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Thinking about getting a set of "Quick Jacks"
Anyone have experience with them.
How is access?
Do you have to access from front and rear of car?
If so, is that hard?
Thinking about getting a set of "Quick Jacks"
Anyone have experience with them.
How is access?
Do you have to access from front and rear of car?
If so, is that hard?
I have had mine for about 6 yrs and I love it! Yes you do have to access from front/rear, but it hasn't really been a problem for anything I have done. if you were going to pull a trans or something you would probably need to put it up on jackstands. it doesn't go high enough to R&R stock type exhaust that is one piece from the flange to the tip, but I put an X pipe on mine and use it for oil changes, replaced sway bar ends and it is great for cleaning wheels and tires. They have 2 heights where you can engage a safety lock. I also made some adjustable safety blocks that fit inside the franework of the jacks. I used it when I changed out all my lights, and when i insulated the floor and ran wires for backup camera and satellite antennae plus more more things I also use it when I work on my Silverado. The jacks themselves are heavy and a bit hard to properly position for an old fart like me (73) but I manage. I did have the car lowered on the stock bolts for a while which made it necessary to use a couple of floor jacks to position the Quick Jacks but I wound up putting it back to stock height. And at the upper height it is no problem cruising around under it on a creeper. I would buy them again. Mike
Thinking about getting a set of "Quick Jacks"
Anyone have experience with them.
How is access?
Do you have to access from front and rear of car?
If so, is that hard?
Yes. Good. Yes. No. I have the discontinued 5000SLX model. Works great for all of my vehicles including C5Z, 2015 Camaro(s), '71 Cutlass and my Mom's '04 Highlander. Only complaint is cheap, leaky fittings.
Have the 5000tl. Works great. It is like 1” short but it’s about 1/2” on each puck. Had my car up plenty of times and it’s solid. I did stack some 2x8 with some overhang so I don’t use the blocks and full coverage on the blocks.
I even did some sketch lifting with 6x6s and still felt solid.
But to answer question, yes only access front and rear.
there are a bunch of threads with more QJ info and "likes" than you could read. YES, they are awesome-multiple lift heights with safety, lift enough to just change tires or lift up to 26 inches and you can get underneath for other jobs.
Works great on other members of the fleet as well, with or without the truck/SUV adapters. The older Facebook marketplace floor roller caster kits is very handy as well.
As a comparison I have ramps with a 12" lift and they are not that useful. If you wanted to do an oil change and had a method to lift the rear of the car (without the front wheels rolling back down your ramps) you could get it done but it's tight. I would not buy ramps again.
I will echo what so many others say, easily one of the best things I have bought for servicing my C5. Work great on my other car as well. Jeep is too tall to use them.
Works great on other members of the fleet as well, with or without the truck/SUV adapters. The older Facebook marketplace floor roller caster kits is very handy as well.
Nice to see the 5000SLX gets high enough for drivetrain work. I've got aftermarket exhaust so the challenge of getting high enough to remove the factory exhaust does not apply in my case.
I have the older 5000 version also. Love it and use it whenever I can or have to. I've even lifted my old, and gone, 2001 Silverado with it and it did great.
Different garage, different state and different climate.
I’ll take my scissor lift for essentially the same price as the quick jacks any day over them…. 6600lb capacity that lifts up to my full size Silverado with far more versatility and lift height.
I’ll take my scissor lift for essentially the same price as the quick jacks any day over them…. 6600lb capacity that lifts up to my full size Silverado with far more versatility and lift height.
How's the center clearance on that? Could you still get the torque tube/exhaust out of the car with that?
I have a MaxJak still in the shipping crate in the new, but not yet completed 3rd stall of the garage. I sure could have used that to do the maintenance projects on the two daily driver's this month, but the QucikJack and jack stands were still good enough to get those jobs done.
How's the center clearance on that? Could you still get the torque tube/exhaust out of the car with that?
Exhaust absolutely…. Torque tube - you could do 90% of the job on the lift and then lower the car on cribbing to pull the cradle, rear wheel assembly, and torque tube out.
I will echo what so many others say, easily one of the best things I have bought for servicing my C5. Work great on my other car as well. Jeep is too tall to use them.
I can do 100% of the job off QJ's, I'll stick with them.
my Jeep is no problem for my scissor lift….. neither was my lowered mustang or lifted full size Silverado … or 4Runner or F150…. Or anything else I want to put on it for that matter…. Plus you can see the lift height I get out of it….. you can stick with yours for the one time you need to pull a torque tube…. I’ll stick with mine for the 1,000 other reasons I need any of my vehicles off the ground.
Last edited by Tyler_RN_EMT; Nov 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM.
My wheels are off having tires replaced. The newborn took any free funds for now or I'd be tempted to paint them over the winter to match. Luckily, I have a new friend who mounts and balances tires for $30 CLEANLY on low pro and billet wheels where most vendors turn me away now. So all I have to do is find a reputable shop to trust with the paint. Probably next winter. My plan was to polish and seal them and run them in the spring with the carbon ceramic pads to see how I like the combo or not.
I’ll take my scissor lift for essentially the same price as the quick jacks any day over them…. 6600lb capacity that lifts up to my full size Silverado with far more versatility and lift height.
But not high enough to stand. Crouching is better than reclined on your back? Lift weight is half a ton and no free delivery.
I’ll take my scissor lift for essentially the same price as the quick jacks any day over them…. 6600lb capacity that lifts up to my full size Silverado with far more versatility and lift height.
When you say "essentially the same price" do you mean for about twice the price as the Quickjacks? Lots of posts about QJ sales for $1500 range, the one distributor that showed Titan pricing was $2700 for the unit your pictures show.
Looks like an apples to oranges comparison to me. Big price difference, permanent floor space occupied, lots of other differences.
