I swap out my summer tires/wheels on both my 535 wagon and my prius for snows myself. The 911 doesn't need a tire swap because it doesn't go out in the snow. And as of yesterday.. it will be staying in there for a while after the snow storm we got here.

 

A long way away, I'm afraid. My shop is in San Bernardino, Valley Tire. They're right down the street from the court house where I used to work, and they've been doing work for court folks for many years. I've probably been going there for 20 years. They don't carry any tires I buy, so I just have Tire Rack or whomever just ship my tires directly to the shop. They never complain, and never gouge me to install tires I didn't buy from them.

DMoore
'09 C2S
'10 P4S

 

I just rely on my jack. Even if a jack starts leaking, it's unlikely to catastrophically fail. If I'm under a car, I always use jack stands. What brand of jack was it that started leaking?

After years of buying jacks that all eventually fail, I got sick of spending $200+ on them and bought an aluminum racing jack at Harbor Freight and the thing has been perfect.

 

I did the same thing as PTParks, with the exception that I made 2 templates out of cardboard. The first one, which is round, goes over the end of the wheel hub to keep paint out of the threads for the lug bolts. I punched a hole in it so I could hold it in place with the aluminum wheel guide. The second template, which has a 3/4 circular shape cutout, covers the braking area of the rotor, leaving only the grey hub and the caliper visible. Rather than attach the second template I just hold it in place while I spray paint the grey hub. It sounds a little more high-tech than it really is, but the result is certainly better than what I started with. Alternatively, I think you could use a G2 brake caliper paint kit to get a nice glossy finish without having to worry about overspray or excessive masking.