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I would be interested in knowing how forum members lift their 997.2's. I have a floor jack and jack stands, and I know where the lifting points are, but what is the sequence you use to lift, install the jack stands, remove the floor jack, etc. Also, I have the jack stands that have a rectangular fitting that the car rests on. I have heard some people use "hockey pucks". Could someone explain this?
Better yet, just get the liftbars and never worry again. Spend more and get a Quickjack. I have both, and honestly, the lift bars get the car up as high as I need it (almost as high as the QJ), and takes only minutes. No set up. And it is rock solid in the air.
Thanks for the replies. The link you mentioned was very helpful.
One question I have is if a hockey puck could be used with the standard jack stand. Mine has a shallow "V" profile.
I could cut a notch in the bottom of the puck to fit over the jack stand support, thereby reducing the thickness of the puck between the car and the support, but adding more stability.
Those jackstands you have are old style axle stands made to fit under straight axle cars where the round /narrow axle fits in the groove. We all have them and they will work just like you show. A much better solution is to move into modern times and get stands with round pads on top. All new cars made in the last 20 years use flat pad or pinch weld lifting points. There is a guy that sell a hockey puck with an aluminum bracket that fits into the slot on your car and eliminates having to balance the puck on the stand. They are very handy.
Get another floor jack. the small Harbor Freight aluminum jack will work.
I use the H F jack to pick up one side using the rear point. Place one jack stand under the front pad location. Take your good floor jack and put in under the rear subframe mount on the same side of the car. come in from the rear under the engine. Jack up until the HF jack is clear and place jackstand 2 under the rear jack point pad. Release the good jack and you have one side lifted. repeat on the other side. Whole process takes less time than it does to write about it. To get car fairly high up , do each side in increments. Equipment needed is one good floor jack, one small floor jack and 4 pad top jack stands. Hockey pucks with retaining bracket are an option.
My opinion and experience.
I have QuickJacks. I used to "store" them by pushing them together towards the long axis centerline of the car and driving over them. I put on coilovers with a modest 0.5-0.7 inch drop - the QuickJacks now get hit as I drive over them so I've had to resort to hanging them up on the garage wall. YMMV. (Love the QuickJacks for my limited floor space and headroom garage.)
I ordered a quick jack in the last Costco sale they had. It is great. I am extremely novice and got this so I could feel comfortable starting to do more of my own work. Was very easy to set up and takes just minutes to get the car in the air. Was only incremental cost over going with a hydraulic jack and jack point set up and I figured after a few services it would pay itself off.
I use lift bars. But for the price of an ultra low floor jack, 4 stands, and lift bars - I wish I’d purchased a quickjack, oh well.
Liftbars still much cheaper - cost about $300, jacks about $100, floor jack about $100 (don't need Rolls Royce versions of these items, just decent stuff from the local Walmart or auto parts store). All in you are no more than half of what the Quickjack costs if on sale fro a grand at Costco. I have both, and use my liftbars more frequently, because I can get the car up much faster. It takes a bit to line things up with the QJ and the rubber pads, hook up all the hoses, etc. Plus I've had quality problems with failed and leaky fittings on my QJ. The customer service is good though, as they saend me new fittings to replace the defective ones. Still scary though when you start to lift the car and only one side goes up. Watch it like a hawk now!
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