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While running wire wheels on one of my english sports cars I would jack the car up far enough to relieve the CAR weight but still allow the tires to touch the floor. I used jackstands with an infinite adjustment feature. In essence the tires were only supporting their own weight plus the weight of the wheels and the suspension components.This way I wasn't stretching the components too far one way or the other while still relieving the majority of the weight involved. I would also deflate the tires down to around 20lbs. each.
When the weather warmed I would the inflate the tires back to specified pressure without any flat spot problems as well as not having to true up the wheel spokes (PITA),this technique really worked well for me.
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