood, or anything which wont crumple under the weight of a car will be fine for a while, or axle stands
Not clever read my folow up post - have you ever supported a car with all four wheels removed on bricks or wood - it will be seriously unstable!!!!
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:48 pm
by PoloCornwall
Your not wrong, and i didnt read about the tiem scale, i worked in a garage befroe, i know just how strong a car is, but ur probably right about the possibility of bricks crumling, get axle stands, or steelies
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:21 am
by inder
hehe
cheap axel stands / jacks @ argos
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:04 pm
by nickpolo
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:26 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Bricks are only good for supporting cars that people have nicked and taken the wheels off
I mean car thieves aren't considerate so they don't use bricks because they work they use them because it gives them time to take the wheels off and F|_|ck off.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:32 pm
by nickpolo
two pairs of the axel stands in the link above will be okay won't they?