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Old 06-30-2008, 07:09 PM
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i used to use the ramps that you drive up unto but since i lowered my car i can't use them so i bought jack stands. here is my question. where is the best place to jack the car up from to put the stands under. if i jack it up from the usual place(right behind the wheel) the jack gets in the way of where i need to put the stand. i'm just not totally sure on where to jack the car from. sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but i never had these kinda stands before. thanks guys!
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Old 06-30-2008, 07:21 PM
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i normally jack it from the front K member and put the stands on the A arm bolt things, it works well

seeing as my car is probably lower than yours, and its a GT, it should work
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Old 06-30-2008, 07:24 PM
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is it better to put the stands there rather than behind the wheels?
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Old 06-30-2008, 08:53 PM
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I usually put stands under axle tubes in rear or on torque box area and on the fron t on the frame rail at the front of it where it is strongest
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Old 06-30-2008, 09:03 PM
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put a piece of 2x4 or 2x8 on the ground in front of your ramps and you can still drive right up onto them


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i do the same as fuzzy... k member and control arm bolts
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Old 06-30-2008, 09:46 PM
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put a piece of 2x4 or 2x8 on the ground in front of your ramps and you can still drive right up onto them


I was gonna suggest that
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Old 06-30-2008, 10:08 PM
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ORIGINAL: AdderMk2

put a piece of 2x4 or 2x8 on the ground in front of your ramps and you can still drive right up onto them


dang thats a good idea
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Old 06-30-2008, 10:39 PM
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at work we do the 2X4 trick for the alignment rack on lowered cars

havent had to use em at all this year, but today i had to use them 3 times!

slammed/tricked integra (pos), slammed capri 5.0, and my buddies 300c slammed on srt 20"'s
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Ido the same as mjr. You can push the car as hard as you want and there's no way in hell the stands will slip.
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