Feb 20, 2015, 01:10 PM
Last edit by: IB Advertising
See related guides and technical advice from our community experts:
Browse all: Exterior How-Tos
- Corvette Jack Up Your Vette How to
Step by step instructions for do-it-yourselfers.
Browse all: Exterior How-Tos
jacking up 99 vette
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 121
Likes: 0
From: Chardon OHIO
jacking up 99 vette
I have to send my 4 wheels to the new buyer, therefore, I have to jack up my car and put it on jacks for a short time. Looking at the undercarriage it appears as though there is not any real good location to put my 4 jacks. Any suggestions please would be helpful. I have never done this before obviously.
Thanks,
Dean
Thanks,
Dean
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,398
Likes: 1
From: Kingsport TN
Easiest way in your case is to place the jacks CAREFULLY under each jacking point on each side of the car. There are 4 points you'll see directly under the rocker panels which are just big enough to fit a jack. These each have a hole in the frame where a jacking puck would fit. However you can jack from these w/o one if u do it very carefully and actually watch where your jack is contacting. Make sure it is on the metal of the frame and avoid touching the thin fiberglass rocker panels otherwise you'll crack them!
I've done this and had wheels off w/o a problem.
I've done this and had wheels off w/o a problem.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 2,456
Likes: 8
From: Cockeysville Maryland
Cruise-In IV Veteran
Daytona Jam 1 Veteran
I use the ends of each of the crossbars front and rear. Since I am lowered a bit I drive car onto four pairs of 2X4s, jack up the front via the crossbar, install two jack stands, adjust up their height, lower car onto jack stands in front, jack up the back, install jack stands at same relative height as front.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Racer
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 295
Likes: 0
From: Edgewater Md.
I use the ends of each of the crossbars front and rear. Since I am lowered a bit I drive car onto four pairs of 2X4s, jack up the front via the crossbar, install two jack stands, adjust up their height, lower car onto jack stands in front, jack up the back, install jack stands at same relative height as front.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Just Passin' Thru
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 236
Likes: 1
From: Diboll TX
I ran across this online article years ago:
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
It was what prompted me to buy the Lincoln jack that Hib mentions and it is the way I have been jacking up my '99 ever since. Hope this helps...
Tex_Vette
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
It was what prompted me to buy the Lincoln jack that Hib mentions and it is the way I have been jacking up my '99 ever since. Hope this helps...
Tex_Vette
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 121
Likes: 0
From: Chardon OHIO
jacks
I use the ends of each of the crossbars front and rear. Since I am lowered a bit I drive car onto four pairs of 2X4s, jack up the front via the crossbar, install two jack stands, adjust up their height, lower car onto jack stands in front, jack up the back, install jack stands at same relative height as front.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 121
Likes: 0
From: Chardon OHIO
jacks
I ran across this online article years ago:
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
It was what prompted me to buy the Lincoln jack that Hib mentions and it is the way I have been jacking up my '99 ever since. Hope this helps...
Tex_Vette
http://www.idavette.net/hib/C5diy/c5diy1.htm
It was what prompted me to buy the Lincoln jack that Hib mentions and it is the way I have been jacking up my '99 ever since. Hope this helps...
Tex_Vette
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 121
Likes: 0
From: Chardon OHIO
jacks
Easiest way in your case is to place the jacks CAREFULLY under each jacking point on each side of the car. There are 4 points you'll see directly under the rocker panels which are just big enough to fit a jack. These each have a hole in the frame where a jacking puck would fit. However you can jack from these w/o one if u do it very carefully and actually watch where your jack is contacting. Make sure it is on the metal of the frame and avoid touching the thin fiberglass rocker panels otherwise you'll crack them!
I've done this and had wheels off w/o a problem.
I've done this and had wheels off w/o a problem.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 30,572
Likes: 4,609
From: Bonita Springs, Florida
I use the ends of each of the crossbars front and rear. I drive car onto four pairs of 2X4s, jack up the front via the crossbar, install two jack stands, adjust up their height, lower car onto jack stands in front, jack up the back, install jack stands at same relative height as front.
I use 2X12'sSome more links:
http://www.z06vette.com/diy_lift.php
http://www.97vette.com/howto/carlift/index.html
