Bono

JackPoint Jackstands are quite simply one of the most important tools I have in my garage, and I also bring them to the track with me. I recently bought my second set, so now I can safely jack up my car at all 4 points. These Jackstands remain a bit below the radar, I believe because the owner/inventor has mostly marketed by word of mouth, but after recently seeing the owner/inventor's interview with Jay Leno on Jay Leno's Garage, I thought I would do my part to pass the word on:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/collec...ds/index.shtml

Not only do the JackPoint Jackstands solve all of the "jacking point" problems we have all had and discussed on these forums, I simply will no longer get under my car to do work unless it is sitting on JackPoint Jackstands. To me it was a no-brainer to buy these after I first saw them demonstrated:

http://jackpointjackstands.com/

bal

Holy zombie thread...

I just ordered a set of 4. I corresponded with John Walton the owner/inventor and am told that the Harbor Freight low-profile 3-ton jack should work with them.

I'm excited to try them out.

Lance-AR

Which pads are you using with the Harbor Freight jack?

jpoint

For most Porsches the low profile pad is the easy solution. The standard pad can also be used - depending on the ride height of the car and the minimum pickup height of the jack. So a stock ride height 911 might use the standard pad with a jack that goes down to 2.5 or 2.75". The 993 in the avatar is sitting on standard pads and was put up using an older (no longer available) US General jack from HFT.

Buddhamonk

I think the price point is the main reason these are still flying bellow the radar. Can you imagine if they were $50 for a set at Harbor Freight - they would sell by the millions.

TONY AIR C2S

Great product, looking forward to getting my second set in the near future.

jpoint

You could be right. As it is for now the raw material - Almag 535 - in one pair of stands costs about $60. That's for the alloy sitting in bars on the foundry floor before anyone touches it. We could use alloys that costs 30 or more percent less, but it wouldn't offer the same strength.

Buddhamonk

I'm still buying a pair soon =) (already sent you an email a few days ago about the discount)

But I could really this product be mass produced someday

Zanzibar Red 996

Discount ????

ALE

Just bought mine last week and used them today. They work great and I recommend them. These stands definately fill the need and wow, are they sturdy. It was fun to use a product that worked exactly as advertised. For my 911, I used the low profile pads and the HFT, aluminum racing jack (Pittsburg) with a minimum jack heighth of 3.25".
PS - John Walton was very helpful; it was a great customer service experience, too. Another plus, these are made in the USA.