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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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Everybody seems to use these. Which model is best for a C5? I'm sure there has a be a forum vendor that has a good price on them...

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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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Can't beat the prices at Walmart. Get the gray ones. Put a 2x8 piece of wood before the ramp and you wont scrape anything.
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What he said.
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Originally Posted by DavzC5
Can't beat the prices at Walmart. Get the gray ones. Put a 2x8 piece of wood before the ramp and you wont scrape anything.


Just wondering.......why the gray ones, and not the black. ???

Not trying to be a smart a$$

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Originally Posted by RayCE
Just wondering.......why the gray ones, and not the black. ???

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They gray are wider to accommodate the wider tires of the Vette.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DavzC5
... Put a 2x8 piece of wood before the ramp and you wont scrape anything.
Here are two pictures of a stock height vette going up Rhino ramps w/2x8 piece of wood before the ramp.

You make the call...





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Originally Posted by rickko
Here are two pictures of a stock height vette going up Rhino ramps w/2x8 piece of wood before the ramp.

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If that is how people are getting up on the ramps, I could see how the ramps could get pushed forward. I just wedge the ramps right under the tries and drive up. The plastic side air dams are just fine flexing.
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They gray are wider to accommodate the wider tires of the Vette.


Thanks for the info.....
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Originally Posted by rickko
Here are two pictures of a stock height vette going up Rhino ramps w/2x8 piece of wood before the ramp.

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..rickko..

That's not a 2x8 in your picture.
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Good dependable quality. You can't go wrong.
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Originally Posted by Humanoid 2.0
If that is how people are getting up on the ramps, I could see how the ramps could get pushed forward. I just wedge the ramps right under the tries and drive up. The plastic side air dams are just fine flexing.
And I don't have any trouble using the black ones. (I've never seen the grey ones.)
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Originally Posted by RayCE
Just wondering.......why the gray ones, and not the black. ???

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I think the gray is rated at 12,000lbs and the black at 8,000 but the gray seem to be little wider too. I have a cement step up in the front of my garage that I put wood againts to brace the ramps from moving forward cause my floor is race decking. I can back up on them really easy too for cleaning the rear better. One of my cars is lowered so I do need to use the wood to get up on without scaping.
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Originally Posted by Mark Maple
That's not a 2x8 in your picture.

How can you know that's not a 2X8? I can only see the 2 part and the length, on the 8 part I would have to take his word on that.
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Originally Posted by DavzC5
I think the gray is rated at 12,000lbs and the black at 8,000 but the gray seem to be little wider too. I have a cement step up in the front of my garage that I put wood againts to brace the ramps from moving forward cause my floor is race decking. I can back up on them really easy too for cleaning the rear better. One of my cars is lowered so I do need to use the wood to get up on without scaping.
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Got mine from Wal mart 2 years ago can't beat price or quality!!!!
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Originally Posted by DavzC5
Can't beat the prices at Walmart. Get the gray ones. Put a 2x8 piece of wood before the ramp and you wont scrape anything.
Thanks! I'll pick up a set next time I'm in the area.
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DavzC5
I think the gray is rated at 12,000lbs and the black at 8,000 but the gray seem to be little wider too. I have a cement step up in the front of my garage that I put wood againts to brace the ramps from moving forward cause my floor is race decking. I can back up on them really easy too for cleaning the rear better. One of my cars is lowered so I do need to use the wood to get up on without scaping.
I picked up two honey-comb patterned rubber mats from the Anderson's general store to put under the RhinoRamps and they don't slip.

Work fine.
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Why not make them out of wood... I'll give you something to do for awhile.. save it for a rainy day !
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