Working under car
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From: Ballwin MO
Working under car
When working under car, have you found it better to drive car onto ramps, or jack the car and place on stands?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Dan & Linda Wombles
St. Louis, MO
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Dan & Linda Wombles
St. Louis, MO
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I have both...use ramps for oil changes and quick stuff, 6 ton jack stands on all 4 corners if I'm gonna be under it for a while or need more clearance.
Still looking for a nice used Kwiklift....but everyone within 500 miles of me thinks their 8 year old Kwiklift is worth the same as a new one. The ones 2000 miles away, of course, are reasonably priced. Go figure.
Still looking for a nice used Kwiklift....but everyone within 500 miles of me thinks their 8 year old Kwiklift is worth the same as a new one. The ones 2000 miles away, of course, are reasonably priced. Go figure.
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I have been using jack stands for the car, but grew tired of it lately, so I was going to buy or build wider ones for these this car, because it is too low to drive up them, and tires are too wide to fit in the tray of them, but I cut some planks and put them in the middle of my ramps, so the tires have and even space to rest on. Now I jack the car up in the middle and put both ramps under it, and I can use the stands for the rear.
I recommend ramps if you have them use them.
I recommend ramps if you have them use them.
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I've yet to find a set of ramps that you can buy that when you drive up on them... the car is high enough off the ground to really work under. You really have to make your own. So at this point unless your a rich guy ... or a tech like toptechx6 ... good quality jack stands are the way to go.
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I use a set like the ones on this link. Work great for low clearance and wide tires.
http://www.literamps.com/car_ramps.htm
http://www.literamps.com/car_ramps.htm
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I have a set of the two piece race ramps that I really like. I do wish they were a little taller, I think they make a taller set that was more $.
I feel much better under ramps. I still use stands for the rear though.
I feel much better under ramps. I still use stands for the rear though.
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Mine is to low for ramps.
I can back it up on ramps tho as i do to clean the diff and everythign else every year.
But to get to the front of the car i have to drive in the dirt and dig a hole jack it up and put it on stands.
Yeah ima ReDneCk
I can back it up on ramps tho as i do to clean the diff and everythign else every year.
But to get to the front of the car i have to drive in the dirt and dig a hole jack it up and put it on stands.
Yeah ima ReDneCk
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I've yet to find a set of ramps that you can buy that when you drive up on them... the car is high enough off the ground to really work under. You really have to make your own. So at this point unless your a rich guy ... or a tech like toptechx6 ... good quality jack stands are the way to go.
Most performance car ramps get the cars wheels 8-12 inches off the ground. But they are expensive in most caes. I use the old metal ones with planks on them. My tires are more than a foot off the ground, and the bottom of the car is plenty high off the ground. I can make it higher.
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I know what you mean about that.I finally ran across a local guy with a kwik lift for 400 bucks.I was really happy to get it.
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Jack and jackstands.
With some ingenuity I was able to get the rear end up high enough to do the rear hubs.
When possible I use a friends lift. It just wasn't possible this time though
With some ingenuity I was able to get the rear end up high enough to do the rear hubs.
When possible I use a friends lift. It just wasn't possible this time though
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Most performance car ramps get the cars wheels 8-12 inches off the ground. But they are expensive in most caes. I use the old metal ones with planks on them. My tires are more than a foot off the ground, and the bottom of the car is plenty high off the ground. I can make it higher.
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[QUOTE=Frizlefrak;1573495366]I have both...use ramps for oil changes and quick stuff, 6 ton jack stands on all 4 corners if I'm gonna be under it for a while or need more clearance.
Ditto/with 3 ton stands. Sometimes the ramps do get in the way. How
about that photo at the "TOP"? WOW!
Ditto/with 3 ton stands. Sometimes the ramps do get in the way. How
about that photo at the "TOP"? WOW!
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