for those of you who work on your cars yourselves:
what type of jacks do you use to lift your car with?

 

i lift my car up with a thing called a Rhino Ramp..
works very well.. all you have to do is put it in front of the tires and drive up the ramp and gives you about 1 1/2 feet of clearance.

 

i use those for my tractor!!
but i want to work on the brakes so the ramps dont work...
other jack preferences?
thanks!

 

El Cheapo Canadian Tire hydraulic floor jacks (2), 2.5 ton cap., about 40 Cannuck bucks each + 6 jack stands (hand-me-downs). If you remove the jacking cup, it'll just fit under the S's side jacking points. Or drive them up onto 2X4's and you can get one under the center, front/rear jacking points.
bayarea: Those ramps must be quite a gradual angle because my ramps hit the front bumper cap long before the tires touch.

 

Ramps are fine until you need to take the wheels off.. and the cheap floor jacks don't go low enough or high enough for me. Here is my comment from another thread...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cdelena
[B]Like many other things, you get what you pay for. I finally broke down and bought a decent garage jack that goes low enough (~3 inches) for my lowered car and high enough (~19) to get most work done without problem. It has made work with the car sooo much easier.

 

Sears sells a 2.25 ton floor jack that goes under the center jack point with no "pre-lifting" needed. Price = $29. Works fine.

http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summary/pr...pid=00950523000

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaveZ
[B]Sears sells a 2.25 ton floor jack that goes under the center jack point with no "pre-lifting" needed.

 

Rhino Ramps are fine, but with the front spoiler I have to drive onto 2 (2x12) blocks stacked under each front tire first to even get onto the ramps. A jack like this would be great!

MODEL 71240
2-1/4 TON CAPACITY LOW PROFILE
INTENDED USE
For vehicle restoration, exotic cars and use on dealer showroom floors.
FEATURES
Same as model 71155 but with 4" overall chassis height and extended chassis length for additional reach under low profile exotic autos. Non-marring front wheels and rear caster wheels protect dealer showroom floors.

http://www.norcoind.com/norco/fljack.htm

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaveZ
[B]Sears sells a 2.25 ton floor jack that goes under the center jack point with no "pre-lifting" needed.

 

The more the jack weighs, the less it costs The Griot's aluminum jack is light and beautiful but many, many $ (600+). And it fits under all the jacking points.