More photos... thought I'd try painting the wheel hubs and shields today. Haha... nothing's ever so simple! Required multiple trips to various stores. But I did get one wheel done.
First I used it as an excuse to buy a floor jack now rather than later. I've never owned a hydraulic floor jack before, but I plan on rotating my new tires often, and don't want to entrust my rims to a quickie shop (or pay for it), and when I started thinking of the logistics of cross-rotating wheels with only the factory jack... yecch.
The jack seems pretty nice for the money, Michelin branded import, $60 at Sam's Club. Per my searching previous posts here, I figured bigger is better, especially with import "quality" being what it is. This one seems pretty sturdy and is a 100lb behemoth.
I looked at some smaller/cheaper ones (Wal-Mart) that were just too scary looking. I'm surprised they even carry them as they just looked like lawsuits in a box.
And if a hydraulic floor jack doesn't bring a smile to your face after using the little twisty kind, well, you have no soul.
