Do I need to jacks to swap tires front to back?

[p4594spa]

Probably rotate tires at home. Not hard to do. Question is if I jack from one jack point, will I lift car on that side enough to swap the tires? Or am I going to need two jacks?

 

[towndrunk]

I saw a picture of a Tesla ranger jacking one side and rotating tires. IF you're not worried about cracking your glass roof, knock yourself out.

One jack and a jack stand would be cheaper.

 

[destructure00]

Yes, it's stiff enough to jack from one point and lift both tires off the ground. No, don't worry about cracking the glass.

 

[03DSG]

Probably rotate tires at home. Not hard to do. Question is if I jack from one jack point, will I lift car on that side enough to swap the tires? Or am I going to need two jacks?

You only need one floor jack to lift the whole side. You can use the rear jack point and a single jack pad. I did this prior to getting a second floor jack. Makes a back to front swap easy.

 

[TMThree]

While you can do it with 1 jack, you should still get a jack stand or something under the front in case there is a jack failure.

I have 2 of these, which lets me do a jack stand and jack up the car on a single point.


The RennStand by Safe Jack

 

[Watts_Up]

While you can do it with 1 jack, you should still get a jack stand or something under the front in case there is a jack failure.

I have 2 of these, which lets me do a jack stand and jack up the car on a single point.


The RennStand by Safe Jack

Nice but a little it pricey. If you don't need to go under the car or inside the car, a jack can be fine.

I have a floor jack but it's a little bit too high to put it under the rear lifting spot, when I put a Lifting Jack protection pad under the car.

So I use a 4 Tons scissor jack under the front lifting spot. I just need to slightly lift the car to be able to slide the floor jack under the rear lifting spot.

I lift then the car few inch up on the rear side, then I lift the front to keep the car balanced.

I always keep two scisor jacks and a spare in my trunk.

I prefer rotating front and rear on the same side so I have only on side of the car with whells with curb rash.