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Oh, the tires are already on wheels. Is rebalancing only needed if they're not on wheels?
If the tires are already on the wheels, then you shouldn't need to rebalance them again. The balancing is only necessary when the tire is first installed on the wheel.
Besides the obvious tools of lifting the car and a wrench to loosen the lugs.
You'll need a torque wrench to ensure the lug nuts are torqued at the correct spec when you put the all seasons on. Torque them on in a "star" pattern.
Breaker bar is a nice to have to break the lug nuts loose.
Jack stand is good to have as well to hold your car up while you work on it. Don't leave the car lifted only by the scissor jack/floor jack, etc. Unless you have an actual lift.
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Breaker bar is a must have. LOL u ain't breaking 94ft-lbs with a 3/8 ratchet. Remember to break the nuts on the ground, unless you got an impact driver.
You'll also need the socket associated with the correct lug nut size, as well as lock tool if you have a wheel lock.
PB, where you located? Maybe one of us can lend a hand.
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The torque wrench you linked is perfect, but it also goes on sale for around $50.
Canadian Tire products are perfectly fine if you just tinker on your car on the weekend. I've been using these products for almost 10 years. But as mentioned, unless you're in a rush, don't ever pay full price for them since CT has these products on sale at least once a month.
The floor jack is fine, but if you're lifting at the pinch weld, most floor jacks don't have enough padding. So you'll need to get something like a hockey puck. Simple, but works.
You should also get a pair of jack stands since you should never work on the car when it's just supported by a floor jack. As a rule of thumb, floor jacks are for lifting, not for holding weight. https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/c...-0090011p.html
Also make sure your socket set actually has the size required for your lug nut. If your socket set is a small one, the biggest socket might still be too small. (That happened to me before, lol)
These tools should last you a very long time, maybe even life time if you're just using it occasionally as a hobbyist. Once you invest in these tools, you'll be switching tires every season on your own, no more line ups at the local tire shop. You can start doing your own basic maintenance. It's well worth the investment.
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Anyone else miss working on their own car in their parents driveway/garage, and parents always asking why the garage looks like little baghdad with shit everywhere?
The one downside of moving out, into a condo, with strata snitches
Man.... I have a sudden need to rice out a 92 civic hatch, buy some blue eBay intake breathers, a 5zigen catback, amp and sub off CL that may or may not work, some xxrs with undersized tires, spring compressors and a zip disk, gut the rear seats and put a XXL plushiebag instead, and a 60$ Kenwood deck with an aux cable with the wires held together with electrical tape
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I just checked and theres no real solid deals for floor jack and jackstands atm. Like everyone has said, Canadian Tire products are fine for people who wrench it once and awhile. I work on my truck all the time and all my CT Tools have held up for almost 2 decades, aside from that ratcheting breaker bar u just posted. I just broke something simliar a couple weeks ago but Maximum products have a lifetime warrantty so they replaced it no questions asked.
Anyone else miss working on their own car in their parents driveway/garage, and parents always asking why the garage looks like little baghdad with shit everywhere?
The one downside of moving out, into a condo, with strata snitches
Man.... I have a sudden need to rice out a 92 civic hatch, buy some blue eBay intake breathers, a 5zigen catback, amp and sub off CL that may or may not work, some xxrs with undersized tires, spring compressors and a zip disk, gut the rear seats and put a XXL plushiebag instead, and a 60$ Kenwood deck with an aux cable with the wires held together with electrical tape
Make sure to paint the valve cover gold with some custom artwork.
Not gonna lie, i find it alil surprising that someone from RS doesnt know how to do something as basic as changing wheels.
lol, I was thinking that too.
I didn't know how much detail to dive into as I don't want to sound condescending. But when people need help and it's actually something I know, I love sharing advice.
PB, I guess the only other thing is to make sure you look up where the jack points are in your car. Something as simple as a tire change can go horribly wrong if you don't lift the car up properly.
(The guy was using the floor jack properly... but he was working on an unsmooth/cracked ground and the floor jack wheel got stuck so it didn't roll forward as he lifted the car up)
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Further adding on to socket size, since you're buying 1/2" bars, make sure you have an accompanying 1/2" socket for the said lugnut. Typically it's 17/19 for BMW/Honda, double check on what you need because I didn't until I had the car all up on jackstands just to find out I need a 21/22 because type r things lol.
Now that the border is open, I'd suggest going to Harbour Freight to pick up a floor jack. I've been using mine since I bought my 330ci years ago. Not sure if you need the lowprofile version or what car you have, but it's the only lowpro that actually works with low cars that I've noticed.
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PB, if you are doing it yourself for the first time ... 100% try to have someone there who knows what they are doing. Although Youtube or the excellent advice given so far is great, there are just nuances to this that someone who has never done it may not have foreseen. If anything it's good just to have someone watch and even say, 'Yup, that's how to do it, that's right.'
I like to go to Princess Auto and grab a breaker bar and a 6 point socket in whatever size the vehicle needs. Use it for tire changes, but then keep it in the car so if you're swapping a flat you're not trying to use the dinky thing the factory gives you.
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I like to go to Princess Auto and grab a breaker bar and a 6 point socket in whatever size the vehicle needs. Use it for tire changes, but then keep it in the car so if you're swapping a flat you're not trying to use the dinky thing the factory gives you.
What i like about Princess Auto is that they have soo many sales and if u miss one. U can go back within 30 days after the sale has ended and they will honor that price.
I usually hit up stocktrack.ca to check the tools that im interested in and how low they have sold for in the past so i can wait for the sale to happen again or if im lucky its within the 30 days and i can go buy it.
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