You obviously forgot jumper cables!My frunk is still not fully loaded, for now I have Duct Tape, Rope, mask, blindfold and gloves.
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You obviously forgot jumper cables!My frunk is still not fully loaded, for now I have Duct Tape, Rope, mask, blindfold and gloves.
No specific model. It's a 97 to 2004 Porsche 911/996/Boxster emergency jack tool kit.Wow, look at how small the footprint is of that jack! It looks like it would actually be small enough to fit inside the small lower compartment of the trunk. Is that the case?
Oh man, I gotta get one of those...Any chance I could get the model number of the jack from ya?
My frunk is already packed with: emergency road side kit, tire plug kit, various pliers, flashlight, rubber cement (to lube a tire plug), various pliers, first aid kit, roadside reflectors, rubber gloves, AED, ventilator and a sponge. So yeah, it needs to be small enough to fit the lower compartment in the trunk.
Right - which is why I'm unclear re what we're talking about here.Maintaining rotation was true when radial tires were first introduced due to ply separation issues. It is no longer an issue except on racing tires and directional tires.
Rotating directional tires 'backwards' can increase the risk of hydroplaning, increase noise, and accelerate wear.
I am confuse. Are you saying that it's "bad" to do an X-pattern rotation on modern, non-directional tires? It's what I'm glad I can *finally* do after owning cars w/ staggered setups. Service manual recommends a rearward cross if possible:I learned it in automotive school before getting ASE certified and working at one of our family dealerships. In the past x pattern rotation wasn’t recommended due to early radial tire construction limitations (shortly after bias ply tire phaseout). Today the main reason to only rotate on the same side is if a tire has irregular wear (not normal wear) patterns reversing the tire it can cause exaggerated wear. Tire rotation isn’t a correction for improper alignment wear problems and those tire wear issues can only be corrected by alignment. If tracking a car and the wear is simply from extreme loading then cross rotation may be a good solution if the tire design and sizing allows.
I get anxiety if I can't get the entire car off the ground - so I invested in a QuickJack. Wish I'd bought one sooner. They also have a version that hooks up to a 12V battery, FWIW.I use a regular ‘ol jack and some regular ‘ol jack stands. Not a big deal.
Can’t use a QuickJack - I do this stuff outdoors in the driveway.
OMG don't do this! You'll turn your car into a corkscrew!
Thank you. If modern car chassis(eez?) were floppy enough to where you could lift an entire wheel off the ground with basically everything else remaining constant, people would be totaling cars left and right because they'd be impossible to keep on the road.Y’all are conflating the travel distance of the suspension with the stiffness of the frame.
I get anxiety if I can't get the entire car off the ground - so I invested in a QuickJack. Wish I'd bought one sooner. They also have a version that hooks up to a 12V battery, FWIW.
Nah, this is no problem. The chassis is stiff and can handle it.OMG don't do this! You'll turn your car into a corkscrew!
Don’t think it is entirely due to the strength of the body, floor pan or chassis that allows one jack to lift the car. The CG (center of gravity, the balance point in more simplistic terms), is probably a foot further to the rear of the front jack point. IOW, right about where the driver seat is located pretty much. Jack it up in that location and both tires would equally lift at the same rate (IOW not the front initially than the rear). I’m not recommending it, cuz it could hurt the battery pack. Just pointing out that the strong frame helps, but really its a matter of balance or CG.Yeah, that's why Sandy Munro criticized Tesla for designing the M3 so strong (& heavy) without relying on the battery pack for structural strength.
I guess Tesla has fixed that via the structural battery pack announced on Battery day.
Any tire with a directional tread pattern should only be rotated front to rear, versus X pattern. Not sure if our tires are directional, but most likely they are.I would recommend just rotating front and rear on the same side,
because if you already have some curb rash on the right side,
if you rotate the wheels in a X pattern then you will get a 4 wheel curb rash instead of a 2 wheel rash curb !!!
Honestly for any possible advantage of doing a X pattern rotation, I prefer keeping 2 wheels without any rash.
But Check the alignment, this is the most important.
Nah, this is no problem. The chassis is stiff and can handle it.
Do you put the car in Jack Mode or Park please?I rotate tires using one jack pad and a floor jack on the rear to raise one side off the ground moving front to rear and rear to front then I repeat on the other side. I have an impact wrench so the process is really quick for me. I also chock the wheels on the opposite side being jacked. Hope this helps.
I do the same.Do you put the car in Jack Mode or Park please?
tesla mobile jacks the whole car up by one of the two jack points. If there is one thing a tesla control arm doesn't need is any additional stress.I use the jack under the front lower control arm to lift up that side of the car. When it's high enough, I put a jack stand under the pad nearest the jack. Then I move to the rear on the same side and jack the rear. Rotate tires. Do the same on the other side.
Best,
tesla mobile jacks the whole car up by one of the two jack points. If there is one thing a tesla control arm doesn't need is any additional stress.
PS With an X pattern rotation, there's only one extra jacking. I did this many times with other cars before Les Schwab offered free rotation.Before getting a second jack or jack stands, consider buying a spare tire (Spare on front, front to back, back to front, repeat for other side. Two extra jackings).