Ekul61

If I buy wheels from Discount Tire or the like. Do they know how to jack the car properly?

Chicago1

When I went they said they did of course this was after I mentioned it first. The guy I use takes extreme care of my car. I now tip him cash also bring a pizza. You could always take them the wheels.

c4cruiser

Go to a store and ask if they have sold/installed C5 wheels before. Ask them if they have "hockey pucks" for the frame slots. Their tire mounting equipment for large diameter wheels is usually the no-contact type.

Make sure they do a good job of balancing the tires; lead weights can't be used anymore so expect additional (steel) tape weights to be placed around the inside of the wheel.

My local Discount Tire store uses a type of scissors lift that has adjustable pads and I have seen C5's in the shop.

kybilt

In my experience, there is no nationwide, universal training method for tire store mechanics. Discount Tire is just as likely to screw up you wheels/tires/rocker panels as Wal-Mart or Sears. Just depends on who's working the day you go in, what mood they're in, how busy they are, etc. You roll the dice and hope for the best.

oh1vette

when I had mine done as Discount they used 4 jacks (w/ my pucks)...

lfj2025

the Discount Tire I used did a great job and used great care, even had their own pads to jack her up.

rbrumm

$$$frumnuttin'

This should tell you all you need to know....

Ekul61

same old story.. many say you should not use the hockey pucks in the front..

dblerman

Maybe if you're doing an oil change on a lift in order to keep the rear of the car a couple inches higher than the front.....other than that I can't see ANY reason to not be able to use hockey pucks at the front frame rail locations.

Scuba Ghost

Says who???

Mr.Bill

Never heard that before.

Radicaltimes

I used them without any issues, of course they said they knew how to jack it up. I watched to make sure they did know. All shops might say they they know the correct way if they do is another story.

zagger

The answer will vary with each store. Just go and ask them. They will tell you the method they will use to pick it up, that should either satisfy you or not. The Discount I use is very good and they have no problem with any corvette. But this does not say anything about other stores.

Chicago1

like others have said....says who? Can you provide some real info and not just random posts..Prove us wrong please..

TorchRedRocket

This. It sounds like you're already paranoid, and paranoid people are the ones who have things happen to them. If you don't feel like gambling, take your wheels off yourself and take them in.

kybilt

Funny you should mention that. When I bought new tires for my C6 back in 2010, I did load up the tires & wheels and take them to the tire store. I had purchased new tires through Tire Rack and had em shipped directly to the store. The Tech somehow managed to break 2 of the TPS sensors! They replaced the broken sensors, but I had to hang around an extra 2 hours while they sent someone out to get new ones.

Hey, it ain't paranoia if they really are out to get ya!

TorchRedRocket

If a tire tech can't even replace pressure sensors that he works with on a daily basis, just imagine what he would've done to the rocker panels on an unfamiliar model of car that he has never lifted before!

91LSMAN

That's what my local Discount Tire does.

(Although they almost seemed afraid of my HREs)

JETninja

Where I came from in SoCal, we had one close by in Mission Viejo, and another in Lake Forest. The MV was small, dark, dirty. The LF one was large, clean, Mech's were pretty cool. They always listened to me when I said "NO LIFT"..only jacks for my M3 and the one time I took my Vette. I almost always spent time watching them, and we end up chatting cause most of them are Car guys too.