Easiest way to swap wheels at home?

**beecha91** · 02-10-2009 09:47 AM

Seeing as our lugs are normal lugs, they have the alley key type holes? How do you guys change wheels with out having to take it somewhere? Thanks

Don-

**manhattanprjkt8** · 02-10-2009 09:48 AM

HUH!?!

jack the car up unbolt them and swap, i dont get it.

**AWDTURBO** · 02-10-2009 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by manhattanprjkt8

HUH!?!

jack the car up unbolt them and swap, i dont get it.

lol

**MOFSTEEL** · 02-10-2009 09:50 AM

Don't your bolts look like this?

**A4 Dream** · 02-10-2009 09:53 AM

wow man, haha yeah... jack it up. Unbolt them. Put the new ones on. hahaa

**...Mark...** · 02-10-2009 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by beecha91

Seeing as our lugs are normal lugs, they have the alley key type holes? How do you guys change wheels with out having to take it somewhere? Thanks

Don-

**beecha91** · 02-10-2009 09:54 AM

My bad, I used to sele new VW's, and they have the blk caps over the lugs with allen heads. I thought My s4 would be the same. My bad... Thanks!

**chaos2984** · 02-10-2009 10:02 AM

if you sell cars you must be an idiot salesman. All audi vw with exposed lugs have caps over them. Anything with a center cap covering lugs does not. I cant believe they dont make you know things like that. Taking wheels off is the easiest thing if you cant do that you should work on your car.

**Overboostin** · 02-10-2009 10:23 AM

Maybe he had wheel locks so he was confused or something

**RAudi Driver** · 02-10-2009 11:59 AM

**channad** · 02-10-2009 12:03 PM

^^^^ ROFL!

**mbgt72** · 02-10-2009 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by channad

^^^^ ROFL!

x2

**40valve** · 02-10-2009 12:50 PM

Everything that you need is in the trunk. The rest you can figure out on your own.

**mrbacardi35** · 02-10-2009 12:53 PM

you must be the one with a flat tire on the road and spare in the trunk and still called the tow truck...lol

**2PUTT** · 02-10-2009 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by 40valve

Everything that you need is in the trunk. The rest you can figure out on your own.

never try to use the "widow maker". i suggest you use a decent floor jack.

**provost89** · 02-10-2009 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by 2PUTT

never try to use the "widow maker". .

LOL

**...Mark...** · 02-10-2009 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by provost89

LOL

My car fell off it once already.. I let a buddy borrow my hydraulic and have been lazy about picking it up. I had to take off a tire so that i could pop out the center cap of the rim from the inside to respray it so i pulled out the jack from the trunk. I was lucky in that i had 4 or 5 bolts lightly tightened on when it happened though. Almost took out my garage door when it happened..

Never again.

**provost89** · 02-10-2009 05:32 PM

its amazing how the european cars have this style jack its been proven quite dangerous time and time again lol....

**Bravest NY S4** · 02-10-2009 05:36 PM

Concrete blocks........Are u f#$%& kiddin me???!!!

**drew** · 02-10-2009 05:42 PM

**beecha91** · 02-10-2009 06:24 PM

Thanks for the support guys, I had a good laugh..

**whartung** · 02-10-2009 06:32 PM

definitely try the jack the car came with. it helps with your allen bolts holding the wheels on...

**provost89** · 02-10-2009 08:22 PM

but actually if you wanna get a good setup for your house, do what I did

- Go to craigslist, get lucky and find a good used air compressor
- Go to sears buy a jack, air gun, air tools starter kit (hose fittings etc), and a 17mm long impact socket
- Go home and now you can swap your wheels in about twenty minutes
- Cost me roughly 300 bucks with the used compressor I got lucky with ( 26 gallon 2HP Craftsmen )

GL

**mourvedre** · 02-10-2009 08:31 PM

lol i still get teary eyed laughing at that vid clip w/ r. kelly...

**channad** · 02-11-2009 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by provost89

but actually if you wanna get a good setup for your house, do what I did

- Go to craigslist, get lucky and find a good used air compressor
- Go to sears buy a jack, air gun, air tools starter kit (hose fittings etc), and a 17mm long impact socket
- Go home and now you can swap your wheels in about twenty minutes
- Cost me roughly 300 bucks with the used compressor I got lucky with ( 26 gallon 2HP Craftsmen )

GL

that's a great idea...in fact:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...028216084.html

**mrbacardi35** · 02-11-2009 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by beecha91

Thanks for the support guys, I had a good laugh..

we still love you.

**sakimano** · 02-11-2009 08:01 AM

$300 for wheel swapping equipment...when it's $35 to pay the dealer to do it twice a year (winters vs summers for me)? pass!

**provost89** · 02-11-2009 08:09 AM

getting two people, me to drive car, and someone to drive truck with rims to dealer. Having to deal with waiting, and not being able to do it whenever you want, someone else handling your 3000 dollar rims..... and dont forget about all the other uses that equipment has when your a DIYer

Ill pass on the dealer

**...Mark...** · 02-11-2009 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by provost89

but actually if you wanna get a good setup for your house, do what I did

- Go to craigslist, get lucky and find a good used air compressor
- Go to sears buy a jack, air gun, air tools starter kit (hose fittings etc), and a 17mm long impact socket
- Go home and now you can swap your wheels in about twenty minutes
- Cost me roughly 300 bucks with the used compressor I got lucky with ( 26 gallon 2HP Craftsmen )

GL

Harbor Freight has low profile jacks for lowered cars that are very fairly priced.. Aside from that, the above list is dead on.

http://search.harborfreight.com/cpis...ord=floor+jack

**provost89** · 02-11-2009 08:21 AM

on harbor freight

sears is literally across the street from my house and harbor freight is 20min away. Plus prices weren't bad. I bought a kit that had a jack and two jackstands with it for like 80 bucks I want to say

**Stone825** · 02-11-2009 08:24 AM

http://www.autozone.com/selectedZip,.../selectZip.htm

I bought that for my car and it has worked fine. I used to have a 2 ton jack but I couldn't put the whole car on jackstands at once so I went with a 3 ton jack.

**...Mark...** · 02-11-2009 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by provost89

on harbor freight

sears is literally across the street from my house and harbor freight is 20min away. Plus prices weren't bad. I bought a kit that had a jack and two jackstands with it for like 80 bucks I want to say

For that price i don't blame you..

**Skeee** · 02-11-2009 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by mourvedre

lol i still get teary eyed laughing at that vid clip w/ r. kelly...

x2

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