Time is running out ??
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Racer
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Time is running out ??
I 've had my vert 3 months now and put 3k on it my oil life is 9% the change oil soon message keeps coming up in the DIC, the other day I'm off and I head down to my local lube shop where I take all our vehicles I trust the people that work there, also they carry Mobile One synthetic wich I use in all our engines, I pull up to the bay door and the tech comes out to greet me and seys I wish I could help you but there is no way your car will get in the bay there railing around the pit is 4" tall and right off he comments on how great my car looks lowered but no dice on getting an oil change at my local trustworthy shop, after hearing a lot of damage done by careless mechanics to the undercarrige of some C-5's on the forum I looking for a place that will treat my car with care we all expect, without going to a dealer, is there things I should watch for when a service guy puts my car on a lift most people don't like customers in the bay's with them finding a place that you trust is far and few between !!!!!
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My suggestion would be to find a place with a pit I think you call it. My first oil change scared the heck out of me. I took it to someone I trusted. It took him and 2 others to drive it up on a ramp lift while watching for clearance underneath. I don't even know how to explain how they got it up there without scraping the bottom. But, I watched and they came very close. At that point I decided to buy my own ramps. Now, I change the oil myself, plus do all kinds of other work. I wouldn't trust a dealer, around here anyway, to change the valve stem caps on my tires!!! 
Kwik-lift ramps in my sig. It's easy to find them online if you do a search.
Kwik-lift ramps in my sig. It's easy to find them online if you do a search.
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Consider doing it yourself - Would need some ramps, a floor jack and some jack stands. Initial cash outlay for all that stuff, but over time it would pay for itself. You could also try and find a shop that has a drive on lift. Or, get some jacking pucks and have them put the pads on the arms of the lift on them.
