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Working under your C5 without a lift
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Burning Brakes
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From: Cherry Hill NJ
Working under your C5 without a lift
How are you guys doing it? Just bought a C5 and it will be a track only car. What are you guys who don't have access to a proper lift doing to get under the car?
Thanks!
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Melting Slicks
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From: Easley/Anderson South Carolina
floor jack, jack stands and alot of 2x4's
I stack the 2x4's under the legs of the jack stand, and only extend the stands aprox 1/2 up. Then I usually put 1 small piece of 2x4 between the top of the stand and the part of the car it will rest on.
This has suited me well, even did and engine R&R, and 2 exhaust changes this way. [knocks on wood] no problems so far...
I stack the 2x4's under the legs of the jack stand, and only extend the stands aprox 1/2 up. Then I usually put 1 small piece of 2x4 between the top of the stand and the part of the car it will rest on.
This has suited me well, even did and engine R&R, and 2 exhaust changes this way. [knocks on wood] no problems so far...
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Burning Brakes
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That's what I figured. I did the exhaust on an '00 coupe 12 years ago, just can't remember what the heck I used. For some reason I was thinking there was some kind of voodoo magic to it.
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Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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From: Cherry Hill NJ
I'll be doing any work inside my warehouse, after hours. The car stays outside, and I can't leave anything permanent in place as they work in my area during the day. I have approx 10,000sf, more than enough, just nothing I can't clean up every night.
Melting Slicks
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this is how I do it. I don't have a low enough profile jack to fit under the front. If it needs to go higher, i jack it up higher than the ramps take it and use jack stands under a 2x8. The rhino ramps probably wont do me much good after i lower the car though unfortunately. I'll have to build my own.
Racer
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As a side note.... join a Corvette club, bet there are several members who love to get involved in others projects!
My grandfather actually dragged me out from under my '72 Nova because I had it on concrete blocks. Hell, I was dumb and didn't know any better at 18.
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Jacking pucks, good low profile floor jack and some good jack stands. And if I need to get all four wheels off the ground, I use a pair of Rhino Ramps in the front.