[Jim Smolka]

First item was to get replace was the tires and have the rims reconditioned.
Should be simple to remove the wheels and tires?? 10 minute job??

After jacking the car up, time to remove the wheels.
Well, since the wheels are hub centric, it took a few hits on the tires to loosen up the wheels from the centric hub. Not too bad, slight delay, but manageable.

The fourth wheel, well, only one lug bolt came loose with the electric impact.
For the other four lug bolts, had to bring out da big one.
A 3/4" pneumatic impact that can apply about 800 Ft-Lbs of torque.
Somethings going to give.
Luckily, the other four lug bolts came out.
Well, that took an hour to get the wheels removed.

Upon inspection, one of the rear wheels had been cracked and repaired.
Hmmm...

Off to the tire store, they removed the tires from the rims, off to the rim repair shop.
At the rim repair shop, it was noted that the cracked wheel was not repaired all that well, but they could repair it. Upon further inspection of the other wheels, they all need to be serviced a little to get them with in the roundness spec (max out of round, 20 thousand). The wheels should be free of curb rash, powder coated, and ready for pickup in about a week.