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Old 03-17-2018 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by awrryan


my understanding is that you shouldn’t be doing any work under the car with jacks. You should be using jack stands or a lift.
Of course you need jack stands to work under cars, but I'm talking about how do you put your car on jack stands with just one jack ?
Old 03-17-2018 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by bikerlee
I received my Rennstands last month and got to try them out a couple of weeks ago, they took right on two weeks from ordering to receiving them. Great quality and certainly feel very sturdy.
I was initially only going to use them to prop up either the front or rear of the car but decided to try getting all four wheels up with the help of a couple of cheap Torin stands.
The only issue I had is the top piece of the stand won’t fit under the car when on my low profile jack. I had to lift the rear of the car, put the Torin jack under the front jack point, lower the rear then there was enough height to get the jack and Rennstand under the car.
With one side of the car on stands there was enough clearance on the other side to get the Rennstand straight under.
They are quite tall on the lowest setting and have to jack the car unnervingly high in the air to get the bottom stands inserted but once up super sturdy. I kicked/pushed the chassis and wheels and couldn’t get it to even wiggle.
Overall they worked great and can use them on the other cars as well.
Were they out of stock when you ordered them? I have 2 Jackpoints but I'm thinking of adding these because they're height adjustable.
Old 03-17-2018 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by awrryan
my understanding is that you shouldn’t be doing any work under the car with jacks. You should be using jack stands or a lift.
True that.
Old 03-17-2018 | 06:26 PM
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Not meaning to hijack the thread, but does anyone have a link for a jack that can be used to wrestle the wheels & tires from the wheel hubs? I am looking for something that fits under the tire kind of analogous to a fork lift.

Edit: Or, hydraulic height-adjustable wheel dollies.

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Old 03-17-2018 | 09:19 PM
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^^^ Finally got mine after a 3-month wait.

That stinks. Did you hear from them in the interim or were you in the dark all the way?
Old 03-17-2018 | 11:02 PM
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^^^ I emailed him for updates about once a month until they were available to ship. Each time I initiated the contact. Initial contact was 11/26 and they were ready to ship 3/20.
Old 03-17-2018 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Big
^^^ I emailed him for updates about once a month until they were available to ship. Each time I initiated the contact. Initial contact was 11/26 and they were ready to ship 3/20.

But they did respond to you timely? They told you how long it would take? I’m reluctant to commit to this if they keep you in the dark all the way, never knowing if or when delivery will be made.

Sorry to hijack the thread.
Old 03-17-2018 | 11:59 PM
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^^^ He responds within a day or two. He first said the wait list could run past X-mas. Each time after that he said I'm still on the list and he'll be in contact.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Big
^^^ He responds within a day or two. He first said the wait list could run past X-mas. Each time after that he said I'm still on the list and he'll be in contact.

Thanks for the info.
Old 03-18-2018 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Big
Were they out of stock when you ordered them? I have 2 Jackpoints but I'm thinking of adding these because they're height adjustable.
Yes, out of stock when ordered.
Old 03-18-2018 | 10:38 PM
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Or you can dream of this. (I do)


Old 03-18-2018 | 10:54 PM
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Or these that don't require holes to be cut into the concrete: http://www.bendpak.com/car-lifts/spe...lifts/mds-6ext
Old 03-20-2018 | 12:21 AM
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I have the QuickJack and love it.
https://www.quickjack.com/car-lift-s...-car-lift.html
Old 04-27-2018 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by N2B8TOR
I used Plenum's method of jacking up at the rear jack point first. This actually lifts the entire side of the car including the front so you can place a jack at the front jacking point. Repeat for the other side. Then go to the rear of the car and jack the rear up at the crossmember forward of the oil pan. This will allow you to place both rear jacks at the rear jacking points.

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Wanted to get my 991.2 up on all four jack points this weekend.
Have 4 ESCO jack stands, 2 car jacks. Nothing fancy.

I need to know just how safe or detrimental is it to jack the car up from the rear crossmember, forward of the oil pain?
I certainly do not want to damange, or bend any crossmembers, beams, suspension components..

Anyone have personal expereince with this method who can confirm this is a safe place to lift rear?
Old 04-27-2018 | 09:46 PM
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Plenum has a excellent blog, this one is on jack points

http://plenums.blogspot.com/search?u...&by-date=false


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