hfelinton

I would like to purchase a small jack for my C7 Stingray to keep in the car, preferably a scissor jack. Any recommendations? Do you need a jack pad/puck with any of these jacks? Thanks!

Rebel Yell

I carry a small scissor jack along with a foot air pump with me on road trip for just in case. It's small enough to fit into the cubby in the trunk of our Vert. A jacking puck would be a good idea, but that idea never came to me. Thanks for the tip. Some say that with the run flats you really don't need anything, but you can only go so far on a runflat. The places we travel are sometimes many many miles into the middle of nowhere.

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Patches

I carry one of these. Very low profile at 1.5" tall.

Avanti

Salvage yards are good sources and mine quite cheap. Three issues are: the "pad" design, weight capacity, and low enough profile. No reason a careful selection would not be useful. .

Mister Big

I have one of those that I bought for a completely different reason (jacking up my stereo speakers to install spikes). I didn't know the lift height was tall enough to jack up a car.

JMII

Looks a lot more stable then a scissor jack too! If you have to pull over for a tire related problem finding flat, hard, level ground is key to working safely.

Patches

I only carry it in case I need to lift the car for some reason other than a full-blown tire change. I don't know any Corvette owners who carry a spare with them so that's not the primary reason to have one of these handy. I carry an extensive Slime/tire repair kit with me along with an inflation pump so the utility of the jack comes into play to help me gain access to the hole I'm trying to plug. I'm usually alone so it's nice to be able to lift the corner of the car a bit and rotate the flat tire to expose the hole to determine if it's repairable. Otherwise, I'm calling AAA.

Apocolips

I bought one of these jacks on *Bay. It is made for a Mercedes but works great on a Corvette.

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hfelinton

I assume it will not harm the rocker panel? Do you need a jack pad/puck when using this jack?

Gearhead Jim

I decided not to use a jack, my thinking goes like this:

If the tire has a leak that's slow enough I can air it up every so often with a small compressor, then I can drive clear across the country with the leak and not hurt the tire.
If the leak is bad enough that the tire effectively won't hold air, or if the puncture is in a "wrong" place, then the tire is trash anyway and I'll use the runflat capability.

Longest distance I've heard of anyone going on a flat runflat was something like 600 miles, and he only stopped because he got home (on a Sunday evening).

Dcasole

I am with you Jim , I kept the runflats and an air pump . I say this lovingly for those that say they will call AAA I wonder if they were ever stuck on the side of the road waiting for a flatbed truck and a driver that could lift a vette

When my motor blew I had to wait over 3 hours as the first two flatbed did not want to lift my car even though Geigo told them it was a vette , and I live is a big city , imagine if I was out in the boondocks lol

Davev

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Maxpowers

Scissor jacks scare me. The OEM one I had for my 350z failed before I could get a jack stand under.

Apocolips

I always use a jacking puck no matter what type of lift/jack I use, and no, it doesn't harm the rocker panel.

Gearhead Jim

I got our C5 stuck in a driveway where the snow was deeper than it looked. Took two hours for the AAA tow to arrive.
We had a flat in our C6 while parked overnight at a B&B south of the Tail of the Dragon. It was a sidewall cut and the tire wouldn't hold air from my compressor. We were at the end of a narrow winding road where a flatbed could not enter. There was no taxi or Uber to take us to a tire shop, and anyway no tools to remove the wheel. I got on the phone and found the nearest Discount Tires with a proper replacement, drove ~30 on the flat runflat (which was ruined anyway) up the Tail of the Dragon. Tire replaced and on our way.

JMII

Same thing happened with my 350Z It wasn't a complete failure but the jack was bent and thus worthless afterwards. Now I firmly believe the reason it happened in my case was the car was not on level ground (in my driveway which has a 6 degree slope) and I didn't chock the opposite tire. As I lifted the car it visibility rolled backwards every so slightly and the jack bent in response. The design of scissor jacks is they are only strong at 90 degrees or perpendicular to the frame. During the lift the frame must remain parallel to the road surface to maintain this. Most scissor jacks don't have a wide enough base to ensure this on the variety of road surfaces you encounter. Thus the reason I posted before about level, firm ground being the key to safely lift your vehicle.

macjac69

An Army aviator I see.

Apocolips

Retired in 1994 AH-1 SP.

cuspid

cuspid

nice light weight Mercedes jack