Car jacking methods
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,962
Likes: 254
From: Richmond, Ky
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 197
Likes: 55
From: LA (lower Alabama)
Quick jack. Love it. Works with all my vehicles. Used HF Daytona jack and homemade ramps prior to that. Ramps have to be stored also. If you are doing a project that the car has to go up and down a few times, you will want the Quickjack. I store them on the floor off to each side off the car against the wall. I lined the bottoms with the soft part of velcro to make it easy to slide across my flooring without scratching the floor. Plenty of room to roll around under vehicles on a creeper. Quickjack locks in place, so I have even stored my car on it for several weeks at a time to reduce tire flat-spotting. Somebody has them on sale every couple of months or so, I paid about a grand shipped.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 318
Likes: 29
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,962
Likes: 254
From: Richmond, Ky
Thanks for the link, I can see where it could be a valuable tool to have around but I wouldn’t trade my Quickjack for it. I would want to have the center of the car open all they way through more times than not. I would like to see one in person and being used.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 318
Likes: 29
The guy at quickjack says I need the 3000 model. That's a drag for me because my Vette is the lightest car I own. My boys have two and then my wife and I have a heavy Cadillac. I was hoping to use the quickjack on all 4 cars.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,306
Likes: 747
I've got the 5000 under my C5 now. One tray hits the puck perfectly but the front one goes beyond the puck point by a couple of inches. Is it just close enough to the puck point that it's OK? It's on the frame rail.
The guy at quickjack says I need the 3000 model. That's a drag for me because my Vette is the lightest car I own. My boys have two and then my wife and I have a heavy Cadillac. I was hoping to use the quickjack on all 4 cars.
The guy at quickjack says I need the 3000 model. That's a drag for me because my Vette is the lightest car I own. My boys have two and then my wife and I have a heavy Cadillac. I was hoping to use the quickjack on all 4 cars.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2
Michael S. Palmer
2027 Corvette vs The World: Every C8 vs Its Closest Competitor
Joe Kucinski
10 Most Common Corvette Problems of the Last 20 Years!
Joe Kucinski
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 318
Likes: 29
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,306
Likes: 747
No Hostility Be Happy
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 10,016
Likes: 7,321
From: South Hill Wa
2022 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2021 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
There are dozens of guys including myself that are lifting C5s at the jacking puck points with a 5000 model.
I'll see if I have a picture somewhere as to how I set mine up.
Pro
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 667
Likes: 162
From: Jennings LA
Bought a 3500 Quickjack in 2017 for near 1200 bucks. No problems and gets the car 22 inches off the ground . Have even had my '03 truck up on it with no problems as these jacks are highly underrated. With todays offerings available, I'd go with a 2 post lift so I could scoot around under the car in a chair with rollers and not have to get my old body on a creeper.
