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That's what I was thinking, thankyou for the pictures.
Does the car in photo have side skirts?
These are the skirts mine has
Originally Posted by sweet victory
I always thought I was going to by a shortie maxjax...then I saw the Ezcarlift. Looks perfect for my California 2 car garage! Looks to be far faster to get the car in the air versus the maxjax.
If you are working on flat piece of concrete and feel the quickjax aren't stable you are doing something wrong. I don't like using the taller of the two rubber blocks but if set up under tha jack points it's no more unstable than it would be on 4 jack stands.
Thanks Venom, were you answering my question? (it was an old thread so must be?)
Maybe I didn't ask it correctly....
I'm wondering if I can get the Quickjack under my car in the first place.
Its quite low, and has an aerokit skirt (similar to the burgundy car earlier in the post). I think the Quickjack also needs a little bit of room to get up to speed when it starts the lift too.
The floor to jackpoint height on my car is just a bit over 5" when I measure.
The flat Quickjack height I believe is 3". With the 2" block its about 3.8" and with the 3" block its 4.8".
There are some coolant lines running along the side, so I'd be worried those could get crushed without a 3" block.
Mine doesn’t have skirts, but is lowered on B8s and H&Rs. Quickjacks fit under fine. No worries about the lines. If you are on the jack points you clear them easy. Do check on the Quickjack website, they have a measurement guide to confirm the best fit for your car. I “think” the 7000 might be too long. Mine are 5000 SLX, recommended by the measurement guide, and work perfect.
Thanks Venom, were you answering my question? (it was an old thread so must be?)
Maybe I didn't ask it correctly....
I'm wondering if I can get the Quickjack under my car in the first place.
Its quite low, and has an aerokit skirt (similar to the burgundy car earlier in the post). I think the Quickjack also needs a little bit of room to get up to speed when it starts the lift too.
The floor to jackpoint height on my car is just a bit over 5" when I measure.
The flat Quickjack height I believe is 3". With the 2" block its about 3.8" and with the 3" block its 4.8".
There are some coolant lines running along the side, so I'd be worried those could get crushed without a 3" block.
Anyone try this?
You need to measure to the ground to find out. The GT4 has about 5" of clearance so getting the sled and the short rubber block under it is easy. I'd say is you have anything less than 4.5 to 4" you are going to struggle to use them. You also need a little room for them to move up before the pad engages the jack points. If you have 5 inches to the bottom of the skirts you'll be fine. Mine work great.
Got an EZCarlift, couldn't be any happier. My car is lowered so I have to drive it on top of a 2x6 for the lift to clear, but this is no big deal for now. Also EZCar has a drive on option that I may consider. I did order the slightly wider cross bar, so I can use it on wider cars (corvette, etc)
I also made 4 magnetic pucks to lift the car a bit and clear the side skirt.
Look at the EZCarLift. Much more stable and better made than the Quickjack. I have had my car on a Quickjack, I would be scared to work under it beyond just swapping tires because it's not very stable.
You must have made a mistake when preparing to put it in the air then. QuickJack is very stable.
Source: 3 years of using a QuickJack on my 996.
Because of the cross bars it is undeniably that EXCarlift is more stable, there is no way one side can slide or tip over because it it mechanically attached to the other side. Having said that it is very unlikely that any of this would happen with QuickJack, or just car stands for that matter, do to the weight if the car holding it in place. I will say both of these brands are stable enough to be safe, when used as designed.
01-12-2018, 02:43 PM
