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With my aero 996, I use the jack in the frunk to put the tires up onto plywood first before using the liftbars.
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With my aero 996, I use the jack in the frunk to put the tires up onto plywood first before using the liftbars.
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The jack stands that I used weren't the right shape.
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Lifted the first side up higher and set onto 6 ton stands.
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Backed the car up onto homemade ramps(you can jack the car up and set the wheels on 2x4 as well).
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Please take pictures of when the bars are under the car and jack under the middle of the bars. I think my car may be too low to use these bars in one step.
Yes but you are covering a jackstand location when you do.
Getting on all 4 jackstands isn't too bad. It requires jacking the car up 3 times. From there, I haven't found a way to raise the front any further to increase the height if needed. These seem to solve that issue and allow you to get the car up initially by jacking it up twice.
And no, there is no room for the word "off" in this post. Don't even try and fix it for me
For those interested in doing the math:
Holding the bar in place, the floor-to-bar clearance is 55mm. This is on my H&R lowered 996 - stock cars will have more clearance. For reference, my floor-to-fender height is 635mm R, 630mm F.
My "Big Red" floor jack is 90mm at its lowest. So I need some blocks, a new jack, or both.
Oh yeah, forgot about having to use jack stands. I have a lift in my shop and 3 sets of track wheels. So I only ever need to lift on side at a time for track side service on the brakes or the wheels.
These are great. I love my set. Keep in mind that they won't fit under cars with Aero kit directly. For my first 996 minus aerokit, i could get the car up on jackstands in 5 minutes. With my aero 996, I use the jack in the frunk to put the tires up onto plywood first before using the liftbars. Keep in mind I have a low profile jack as well.
Dunno, with my lowered vehicle. Lifting all sides got real old, real fast.
Was suppose to get this one this summer but getting a new patio done ate into my tool budget. I might have to wait til next spring to make the purchase.
$1395 shipped for the 5000XL version which isn't bad at all IMO.
https://www.quickjack.com/
I'd never heard of them, but I wish I had. I like that they have the little nub at the top and look like they're designed to fit the jacking points properly. The jack stands that I used weren't the right shape.
Regarding the quick jack - that price is getting you close to the range of some 2 post lifts. Not sure I'd spend that kind of money unless it gets the car high enough to stand under. Granted, quick jack doesn't require drilling into the concrete to mount it - and ceiling height isn't a concern. Presumably you could put it away somewhere when not in use so that saves space too. But, I personally wouldn't spend that kind of money to save a bit of time vs. using the lift bars mentioned above unless jacking up the entire car becomes a regular occurrence (hopefully it won't be).
The quickjack looks awesome but I was afraid it wouldn't get the car high enough to pull the tranny based on Charlie's IMS thread.
So I was looking at either the liftbar combined with two sets of these:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-918006/overview/
Or if I went with a two post lift it would probably be this one:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/dmr-1375659
I agree but in my situation, I don't have good concrete floors nor the ceiling height so this works out perfect. I like the fact that there aren't any columns taking up precious width space in a smaller garage too.
I also like the fact that you can store it out of the way or actually work outside in your driveway for maximum lighting and fresh air.
I just need to make sure I can drop the m96 with this and have some clearance if I needed to in the future.
I had to use the multi step process to lift my '07 C4S. Takes about 10 minutes.
Backed the car up onto homemade ramps(you can jack the car up and set the wheels on 2x4 as well). This gave me enough room to get the bar under the car.
Lifted the first side onto a set of short 3 ton stands.
Lifted the opposite side onto the 6 ton stands.
Lifted the first side up higher and set onto 6 ton stands.
Sorry about the supersize pics.
You can see the smaller stands in the background. $20 on C-List.
$280 delivered. These will pay for themselves after I bleed the brakes.
My jack will fit under the car, but not with the liftbar.
I back up on the ramps(3/4" Plywood and a 2x12 glued and screwed). This gives me all the clearance I need. An alternate method would be to jack up the rear wheel using the floor jack on the jack point and place a 2 by whatever under the rear tire.
If I had a dedicated space I would have considered a lift. For the price though, the liftbars are a bargain and take up virtually no space to store (I just put mine back in the box and lean it the corner).
Post up whatever you decide on.
Finally put my liftbars into action this morning. Very straightforward process as others have already described, just needed the rear wheels up on a piece of 2x4 to give enough clearance for the liftbars and floor jack.
I took it slowly this time, but having done it it shouldn't be any more than a 15 minute process to raise the car in future. I haven't raised it particularly high, the jack stands are as low as they'll go, but it's plenty high enough for most things.
Now the work begins ... Separate thread to follow.
My should be arriving soon. I was comfortable using a location on the front that wasn't a jack point so my thought is they will allow me to get it higher quicker.
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