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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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for all of you owners with lowered vettes, is it possible that the dealership lifts will work under your vechicles?
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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I just drive mine up on some ramps and then put it up, some lifts I have seen are low profile enough to do it without blocks or ramps
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i used to work at a ford dealership as a porter and drove the cars in for the mechanics, and i brought my vette in fro an oil change and there lift barely cleared for my car(not lowered yet)

maybe the lift was an old model
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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I have 2 Rotary A10i twin post lifts in my shop plus a Rotary drive on and a lower vette will only fit if you drive the vette up on boards like a 2X10 and the drive on I had the add a 3 foot extension to the ramps to keep the front spoiler from dragging on the c5 and C6.

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Mine is slammed pretty hard. The shop I use has some 2x10 ramps that they use for mine. Mine has about 3" clearance and the lift requires about 4.5". It seems to work fine.

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Originally Posted by 99mallett
Mine is slammed pretty hard. The shop I use has some 2x10 ramps that they use for mine. Mine has about 3" clearance and the lift requires about 4.5". It seems to work fine.

I have the same senario where I go. But "communication" is a MUST to catch a potential problem BEFORE it happens.
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If you have a shop that you intend to take it to for repairs, best to go by first and see if the car will make it onto the lift. Better safe than having some damage done.
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