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Old Dec 19, 2016 | 09:59 PM
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how do you people raise your vet to get under it. raise one side and then the other to get stands under the front. use to have an 81 and would raise left front behind front wheel on frame and the whole left side would come off the ground. I didn't like that. wouldn't ramps work better to get front up and then raise front more with jack on frame.
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I usually drive up on couple staggered boards onto race ramps...then I can jack from there if needed
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If you jack up the car on the front side rail you can lift the whole side of the car. I have the BMW pucks in place and change tires for HPDE and autocrossing plus working on the car. The HF aluminum jack and electric impact gun allows you to do a side at a time and it is a 21 minutes job start to finish for both sides.
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Originally Posted by Gordy M
If you jack up the car on the front side rail you can lift the whole side of the car. I have the BMW pucks in place and change tires for HPDE and autocrossing plus working on the car. The HF aluminum jack and electric impact gun allows you to do a side at a time and it is a 21 minutes job start to finish for both sides.
I have both of those myself and that electric impact gun is great, I wondered when I bought it how long it would last and I've had it 12 years now and it's been used alot. I got them to get one at work too, no messing around with airhoses.
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