brownmound

I need to buy something to lift up the mound to work on the soft underbelly. I've tried the ramps but they are too steep and the front panels scrape. I was thinking of getting one of them floor jacks and some jackstands. Is that what you guys use? Do the floor jacks give you enough lift to get the jackstands up high enough?

Right on.

Felix Wankel

I use an old Craftsman floor jack and jackstands. The jack is too high for my TII though, I have to jack it up a little with a smaller floor jack to fit the big one underneath. I'm sure my GS will be the same way once the springs get settled.

MarkPerez

i use a 1 ton floor jack,and cinder blocks to hold up the
car,,cinder blocks are cheap and easy to use,,and will
never fall over

Felix Wankel

Yeah but I can bust a cinder block with a hammer. I cant bust my jackstands

peejay

I've used several compact spares stacked on top of each other as a substitute for a jackstand, but junkyard wrenchin' is like that And no I didn't feel safe doing it either. Jacking the car up was even mroe fun... I don't know why Japanese cars have scissor jacks, 'cos if the car's more than 5 years old the rocker panel will just crumble instead of lifting the car up.

V8kilr

i have one of my buddies lift my front or rear end so i can get the jack under it.

when you use the jack stands on the rear be carfull where you place them,the best location i found is right in front of the end links,directly to the piece of metal that the end link bolts to.

MIKE-P-28

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I got some solid cinderblocks that my old POS garage was sitting on. These things are solid no holes int he middle or anything I use them. And I can bust them with a sledge I tried when I had to dispose of 6 of them

smnc

I use a nice Mastercraft (same thing as craftsman) hydraulic jack and jackstands. Works like a charm. It just took a while to find a good spot to jack it up

mar3

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Sears had a sale on their 3 ton jack (where the handle rotates to open and close the valving) and a pair of heavy duty jackstands for $90, so I put it on the Sears card and paid it off in two months. It fits with 2.5" to clear under the car to any point thereunder and lifts it way high easily.



As you can see, I'm about as far down as I want to get on my tires. Cut factory springs up front and Racing Beat springs in back...

Felix Wankel

Thats the way I do it too. My car's been on stands for 3 weeks cause I'm too lazy to finish it.

peejay

What wheels are those? (And thus we careen off-topic )

yayarx7

panasports

treceb

I use a lift if the garage bay is empty. Or a jack and jackstands if working outside.

mar3

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What do you use at home? I almost got a lift for my home garage, but FirstTexas wouldn't work with me to raise the garage ceiling to 12.5' so it could raise all the way. I would have walked from the house but we had already burned up three solid leads on builders squabbling and it was time to move. At least I got my 3 car garage with extra space to work in...

Pele

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I usually use a floor jack and some jackstands... I don't care what I'm supporting the car with, it always feels unsafe on a gravel driveway. Every time I jack one side up and put the jackstand under, when I jack the other side up, the jackstand tips a little. Never had it fall over though.

At the shop, I recently had a variety of lowered cars come in. Mostly rice, but some nice cars. Without the pads on, an electric/hydraulic lift fits well. I just have to find a place on the RX-7 as Hondas have obviously reinforced sections of the pinch weld where you should jack it up.

For under $3000 new, if you had a garage ceiling high enough, who WOULDN'T have a lift at home? I know I'm buying one when I get a house... Along with a 60 Gallon air compressor.

82transam

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This is off topic but mar3, what wheels are those on your car? They look sweet as hell. Let me know dude. thanks

82transam

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I use a craftsman floor jack and some old jackstands I have laying around. This is off topic but mar3, what wheels are those on your car? They look sweet as hell. Let me know dude. thanks

82transam

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oops looks like I posted that second part twice my bad sorry

Felix Wankel

15"Weds rims on Dunlop doughnuts. Its in his sig.

mar3

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let me search for something...

mar3

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You took my fun away, so here's a little closer shot for the homeys!!




15" Weds Autobahn's, sadly now discontinued...
I threw away my 18" Panasports when I found them
---->pele, go with Autolifters...they're $2200 for the lift that'll cover most weights short of a duallie long cab....stupid FirstTexas...

Felix Wankel

I want some mesh rims for my RX-2.

SPEKEEZ

I use 2 hydraulic floor jacks to first lift the front on each side of "Doc", then use a small jack to lift up the front suspension. When it is high enough, I place a sets of ramps with the removable ramp section off, under each front tire. On the back, a floor jack under the differential does get it high enough to place another set of ramps under the 2 rear wheels. With all 4 wheels up, it makes it high enough to get my ample mid section under, and feels very secure. Works a treat.

4ohfour

corpses what else is there to use

need pics???

cheers'

treceb

That is my home.