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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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Where do I get something to hold my wheel up? In the pic below I think she is leaning it up against her car but I have seen ones that stand up by themselves. Is theer somewhere I can buy one or do I have to just fabricate something?

Old Sep 4, 2008 | 02:31 PM
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i know they are given to you if you are sponsored. i dont know if you can buy them
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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I know Garm here on ScionLife sells them.

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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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what about the stand this is put on the car? attaches to the studs and lug nuts.
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 03:53 PM
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The stands are mounted onto the wheelstuds by the same lugnuts. Jeremy (Garage1217) had them when he was showing off his Project Tc. there's a pic on his website . Ask him where he got his. Besides that, I know some actually custom make one themselves.
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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yea i was planning on making my own. i just want to do a little research to make sure i used thick enough steel. dont want it to fall apart on me.
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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u can try ebay....
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 04:09 PM
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I saw this home-made one in a mazda forum:

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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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Im not looking for the thing that attches to the studs. Or the plasctic wheel blocks. I want something that will hold up a 25lb wheel.. On Garage's site he also has them leaned up against his car.

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Aaah. You need a tire stand, my friend. Something like this link but fancier for car shows.
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Originally Posted by krazyscion
u can try ebay....
what would it be called?
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jurassic1
Aaah. You need a tire stand, my friend. Something like this but fancier for car shows.
EXACTLY

Originally Posted by SATownScion
Originally Posted by krazyscion
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http://www.nolimitzind.com/stands.html
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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What's cool about them is you can customize them w/ your logos, paint-schemes, etc. (like that Nitto display up there).
Old Sep 5, 2008 | 12:51 AM
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See if a tire shop will sell you one. They probably have extras, at least the one I work at does.
Old Sep 5, 2008 | 03:27 AM
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yea tire shops have them. i know we have a bunch of Goodyear and Michelin ones. you just gotta look around. i think you can hit up the companies and they might sell you some. it's a 2 piece thing that has notches. basically u just set it to the width of ur tire n plop it on here... well not plop it on but you know what i mean.
Old Sep 5, 2008 | 03:33 AM
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Tire shops have them My Sears auto center gave me a bunch and then I forgot where I packed them when I moved and cannot find them to save my butt.
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