On another subject, fitted my Audi A3 wheels today. Look really nice I think, even though they're kerbed to ****. Will get them refurbished when I can though. Took me like an hour to fit them, try doing it yourself in the dark.
LOLOLOL!
I did mine in about 20 minutes on my own, using a cheapo Halfords trolley jack and the tyre iron that came with the van (mostly because I couldn't be bothered to raid the barn for tools), at about 2115hrs, the biggest problem was gnats biting the shit out of my face. It is all muscle memory though as I've fitted so many wheels I could actually do it with my eyes closed.
Of course, first thing in the morning I checked tyre pressures and properly tightened up all of the wheel nuts as I never trust the tightening force I can put through a tyre iron.
Oh I don't know, because I didn't get home till about 8pm and by the time I had got to my mums house and got the jacks etc out it was 9? Tard.
Yeahyeahyeah I know laugh at little old me
Yeah I used two jacks, the sciscor one that came with the car and a trolley one that I borrowed from someone. Jacked both front and rear points up at once to save time. To be honest that's the first time I've swapped wheels over myself which probably delayed things quite a bit. Also the bolts aren't the easiest thing to guide into holes (not like having sex) because unlike a girl, where both hole will sort of do, there was a hole which was accepting of a bolt and there was one right next to it (in the same 5x112 pattern just offset) which didn't.
In the morning I will go around with the crummy little tyre iron and just jump on the end to make sure they're all done up tight but driving home from my Mums there was no wobble. I managed to do this on the rear tyres because I kept slipping off thanks to the rain, but with the boot open I could hold the car to stop this, at the front there's nowhere to really hold.
Because it was something new. Plus they were sat in my boot/rear sets so couldn't put any luggage or people. Besides the next day is the sart of the working week..
That way takes longer tbh, I use a trolley jack and do a corner at a time. Raise it just enough to see light under the tyre and that'll to me. Off with old, on with new, spin on the nuts/bolts quickly with the tyre iron (I can do it about the same speed as a windy gun, just not the same tightening force), drop it on the deck and quickly tighten up. Move on to next corner. Then when I'm done give the all one extra muscle session.
Free tip: Lift, don't push. I lift the wheel nuts off the car and I lift them back on, that why the weight of the car does the work for you. As long as you use your legs to lift not your arms/back it is really effective. Normally I can get things tightened up correctly just using the lift technique, but I like to double check for the odd nut that is a touch loose.
Haven't found the official (Ford) specification for your "Vanessa", but it can't be more than 140Nm. That's just ~48kg on a ~30cm lever, shouldn't require any lifting unless you or the wrench, or both you and the wrench are tiny
A bit of both, I'm only 70-75kg (changes a lot), and the irowas probably 20cm long. Plus I'm not a fan of the uncontrolled feeling you get when pushing down and the nut finally goes. Almost knocked of my teeth doing it in the past as I didn't expect it to go (all of my body weight was on it, the last person to have the wheels off used a impact gun) when it finally did.
Never release nuts like this! Lift the lever, or step on it with a foot. My grandpa taught me this, in 50 years when working as a driver he had seen plenty of people damaging their faces while changing wheels . Also, use a tube to make wrench longer, if nut isn't giving up.
(Yes, I will continue to write in English 
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