Alloy Refurb and jacking car up

[Kenners]

This might appear a bit of a dumb question, but as long as you have jacking pads it is ok to just jack up one corner of the car or would it be better to lift two wheels off the ground at the same time to reduce stress in chassis/battery pack.

Trying to get wheels refurbed from curb rash and just wondering how mobile guy will handle it. Thanks

 

[Adopado]

This might appear a bit of a dumb question, but as long as you have jacking pads it is ok to just jack up one corner of the car or would it be better to lift two wheels off the ground at the same time to reduce stress in chassis/battery pack.

Trying to get wheels refurbed from curb rash and just wondering how mobile guy will handle it. Thanks

One wheel is fine.

 

[MacJester]

This might appear a bit of a dumb question, but as long as you have jacking pads it is ok to just jack up one corner of the car or would it be better to lift two wheels off the ground at the same time to reduce stress in chassis/battery pack.

Trying to get wheels refurbed from curb rash and just wondering how mobile guy will handle it. Thanks

I had mine refurbed and the guy didn’t even need to jack it up. Width of the tyre gave him enough room to work I guess.

 

[Durzel]

No issues jacking up one wheel. If you had a flat on the move that’s all you’d be able to do unless you had 2 jacks.

 

[Kenners]

Thanks all, thought as much but thought worth asking. Cheaper to ask than to regret!

 

[MrBadger]

To remove one wheel, it requires very little jacking.

I wouldn't be surprised if you could let the car back down on 3 wheels and it remain quite stable, but I'm not going to try

 

[Kenners]

Trying to sell my Model 3 at the moment and have given in and going to get them refurbished, would prefer to give the money to new owner and say give it six months and then get them done, but the shine of perfect rims seems to be far more appealing than buyer pragmatism!

 

[eight]

On the MS you need a rubber puck if you're using a trolley jack - with mine anyway. Not sure if M3 is the same.

 

[SR-Plus]

On the MS you need a rubber puck if you're using a trolley jack - with mine anyway. Not sure if M3 is the same.

yes you need the pucks with the little knob in the middle

 

[MrBadger]

You certainly need to protect the area around the narrow jacking points and the jacking point itself but you can jack that point directly with a suitable jack if you are very careful but a jacking puck or other support does make that very much easier for a wider range of jacks especially if angles change whilst jacking.