Anybody here uses a quickjack for working on his S2000? If so, wich modell? Any problem because even a stock S2000 is low?

 

Easy enough to drive up on a couple of scrap 1-inch boards to get enough clearance to slide this style lift under the car.

-- Chuck

 

Yes. The 5000 model. With no rubber blocks it is about 3in off the ground. I use cut up 2x4 which barely goes above the frame of quickjack in place of rubber blocks. Then once in air i put more wood under tires and replace on jack the wood for rubber blocks. Another method is driving up on boards. I'm lowered, but not slammed and have no problem getting on jack with no use of wood.

 

BL-5000SLX here, got mine laying narrowly on the floor so I can drive over them.
If I want to jack the car up I just pull them out to the side frame and put the rubber blocks in between and push the button
I'm lowered 25-30mm but there is no interference under the car or any problems jacking it up.
I think it was a bit to expensive, close to 1800USD here in Sweden but don't regret the buy since it saves so much time and work.

 

I borrowed a set for working on an ND Miata (not my car). Used it for pulling motor and trans, putting it back in later and a bunch of other work. My impressions are as follows

• Really nice if the car is going to be lifted for a long job or if you need to be able to raise/lower a lot like when pulling a motor or transmission.
• I cant see myself ever using it for small jobs like brakes. I honestly spend as much time setting it up as I would jacking up and using jack stands and even doing part of a brake job probably.
• They are annoying to move around in some spaces.
• Would be eleventy billion times better if design so you could leave them in place and drive over them and park when not in use. But moving them, connecting the hoses, getting everything in place and lined up and STILL needing to use something to get the car up high enough on a lowered car does not save a lot of time over just using a jack and stands. Keep in mind they say there should be enough clearance to allow 1.5" of movement before it starts lifting the car. So this is a lot when coupled with fitting under a lowered car.
• One annoyance is you cannot climb under the car from the side. When pulling the motor and transmission, one of us had to be under the car for parts of that. With the hoist connected and the jacks being under the side, I had go in under the back of the car and move all the way up to where I needed to be so that was pretty annoying.

Overall they are cool and yeah, for the job we were doing they were great because for lots of the work we needed to quickly raise and lower the car at various points. But again, for small jobs I would just use a jack and stands as I do not feel the Quick Jacks are any faster to set up and use, especially if you have to move them away to store them. I guess if you had space to leave them next to the cars spot in the garage so they are ready to slide under it would be better.

 

Thanks. You just saved me $1400.

I'll stick to my low-profile floor jack and jack stands.

 

5000 SLX. Best tool for saving my back. You need to be absolutely sure you know how to use them. Often times its user error that is the issue. I drive over mine as they stay in the middle of the garage along the centre line of the car- then I pull then out into position. The other option is to leave them on the ground beside the car and slide them over.

I've had an issue with nearly tipping my car off the traditional jack stands as a floor jack has an arc-like lift profile- happened once and that was it- quick jack was in my garage within months.

I've had too many floor jacks that last maybe 3 years, then start leaking. So really, so far, this has been a game changer for me. In Canada they run $1400.

However, If you have the ceiling height, check out the maxjaxx product from the quick jack company. If I had the ceiling height, it would be my preference.

darcy

 

Thank you all!
Yes, i also hate floor jacks. The floor in my gagare is rough, the floor jack did not roll smoothly forward-backwards, following properly the arc when you rise or lower the car. This creates the rsik that the car slides from the Jack.
And, for my second car, my winter beater: You dont have proper Jack points for Jacks AND stands on a VW golf MK III (German engineering..) it is cleraly dsigned for using a lift.
And i am tired with jacking cars up gradually step by step front - rear - front - rear....creating the rsik that the car slides of the jack everytime.
My motorcycle buddy once watched me jacking the front of the S2000 up and then carrying the floor jack to the backside of the S2000. He mocked me: "Big dent and scratch in a car and loud swearing in 5..4..3.." and he is just right.
And you can get the car higher up on Quick stands compared to Jack stands.

I think ist time for something like the Quick Stands. Oh, and they ofer a conversion kit to use them as a motorcycle lift, too.

But it´s costly, not a pice of Equipment you buy every day. Will sleep over it.

 

The mistake many make when using a floor jack is using it in a situation where it cannot roll when lifting. That is something to watch out for for sure. If not, the jack will move the car or the jack will slide out from under the jack point. Was present when someone did this once and it slid off the jack and slammed back onto a jack stand while someone was moving the jack stand. Was very scary as they could have lost a hand!

I have never had a floor jack leak on me yet knock on wood. But we are likely selling our place soon and the next place will have room for a shop that can have a proper lift in it

 

To tackle a couple concerns I'm hearing. I use mine on any job, or event just after track day bolt check. The S2000 isn't wide so I have mine just next too the S2000 at all times and leave everything connected. So when I want to go up I just slide both sides in about 12inches and up she goes. I've built many S2000's and various track cars; and once I went to quick jack I never went back. Also hot tip, they will post the 5000 model on website for deep discount for "open box". This is route me and couple buddies did without issue.