Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 14y 2m 12d Gender: Male Posted 07/10/14 09:08 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 09:08 AM I'm glad this thread was started as I've been wondering what other ppl too, starting to get a fair few dints in the chassis rails up front with all the work I've been doing lately and changing tyres for track days all the time. I like the bit of pine with a slot cut out, that sounds awesome!! Also I've avoided the chassis rail because it can bend and I slightly dinted mine too. I have ramps too but am too scared to use them, the couple of times I did use them they moved so much I just wasn't confident to drive up on them. That was in a pretty polished garage floor and I'm in a different house now with much grittier concrete. Others thing I'm scared about using them is if I'll drive off the end of will the lip on them be enough to stop me with the amount of forward momentum needed to drive up the ramps. Also now mines lowered on the teins I've been driving onto a couple of planks to give me just enough space to get the low profile trolly Jack in, but I do like the idea of jacking the rear for the extra clearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,327 Member For: 16y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/10/14 09:17 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 09:17 AM The stock jack is great for getting the car high enough for a trolley jack. Anyone with lower than stock suspension should use this method, imho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 14y 2m 12d Gender: Male Posted 07/10/14 09:26 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 09:26 AM (edited) Keith the time it takes to get the stock Jack out of the boot, lined up and lift the car slightly with a drill is far in excess of just chucking down two planks of wood and driving onto them. That said I have used the stock Jack if planks of wood aren't available, eg at the track. Edited 07/10/14 09:26 AM by Bulletime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,327 Member For: 16y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/10/14 09:29 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 09:29 AM Maybe I'm just more patient than most people then? lolMy knuckles beg to differ, from most work I do on mine and friend's cars haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 5m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/10/14 09:52 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 09:52 AM The stock jack is great for getting the car high enough for a trolley jack. Anyone with lower than stock suspension should use this method, imho!Stock jack has a limited lift span. Every Time you use it to lift the car, that's one less wheel change its good for. Plus they are cheap POS that are known to fail on their first outing.Planks FTW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,327 Member For: 16y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/10/14 09:56 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 09:56 AM Agreed, they are a cheap POS. But if you keep it mildly oiled it should last the lifespan of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 5m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/10/14 09:59 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 09:59 AM Lifespan of the car (IMHO) would be 4 or 5 lifts with the Jack at the most. They are only designed for roadside emergency tyre changes, not as a piece of workshop kit.Take a close look at the thread on yours, I betcha oiled or not they are starting to burr and the end block with have metal dags hanging off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,327 Member For: 16y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/10/14 10:02 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 10:02 AM I don't put a lot of stress on it (only lift the car far enough to get a trolley jack underneath the sideskirt) so mine's still in pretty good condition after 20 or 30 lifts. I'm sure there's an aftermarket alternative that solves this "lifespan" problem... (other than planks of wood, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I JET Member 325 Member For: 12y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 07/10/14 10:06 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 10:06 AM Yeah I have had one of those jacks fail on me in the past, luckily it was while lifting and the wheel was still on. I drive my front wheels up onto timbers on the ground than use a trolley jack. It's a pain in the but with a lowered car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I JET Member 325 Member For: 12y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 07/10/14 10:07 AM Share Posted 07/10/14 10:07 AM ^^ Come to think of it....it was a ve Late model camira jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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