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Kurt R

A trailer ramp or a 2x10 under a standard floor jack has always worked for me.

A930Rocket

Piece of plywood. Good for jack stands too.

Greg Fishman

My Griot's jack has a "dirt wing" that gives the jack more surface area. Best idea is some plywood.

Greg Fishman

Sears makes a nice aluminum jack for a reasonable price, or you can just use some 2x10's to put the car on before you use your jack.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00950239000

JoeMag

I went with piece of hard aluminum 1/4" thick the lenght of the jack travel from full down to full up. reason being is my car almost fell off jack point one time when jack sunk in pavement on hot day. jacking up is usually not the issue, it's it sinking after.

theedge

IMHO a sheet of steel would be WAY better and safer. And small square plates for the jackstands.

bruinbro

An aside: Whatever you use for a support plate, make sure you have some means like a handle, handle attachment, pry point or some other means of getting it out of the soft stuff afterwards. Digging in hot asphalt is no fun.

Bro

kurt M

I like plywood as it is not slippery to the jack and or a jack stand as metal is. It is also inexpensive to replace when I forget and leave it in the paddock and I am less likely to crunch a toe or finger with it. Drill a hole or two and use a short of rope to pull it out after you drop the car down or to tie it to the jack. This way you can skid it in and around right with the jack as you place the jack.

bgiere

used, old road signs...they are nice jack stabilizers in the grass or on asphalt...thin and lightweight. got some from a construction buddy. Joe, if we dig around Nelsons this summer we can probably find a few that i sunk a few summers ago....

JoeMag

Brant -- digging around that place would probably uproot a few old race cars!!

bgiere

Aha! and old racers maybe....

bgiere

sorry, that didn't come out right...meant Old Racers as in "old timers", no disrespect meant to anyone...just didn't look right after i read it.