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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ikeyballz,Dec 8 2008, 04:53 PM
i have ramps. fwd cars with front up = ok. rwd cars with rear up = ok.

its hard to get a rwd car with the front up...cuz it just pushes the ramp away. you need a ramp you can bolt into the ground or something
Or get a pair of cheap rubber door mats, and set the ramps on them. The mats prevent the ramps from sliding.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hecash,Dec 8 2008, 08:25 PM
I have ramps that I've made to lift sufficiently to get my air jack under the central lifting points. That gets me 27" off of the ground on 4 jack stands.

The ramps are made from 12"x2" boards. The front steps up in 3 increments to lift the tire 6". The rear has 2 increments lifing the rear tire 4" off of the ground. Both sets have tire stops at the end.

Once up on the ramps, I slide my air jack under the front, then rear, central lifting points to get the car up to 27" clear at the underside of the sill.

front ramps

This is what I did - went to Home Depot and had them cut up a 20' board into four small pieces and four larger pieces. Nailed the small ones to the big ones and now I get 4" lift on all four tires, which is fine for some stuff, or allows easy jacking from the center points to get the car up on stands. The wood cost about $19.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by hecash,Dec 8 2008, 04:25 PM
I have ramps that I've made to lift sufficiently to get my air jack under the central lifting points. That gets me 27" off of the ground on 4 jack stands.

The ramps are made from 12"x2" boards. The front steps up in 3 increments to lift the tire 6". The rear has 2 increments lifing the rear tire 4" off of the ground. Both sets have tire stops at the end.

Once up on the ramps, I slide my air jack under the front, then rear, central lifting points to get the car up to 27" clear at the underside of the sill.

front ramps

That's exactly what I have.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 02:43 AM
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Great examples and ideas so far. But I'm afraid that I'm probably a little more rotund now than you young bucks. What do you think about this setup?

http://www.discountramps.com/images/race-r-xt-combo.jpg

I'm trying to figure out what the best way to get up on all four of these would be, or if it's possible with a stock suspension S2000. I don't see any reviews for this setup on their website either.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 03:39 AM
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i tried the rubber mat on the floor trick. it doesnt work too well pretty dangerous when the ramp goes shooting out from the front of the car.

deff bolt it down if possible.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by hecash,Dec 8 2008, 06:00 PM
Are you trying to ramp all four wheels? You'll be limited in one direction or the other to a 4" rise to clear the underside of the car.
I would love to ramp all four wheels if possible. But as you mentioned, the restrictions might make this impracticle. Here's another ramp I'm looking at. What do you think?

http://www.discountramps.com/sports_car_ramps.htm
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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Thanks hecash. I don't think 14" will work for me. Maybe I need to start looking at lifts!!!
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Rhino Ramps here too - I backed onto them, then used a 4000lb floor jack to lift each side and brace it up with a jackstand (so it was actually sitting ~10" off the ramps. Just installed my Amuse Ti exhaust this way.

I could have just tried to jack it, but I found it's much easier to get a jack under a low car from ramps, plus I figure it provides like a backup bit of safety (after the stands and jack fail - though it wouldn't be a complete failsafe backup...)
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