dr bob

Some lifts like this seem like a good solution, but think about what you do under the car and how you will have access.

-- With this lift, you'll add pads to the lifting frame to contact the jack points on the car. That says that you won't be able to put jackstands under those jack points once the car is up.

-- There is no access from the sides when the lift is under the car, functionally no side access between the jack pads when it's raised.

-- The lift looks like a trapezoid arrangement, so getting 24" of vertical lift at the jackpoints means, for my car anyway, about 17" of increase in body height at full lift.

-- The geometry mentioned above also means that you'll be moving the car over 24" axially (front to back) as it lifts and goes over-center to its top resting position. Might be a little cramped in a small garage.


Of course, for folks in a small (narrow) garage, you don't need all the room on the side that you need with a floor jack under a jack point. If most of your lifting is for reasons that don't include access from the sides to underneath, it's fine. Most of my under-car work is under the front or rear, minimal in the center of the car where this would be an issue. Great for wheelwell work on brakes and suspension, cleaning and detailing, getting the car up some for lower interior work, etc. If there's a way to secure this lift at part-lift positions, it brings the car up some to make top engine work less of a back-strain.

Glen McCartney

I purchased an EZ Car lift (www.ezcarlift.com) to replace a Kwik Lift I had. Works great, looks beefier than this. I did a transmission remove and replace with it, car extremely stable.

They posted a picture of my car on the lift on their web site:
http://www.ezcarlift.com/gallery/por...es/928-001.jpg

After use, roll it out from under car, stand it up on its side and strapped to garage wall, take as up almost zero space.

hb253

Plus, those of us with older 928's can't get liftbars anymore because they are no longer made.

Hugo

White Lightnin'

Response to my inquiry was the 3500# version is on backorder until April & to get on the "list" (read: pay in advance) with a dealer. The 5000# version has an unknown release date & price... although he stated it would probably be the summer.

Jay Luciano

I just got my 5,000 lb Quick Jack yesterday
Far from light weight, not flimsy as it looks.
Have not lifted anything yet, but looks like it will handle it. The rear ward motion is only 6"
Not sure if I belong on this forum. I drive a 1994 SUARU SVX with a 5 speed WRX tranny and about $20,000 in modifications

yardpro

hugo,
make some... i made mine..

any decent walder can make them... no offense to ken, his will surely be nicer and less of a hassle, but if NLA you still have options

yardpro

i WILL have ome form of a lift this year... i have a very small garage with a low ceiling (i have garage envy with all of you BARSTARDS that pot all these pis of your big garages to make me feel inferior).

i looked into these as i only have 110' ceiling....

77tony

For another $ 1,000 you can have exactly what you want. An 8,000lb 4-post lift. You can restrict the lift height until you find or build your dream garage. You can pick it up yourself from a distributor to save $$ on shipping.02 T

dr bob

Steven--

Measure from the top of your car, highest point on the car, up 43". If your tape measure doesn't hit anything, a MaxJax will do the trick for you.

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I don't have enough garage slots to have a "dedicated lift space", so the MaxJax gets rolled in to do the heavy lifting, then rolled out of the way the rest of the time. I did lay out the wider workbay with room to walk around the MaxJax columns when the car is lifted, so when the lift is not in use there's plenty of space next to the car to do other things. Right now (winter) the 928 is hibernating on blocks in a normal-width bay, and the DD Honda gets the wide parking space.

Jay Luciano

I looked at the Max Jack great Jack. I have only 3 feet of lift. Garage is only 20 feet wide double door. Storing it would be a problem.
And distance to wall from side of car would not allow me to adjust the pick up points. This 5000 quick jack solves the problems. I can lift the car in the driveway. Also any type of 2 post lift requires 6" of reinforced concrete. If I am not mistaken you still have to bolt tat Max unit to the floor.

dr bob

It gets bolted to the floor, requires min 4" of concrete. Mine are stored with the arms hanging on the sides of the columns, away from the cars. When not in place, I put plastic caps in the holes in the concrete. Each lift style has advantages and disadvantages. Our HOA frowns on working on cars in the driveway, and in fact frowns on cars just sitting in the driveway. Frowns on open garage doors too. Can't leave anything out overnight without a doctor's excuse either. Bottom line is that work gets done inside with doors closed. It's a local issue.

The 5k quick-jack looks like a really handy lift for doing tire/brake/suspension work, and for cleaning/detailing for sure. Height is about right for engine and gearbox servicing too.

I looked hard at the SVX when they first came out. It was way ahead of its time, and rare even at the time they were offered. The water-cooled flat six was well in advance of those from other major manufacturers too. They are certainly unique, and I'm sure it gets a lot of attention.

Jay Luciano

Thank you. Yes it gets a lot of looks but no recognition at car shows. At $35,000 in 1994 it was just a touch off the price of a Corvette. 24,000 made and only 14,000 imported to the US in all of the 5 years it was produced. Mine being A 5 speed real gets looks.
Wow what tight regs. My garage has no room to store it. I have 3 motorcycles( one is a trike see my Album ) I put up a 12x20 Shelter Logic garage up for the SVX. Most likely will be doing my lifting/ work in there.

jpoint

Not to knock the OP's product suggestion, but if you're shopping options - these guys have quite a few.
http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/
I have no affiliation but I helped a buddy install one of their 8000 lbs. lifts. I was impressed. I imagine their low/mid rise lifts might also be nice - though they don't appear to be portable.

Bill Ball

928'ers, please note the Quick Jack by Ranger 5000 lb model lift point spacing is not wide enough to hit our jacking points securely.

dr bob

So, needs lift bars too?