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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
So, for those of you who do the changeover yourself, do you have any tips for someone wanting to do learn how to do it themselves?
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Use your user manual, if there are specific jack points on the car, use them. Though normally, the pinch welds under the car usually works fine.
Make sure your e-brake is on and/or you have something to prevent the car from rolling. I normally do one side at a time so one back wheel is always on the ground.
Loosen lug nuts a bit while your car is still on the ground.
The rest is pretty straight forward. Jack up car, take wheels off, put wheels on.
Hand tighten the lugs first (or go easy on it with the impact). Then when the car is on the ground, tighten and torque it.
Re-torque your wheels after several hundred km.
Changing tires is one of the easier things to learn to do.
When you buy a jack and jack stands, make sure the are rated to lift/hold more than what your vehicle weighs (cue Captain Obvious)
And Canadian Tire likes to have sale on their torque wrenches once in a while, keep your eye open for those. It was about $65 when I got it on sale.