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12-29-2006, 11:16 AM

Jim Martley2

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Handy tool I made.

I bought my wife new tires for her 93 for Xmas, romantic devil that I am, and I finally came up with something to make the wheel installation go easier. I have those metal shields that fit into the backside of the wheel to help keep the brake dust off of the face of the wheels and it completely blocks any chance of seeing where the wheel studs are in relationship to the holes in the rim. Add that to the fact that I am forever taking the wheels off to clean the car for shows and I only have a floor jack & jack stands to work with, NOT a fancy lift like SOME people

and it gets to be quite a job that gets repeated at LEAST one a month in the show season. I just happen to have an old metal lathe in my garage and within 15 minutes I came up with this handy little stud extension. It helped cut SOME of the cursing & swearing out of the job

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12-29-2006, 11:41 AM

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Clever. I like it. Might go even easier if you used two of 'em.

Be well,

SJW

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12-29-2006, 11:43 AM

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Nice work! Good old yankee ingenuity at its best.

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12-29-2006, 12:07 PM

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You need to market them, you could be rich! Or at least make a couple bucks? Great Idea.

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12-29-2006, 01:33 PM

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Great idea. Make some up for Forum members. Put me in line.

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12-29-2006, 02:37 PM

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Great idea. Make some up for Forum members. Put me in line.

I'll second that!!

I'll take Two.

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12-29-2006, 02:44 PM

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Great idea. Make some up for Forum members. Put me in line.

That thing rocks. Put me in line as well. Fighting these wheels on isn't fun...especially for those of us who are....let's say getting up in the years.

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12-29-2006, 02:50 PM

Doug 87L98

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That is so cool! Fantastic idea.

If you decide to make them, I'll take two. (I'm always losing tools.)

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12-29-2006, 03:29 PM

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Very nice tool there, I love it.

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12-29-2006, 03:33 PM

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I'll take 2

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12-29-2006, 04:27 PM

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Great idea. Make some up for Forum members. Put me in line.

That would be handy for my Jeep and truck too

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12-29-2006, 05:18 PM

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I'll take 2

Me too.

Nice work.

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12-29-2006, 07:45 PM

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You need to market them, you could be rich! Or at least make a couple bucks? Great Idea.

My 17x11s have very deep lug holes. That would come in handy.

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12-30-2006, 09:47 AM

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Well now you've went and done it,

put me down for two if you decide to make some up.

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12-30-2006, 10:11 AM

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WOW!! Everyone's responce is overwhelming. Probubly the first question I should ask is: What is a tool like this WORTH to you guys?

I am NOT looking to get rich off of this thing.

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12-30-2006, 11:08 AM

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I'm in for two as well...
Time & materials with a 40% mark-up plus something for your creativity.... Is one way to think about pricing...

If someone were to patent the idea, the cost of an international patent covering NAm, EU, Brazil, Austrailia, Japan and China is running about $120K these days...

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12-30-2006, 11:33 AM

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Great idea. Make some up for Forum members. Put me in line.

Put me down for one also, if you decide! Very clever idea.

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12-30-2006, 12:47 PM

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It is a simple,yet a great idea. That is how great inventions get done.
I hope you can market your idea and make some $$$$ for the creativity!

Congratulations !