Jackpoint Jackstands ???
10-11-2011, 01:49 AM
#226
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Just wanted to give my thumbs up to these awesome jackstands. Mine were shipped promptly and I had a chance to use them for the first time over the weekend.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
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10-11-2011, 02:51 AM
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Just wanted to give my thumbs up to these awesome jackstands. Mine were shipped promptly and I had a chance to use them for the first time over the weekend.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
10-11-2011, 09:40 AM
#228
Nordschleife Master
Just wanted to give my thumbs up to these awesome jackstands. Mine were shipped promptly and I had a chance to use them for the first time over the weekend.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
10-11-2011, 03:30 PM
#229
Rennlist Member
Also requesting a PM if there is a group buy / rennlist discount.
I'm interested in 2 pairs (4 stands total).
Finish does not matter= cheapest.
P.S.-- I've never had any car, truck, suv slip off a jack/jackstand until the 997. Has slipped off twice. Broke an underbody plastic panel (they're pretty cheap, surprisingly), and darn near chopped off my ring finger (no exaggeration-- took a big chunk out of my finger.) I think the only reason my finger didn't get chopped off is that when the car and jack came down on my finger, the finger got bent and shoved away by the metal, making it more of a glancing chop. If something had held my finger still, I'm pretty sure it would have been chopped off. My finger now has a permanent big lump, and is crooked. Since then, I've been in the market for either a Bend-Pak type lift or these jackstands. Hey, is a testimonial worth anything?
I'm interested in 2 pairs (4 stands total).
Finish does not matter= cheapest.
P.S.-- I've never had any car, truck, suv slip off a jack/jackstand until the 997. Has slipped off twice. Broke an underbody plastic panel (they're pretty cheap, surprisingly), and darn near chopped off my ring finger (no exaggeration-- took a big chunk out of my finger.) I think the only reason my finger didn't get chopped off is that when the car and jack came down on my finger, the finger got bent and shoved away by the metal, making it more of a glancing chop. If something had held my finger still, I'm pretty sure it would have been chopped off. My finger now has a permanent big lump, and is crooked. Since then, I've been in the market for either a Bend-Pak type lift or these jackstands. Hey, is a testimonial worth anything?
10-11-2011, 11:18 PM
#230
Official Wednesday AM Red Bull F1 test driver
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Ditto- I'd go for 4, also don't care what colour- we're talking jackstands here!! And I'm colourblind anyway, my cars are silver and white...
10-11-2011, 11:47 PM
#231
One more for 2 pair. Finish does not matter.
10-13-2011, 01:17 AM
#234
Burning Brakes
Just wanted to give my thumbs up to these awesome jackstands. Mine were shipped promptly and I had a chance to use them for the first time over the weekend.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
With my "low profile" jack, the jack + jack pad ALMOST fit but not quite. Easy enough to jack up the car, place a piece of wood under one wheel, and then re-jack with the pad. After that the jack fit under the remaining 3 corners.
Hat sent - Thanks!
10-13-2011, 02:37 AM
#235
Rennlist Member
Arcan XL 3.5 ton Low Profile floor jack, the one sold at Costco. For the price seemed like a good deal. This jack gets good reviews on many car forums, whereas similarly priced HF and Craftsman get pretty miserable reviews. The thing is a beast and weighs a ton so will be a good stay-at-home jack.
10-13-2011, 09:34 AM
#236
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Wow very cool toy...I mean tool!
I may have to pick up a set for next year.
I may have to pick up a set for next year.
10-14-2011, 01:54 PM
#238
Racer
So speaking of the jack fitting under the remaining three corners... If you jack up one back corner, and when you're high enough, give a few extra pumps, you will be able to also insert the front stand, meaning that you only have to jack the two rear corners to put all four stands in
I have thought of doing it this way but it did not seem stable to me.
This is how you do it with no problem?
Thanks, Rich
10-14-2011, 02:21 PM
#239
Nordschleife Master
Is this correct? You jack one side from the rear and place the stands at the front and rear on that side. You then jack up the other side from the rear and place the other two stands on that side.
I have thought of doing it this way but it did not seem stable to me.
This is how you do it with no problem?
Thanks, Rich
I have thought of doing it this way but it did not seem stable to me.
This is how you do it with no problem?
Thanks, Rich
Pics kind of show this. You can imagine the front wheel is also off the ground in the first picture, and the second shows what the car looks like at that point.