makeshiftUK
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Evening all,
Recently ordered a pair of 245/35/20 PS4S tyres to replace my Pirelli P Zeros on my QP GT S given the latter are almost 5 years of age, one of which has recently ingested a nasty looking screw. Bought a set off Blackcircles for £375 with fitting at my local tyre fitters, the same place that changed a pair of rubbers on my GS recently... only when I turned up today I was advised that, due to the car being low and the prominent sideskirts and a lack of a 2-post lift (the sort with those moveable arms), there was no way they could safely get their trolley jacks under my car... the jack sleeve/arm would be rubbing against the sideskirt when raised. There's some evidence this has happened before, my O/S sideskirt looks like its been mistreated and is slightly deformed close to the jacking point. In the end they said they could 'give it a go' but in doing would absolve themselves of any responsibility for damage caused... I said no, and walked away with the new tyres given they were a fair price even without fitting.
That said, they were happy to have me come back with an appropriate jack, and they'd gladly change the tyres for me at no cost - ofc my QP has no scissor jack in the boot (I think these only came with a spare wheel kit), and neither my Halfords trolley jack nor BMW scissor jack seem to have the the circular locating head which keeps the jack in-place within the jacking point (example I found on eBay below):
Not really sure what to do. I don't feel comfortable driving on a nasty screw forever and neither am I amenable to letting another local tyre fitter just 'have a go'...
Recently ordered a pair of 245/35/20 PS4S tyres to replace my Pirelli P Zeros on my QP GT S given the latter are almost 5 years of age, one of which has recently ingested a nasty looking screw. Bought a set off Blackcircles for £375 with fitting at my local tyre fitters, the same place that changed a pair of rubbers on my GS recently... only when I turned up today I was advised that, due to the car being low and the prominent sideskirts and a lack of a 2-post lift (the sort with those moveable arms), there was no way they could safely get their trolley jacks under my car... the jack sleeve/arm would be rubbing against the sideskirt when raised. There's some evidence this has happened before, my O/S sideskirt looks like its been mistreated and is slightly deformed close to the jacking point. In the end they said they could 'give it a go' but in doing would absolve themselves of any responsibility for damage caused... I said no, and walked away with the new tyres given they were a fair price even without fitting.
That said, they were happy to have me come back with an appropriate jack, and they'd gladly change the tyres for me at no cost - ofc my QP has no scissor jack in the boot (I think these only came with a spare wheel kit), and neither my Halfords trolley jack nor BMW scissor jack seem to have the the circular locating head which keeps the jack in-place within the jacking point (example I found on eBay below):
Not really sure what to do. I don't feel comfortable driving on a nasty screw forever and neither am I amenable to letting another local tyre fitter just 'have a go'...