Need help jacking up my car
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Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: San Jose California
Need help jacking up my car
I do not have any special pucks or special jack... I do have jack stands and a jack I just received my exhaust and I was wondering if I can jack up my car with what I have and no damage anything on my car...
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From: Petal MS
I made mine from a piece of oak hardwood and 5/16" eye bolt and 3 prong t-nut. Purchased the bolts and nuts at Lowes. They are not perfect but they work very well. Have about $6.00 and 15 minutes time invested.
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St. Jude Donor '13
There are some long threads here about lifting or jacking the car, try the search feature and get ready for an evening of reading.
To lift the front, I think you need a low profile/long reach jack, and probably still need to drive the front wheels onto 2 x 12's to get clearance for the jack. I use a 2 x 6 that's 25" long, as my jacking "beam" on the crossmember both front and rear.
Might be easier to rent/borrow a lift for the afternoon, or have a muffler shop do the install. People sometimes have trouble getting everything aligned, much nicer working with a lift.
To lift the front, I think you need a low profile/long reach jack, and probably still need to drive the front wheels onto 2 x 12's to get clearance for the jack. I use a 2 x 6 that's 25" long, as my jacking "beam" on the crossmember both front and rear.
Might be easier to rent/borrow a lift for the afternoon, or have a muffler shop do the install. People sometimes have trouble getting everything aligned, much nicer working with a lift.
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Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 46
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From: San Jose California
There are some long threads here about lifting or jacking the car, try the search feature and get ready for an evening of reading.
To lift the front, I think you need a low profile/long reach jack, and probably still need to drive the front wheels onto 2 x 12's to get clearance for the jack. I use a 2 x 6 that's 25" long, as my jacking "beam" on the crossmember both front and rear.
Might be easier to rent/borrow a lift for the afternoon, or have a muffler shop do the install. People sometimes have trouble getting everything aligned, much nicer working with a lift.
To lift the front, I think you need a low profile/long reach jack, and probably still need to drive the front wheels onto 2 x 12's to get clearance for the jack. I use a 2 x 6 that's 25" long, as my jacking "beam" on the crossmember both front and rear.
Might be easier to rent/borrow a lift for the afternoon, or have a muffler shop do the install. People sometimes have trouble getting everything aligned, much nicer working with a lift.
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From: Tampa FL (formerly Justinjor)
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14
Put Rhino ramps behind the rear tires.
Back onto the ramps.
Put traditional jack with a piece of 2x4 or other softer material(hockey puck) between the jack head and the front jacking location on the frame.
Jack up car and place jack stand with another 2x4 as a buffer between jack stand and front cradle.
Wash, rinse, repeat for the opposite side.
I originally built ramps out of wood but it became a huge hassle. Once I discovered the Rhino ramps trick, it made it substantially less of a pain in the butt.
Hope that helps.
Back onto the ramps.
Put traditional jack with a piece of 2x4 or other softer material(hockey puck) between the jack head and the front jacking location on the frame.
Jack up car and place jack stand with another 2x4 as a buffer between jack stand and front cradle.
Wash, rinse, repeat for the opposite side.
I originally built ramps out of wood but it became a huge hassle. Once I discovered the Rhino ramps trick, it made it substantially less of a pain in the butt.
Hope that helps.
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From: Las Vegas NV
Here's how I would lift the entire car if I had to. Lift one side like this, move to other side with jack and do the same with two more stands.
Place jack between front and rear jack points here, lift the entire side and lower onto stands.
Place jack between front and rear jack points here, lift the entire side and lower onto stands.
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From: Warwick Rhode Island
Bought a 3 ton rapid pump jack from harbor freight for $80.
Bought 4 2x12x12 ft cut into 16 inch long pieces, so 2x12x16 $60
and a hockey puck for the jack to avoid the metel jack from touching the car. I used the four jacking points on the side of the car and slid 2 2x12x16 under each tire going in a circle around the car so as not to get any one tire too high off the ground. Did not want to bend or twist the frame. I also did not feel safe under the car on jack stands... this is not a typical car so did not do it the typical way. Got the car up with 15 inches of ground clearance and could have gone more if needed. Did an long tube install this way and was under the car for 8 hours with no problems. Took the car down the same way it went up. Any questions feel free to ask. Love to talk to other owners. http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/...kz51c6/378.jpg
Bought 4 2x12x12 ft cut into 16 inch long pieces, so 2x12x16 $60
and a hockey puck for the jack to avoid the metel jack from touching the car. I used the four jacking points on the side of the car and slid 2 2x12x16 under each tire going in a circle around the car so as not to get any one tire too high off the ground. Did not want to bend or twist the frame. I also did not feel safe under the car on jack stands... this is not a typical car so did not do it the typical way. Got the car up with 15 inches of ground clearance and could have gone more if needed. Did an long tube install this way and was under the car for 8 hours with no problems. Took the car down the same way it went up. Any questions feel free to ask. Love to talk to other owners. http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/...kz51c6/378.jpg