Jacks/Trolley Jacks

[Badger_01]

I've measured my clearance just with lowering springs in the front and there's no way that I will be able to get a normal trolley jack under it.

So for the lowered people out there, which I assume is most of you haha, what kind of jack/trolley jack do you have?

[Davezj]

Costco do an aluminum one and a steel one
Both are about £90 when on offer but about £100 normal price.
ally is 2 ton, steel 3 ton.
Both are low entry, high lift. I have had an ally one for about 3 years, one of the best thing I have bought forthe car.
The ally one is like the Clarke racing jack you can buy all over the place, but he Clarke one is only 1.25 ton.

Hope this helps


Sorry didn't see you were NZ.

[Subaru ETA]

Drive it onto a block of wood under 1 wheel. That will give you the clearance you need to get a normal trolley jack under it

[Badger_01]

Drive it onto a block of wood under 1 wheel. That will give you the clearance you need to get a normal trolley jack under it

This, it saves quite a bit of money since the cheapest low profile jack I found was $189 and thats on sale haha

[Pugme]

I step by step, (4*2 by 4*2) have to get mine onto 3 4*2's to get a jack under mine, its not just clearance issues, but also depth issues as the arm of the jack hits the skirts as it comes up!!

I have to go step by step as only one 4*2 (CLS so 44mm*96mm) will fit under my bumper or skirt at a time.

Can u tell its fun jacking my car up

[SEAN-NZ]

my mate uses the standard jack that comes with the car to get enough clearance for the trolley jack on his vr4

[Scanny]

my mate uses the standard jack that comes with the car to get enough clearance for the trolley jack on his vr4

ditto

[Davezj]

I used to waste so much time doing a little jacking all round to get the high enough to get a normal jack under the car before getting into the air so I can get axel stands under the can abouyt 30 min each time. So i made the investment in a propper jack and never looked back. It now takes 2 mins to get it up on 4 axle stands so it is high enough to slip under it. Those little jobs are now properly little jobs.

[wintertidenz]

You could always make the car higher... my standard trolley jack is 14cm at its lowest point, and that made it under my side skirts when the car was originally sitting on its ass.

[Badger_01]

I dont think I could ever raise my car to normal height. It just looks so rude with all that wheel gap haha

[Pugme]

I use a low entry jack which is 80mm but still need 3 timbers under the wheels

[Badger_01]

I use a low entry jack which is 80mm but still need 3 timbers under the wheels

Wow how low is your car? Haha

[Pugme]

Skirts sit about 30-40mm from the floor :-)

Pics are in the pic section under "got me some dish" I thinl

[Badger_01]

I see haha, yeah the Super Skirts sit pretty low. Car looks good man

[Pugme]

Can be a pain in the arse, but now have it down to a fine art getting it up in the air!!