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Old May 18, 2006 | 05:24 AM
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Hi y'all.. I'm gonna buy wheel spacers for my tc and I'm looking for a place to have them installed. Could anyone recommend a good shop that could do this without hurting my wallet? Thanks in advance.
Old May 18, 2006 | 05:28 AM
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your driveway or the ACME parking lot. If you can change a tire, you should be able to put on spacers.
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^thought of that too but I just don't have the time nor the equiptment to do it plus I don't wanna f up my suspension. lol
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JUST TIRES. u live in VA? come to Nopi this weekend, mirdrag.com for directions. lots of scions in va and md are going
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jack ur car up, put the spacer in the hub and torque it down, then put the wheel on the spacer, and torque it down. but expect some vibrations at higher speeds.

no need for a shop to do that, u have all the tools u need in your trunk, beacuse they came with the car when u bought it. it would help to have a torque wrench, but isnt needed
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^^^^ Zach managed to say exactly what I was going to chime in with. You have all the tools in your trunk under the carpet. Jack and lug wrench.....

...If you pay a shop to install your spacers please sell me your RS1.0 tC
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Originally Posted by blown_xa
JUST TIRES. u live in VA? come to Nopi this weekend, mirdrag.com for directions. lots of scions in va and md are going
I would love to go but I'm working this weekend so might have to miss this one.
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Originally Posted by BrEaK_AwaY
jack ur car up, put the spacer in the hub and torque it down, then put the wheel on the spacer, and torque it down. but expect some vibrations at higher speeds.

no need for a shop to do that, u have all the tools u need in your trunk, beacuse they came with the car when u bought it. it would help to have a torque wrench, but isnt needed
I'll try to do this on a long weekend then.. it may sound easy but its doable I guess. Thanks for the help.
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Originally Posted by BrEaK_AwaY
jack ur car up, put the spacer in the hub and torque it down, then put the wheel on the spacer, and torque it down. but expect some vibrations at higher speeds.

no need for a shop to do that, u have all the tools u need in your trunk, beacuse they came with the car when u bought it. it would help to have a torque wrench, but isnt needed
thats basically the gist of what i was saying. however, if you are THAT much of a noob that you didn't know how to put wheel spacers on...then maybe you SHOULD have a professional do it..
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