What did you do to your 996TT today?
#5716
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#5717
Tell me more! I have never heard of that. So you order from TR or someplace similar and then call them? Rad. And priced fair for these low profile tires. is their equipment good enough to not scratch rims? I am guessing they have a compressor, rim clamp machine and balancer on board?
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#5721
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#5722
We use the mobile tyre services at work. It's great, no downtime. I just go in someone's house, do some plumbing, come out and the van has new tyres on it!
#5723
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Tell me more! I have never heard of that. So you order from TR or someplace similar and then call them? Rad. And priced fair for these low profile tires. is their equipment good enough to not scratch rims? I am guessing they have a compressor, rim clamp machine and balancer on board?
It's a full on-truck tire shop. Quality tire machine, road force balancer, air of course. I had my car up on quickjacks but they also have jacks to lift your car if needed. They service exotics and race cars all the time with wheel sets *far* more expensive than mine.
I already had the tires as spares (tirerack), but onsite-tires definitely sells tires and has fairly competitive tire prices. I have a buddy who has a tirerack commercial account, plus there is a tirerack distribution warehouse nearby (and tirerack gives you a credit if you pick up instead of having them shipped "free"), so it's difficult for any retail tire seller to compete with that on price.
#5724
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Josh, what do you do with the excess fluid and pump once you are done? Put the fluid back in the container (or discard) and clean the whole shebang? That's the part that doesn't make sense to me... Seems like more work than just checking / topping the OE reservoir once or twice during a full flush.
I suppose if you were a shop that was doing brake flushes weekly you could just leave the fluid in the pump and that would be super convenient, but that doesn't seem appropriate for a once-a-year flush.
I suppose if you were a shop that was doing brake flushes weekly you could just leave the fluid in the pump and that would be super convenient, but that doesn't seem appropriate for a once-a-year flush.
#5725
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I have had the 5K for a few years now and really like it and use it quite a bit. I like that it completely is out of the way when not in use. the stands fold down and I place them along the wall on end and put the pump & hoses in my metal cabinet. One thing though is that I have found that the hose connections do tend to leak some over time. Nothing that will prevent it form working or a gusher, but some leaking none the less. I get significantly more clearance with these than stands or ramps. I'm a bit taller, so I even use them to raise the car if I'm doing some engine work which will take a bit of time. It saves my back.
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#5726
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Changed my left rear pads and modded the sensor so no more alarms...
#5727
Decided to bring out the stock wheels and selling off the BSAs or donate them to charity what ever happens first and now on the hunt for some new wheels