Thanks Tony that's such a good idea and I feel daft for not thinking of it. I like to do things right, and when you're on your own in garage it's a pain to keep walking to other side of car to check alignment of the ramp/blocks with the lift points, but this is great way to correctly position ramps longitudinally and horizontally once the first one is positioned. I will be cutting my 43.5" stick asap!

 

I can have my 86 at full lift in under 5 minutes - AND rock solid stable at that! One mistake on the jacking & jackstand merry go round would cost me much more than the security of the QJ. The time savings is simply a huge bonus!

Scott

 

You might want to take a look at the Bendpak MD-6XP, it has a much higher lift compared to the QuickJack and is extremely portable/storable. Alternatively, you can get low height 2 post lifts which fit into more conventional home garages.



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The pic says coming soon but you can buy them direct on the Bendpak website though they deliver from China and there have been a few delivery issues as of late. Personally I have both the MD-6XP and GP-7LCS at home and use a mechanics chair under the 2 post lift to do everything I need. If you end up going for any 2 post lift, just make sure you get one with low profile arms so lifting your 928 is not an issue.

If you can't fit the 2 post, the scissor lift is an excellent alternative if you are looking for a little added height.

 

Id buy one of those in an instant unfortunately I do all my work in a driveway which has a slight incline so probably wouldnt work

 

I use a Quickjack 3500 which I made lift bars for so it would work on my 928. My '78 is well under the 3500 pound limit but later 928s might be over.
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...a-928-a-2.html
I have ended up using the lift bars on all my cars because it gives a lot more flexibility in placing the rubber blocks, The 944 (and my 924S) has a central lift point on each side plus reinforced points front and rear that are not supposed to be used for jacking (it seems they were used for support on the assembly line)... with the lift bars I can catch all 3 points. The Boxster lift points are very close to the wheel wells so the 3500 is too short and the lift bars are necessary there also.
The other advantage of the bars is that I have marked where to place the rubber blocks for my 3 cars so I don't need a stick. These marks along with my instruction sheet, which details where to place the Quickjacks vis-a-vis the car, makes setup quick and efficient.
I just finished working on my 924S, including removing the transaxle which came out with room to spare.

 

FYI...on sale at Costco for $999 this week. Ordered mine Wednesday night, arrived at my door Friday afternoon. Free shipping.

Rich

 

could you use porken bars with the quick jack to gain extra height ? This lift looks great for function but almost looks like it's only good for oil change at best

 

For just a bit more, why wouldn't you choose a scissor lift ? Yes, I'm biased but not being on your back is awesome

 

Two reasons, one valid, one not: 1) It seems like the lifting mechanism would get in the way if you were working in the tunnel. 2) It just looks so sketchy up there.

I just got my Quickjack back from a buddy and I couldn't be happier. 21 inches of clearance between the ground and the bottom of the car! Time to re-attack those frozen starter bolts!

 

Any sales going on for the 5000? I'm in the market. Costco not on sale right now.

 

I guess ~$1100 is the regular Costco price, but it's the lowest I've seen, by far (save a couple days ago, when it was $100 cheaper and I ALMOST pulled that trigger...)

 

pulled the trigger this morning. Can't wait to try it out. Have a bunch of cars to use it on, so it should come in handy.

 

You won't be sorry.

 

The common comment from folks who have added lifts (of any sort...) is that "I should have done this a lot earlier!".