Jacking / getting tyres changed

[NiceCupOfTea]

Need a new set of boots for the S - I'm going to use Event Mobile Tyres as they do a good price on those Dunlop BluResponse and it all gets done on my drive.

Don't trust anybody to jack the S though - can just see a trolley jack on the outriggers or worse still the fibreglass itself...

Don't have any spare wheels to swap on, so the plan is to crack off all the nuts, jack the front end and get the wheels off for him to do out the back of the van, refit each as it comes off, then, drop the front and jack the back end and take the wheels off. Hopefully he won't mind a 5 minute wait in the middle as I "swap ends"...

I know I can jack on the front crossmember, but was looking under the back of the car today to see where I can jack. Fortunately I have a V8S style exhaust with pipes separated more than the standard V6S, so I think there is space to get to the chassis crosspiece behind the diff - is this OK to jack on?

Don't want to jack higher than necessary so there won't be room to get axle stands underneath but will put something under the outriggers in case it slips on the jack.

Be interested to hear how others have had their tyres changed on their S's

[NiceCupOfTea]

OK, so if I jack a corner at a time, can I jack on the outriggers if I get the trolley jack as close to the centre of the car as possible? Or is it better to jack on the main chassis itself. Just worried about stability with the jack being so far inboard...

[NiceCupOfTea]

Well in the end he used an air jack on each corner of the outrigger and it was fine. He really knew his onions and had done quite a few TVRs before. He protected the chassis too.

[NiceCupOfTea]

I bought a low entry high lift trolley jack so I could get the front end onto axle stands when I did the clutch slave cylinder.

Rubber pad on my trolley jack protects the chassis.