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YOUR RESEARCHJacking up der Porsche
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All machines were bought new in the eighties and only used by me for my own projects.
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This is what i use, and i think it's a lot easier to jack your car up with "liftbars", plus it gives you height adjust-ability at all times.
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is to only use the back jack points when changing wheels for instance.
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When my car was on stock suspension it worked fine, but once i put in the H&R Coilovers the car was too low.
I finally decided to attempt some basic maintenance (like brake pad replacement), so I got myself a jack and started reading up on how to jack up the car - covered by this excellent how-to
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...-stands-2.html
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I scored a 1.5 ton jack at Harbor Freight for a pretty good deal - $80 including 12 mo. extended warranty.
Check it out here:
http://www.harborfreight.com/15-ton-...ump-60569.html
Turns out I paid a bit more than I needed to - if you keep your eyes peeled you'll find the same one on coupon at HF for $59.
Anyway, got it home and got busy raising the car. Worked great. I wrapped the tops of my jackstands with sections of old motorcycle innertube and zip ties to protect the paint on the lift points.
I have to admit it was a bit nerve wracking lifting that first side up because of how high you have to raise it to get the first jack stand under it. Getting the other side up took a lot less lifting because the car was pivoting on the first side. Now that it's up there the thing is rock solid.
Pads should be in from Pelican today - looking forward to swapping those out and getting them bedded in prior to some track work.
Really like this jack, btw - it's very compact, and perfect for my needs. Anyway, hope this helps anyone else who has been a bit apprehensive about jacking up their jack. Now that I've done it I'm feeling a lot more comfortable about doing it the next time.
(love this forum).
Hockey pucks work great as "padding" for the jack and old heater hose works well as padding for the jack stands.. They also create a little more clearance between the jack pad and rockers.
My preference for jacking is this:
Jack from Drivers Rear jack point.
Lift high enough to put a flat-top (esco) jackstand under the Drivers Front jack point and a traditional jackstand under the rear suspension cross member.
Lower gently.
Repeat for opposite side.
This leaves the car with all four off the ground, well supported, two front jack points and two jackstands under the rear suspension cross member. Rock solid, easy to lift.
The esco jackstands are pricey, but really nice...
Picked up 4 of the above mentioned ESCO Jack stands from Northern Tool when they had 20% off sale a few months back. These are great Jack stands. I use them on all 4 corners of my 40th as well as my mid 80's Toyota pickup.
Rock solid and zero marring on the undercarriage.
I bought that same jack, but I did the $59 coupon. I had to drive up on boards to get my old floor jack under the car because of the ride height created by the H&R Springs. That low profile, aluminum, rapid-pump jack has been great!
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is to only use the back jack points when changing wheels for instance. The car is so stiff that also the front wheel on the same side gets lifted from the ground. Noticed this when I had to Jack the car quite high to secure the car with jack stands.
Hey targa996 - it tried the same thing with the same jack but when lowering onto jack stands they tipped forward because the jack does not come straight down. Ended up using the cross member instead. How did you avoid that? BTW hockey pucks are the way to go.
This is what i use, and i think it's a lot easier to jack your car up with "liftbars", plus it gives you height adjust-ability at all times. Also you can lock the jacks once at desired height.
The only thing with liftbars, it requires a bit of clearance. When my car was on stock suspension it worked fine, but once i put in the H&R Coilovers the car was too low. So had to make some little ramps to get the middle off the ground a bit more.
Thanks but I'd rather fab my own. My neighbor has a full machine shop down the block. I got a MIG that hasn't really seen much use to date. If I were to buy any of these pieces with the tools I have at my disposal, I'd have to turn in my man card.
I hear ya. Every time i fix something on my cars myself, i convert it into how much it would cost me to take the car in to some shop, and then i go by some more tools for that amount
what i find scary is some one that does not know how to jack up a car but is going to work on their brakes............................yeah ...............man card......... ninja pleeeezzzz
I have a complete machine shop in a 40 foot Dorsey air ride trailer. The trailer was bought new and then custom built for the machine shop. The trailer has a Mill, 2 lathes, a prototype injection mold machine, die filer, and many other things. All machines were bought new in the eighties and only used by me for my own projects. I used to use it back then but since coming to Vegas 20 years ago its been in storage. Everything is like new, I would sell it reasonable, pm me for details if anyone is interested.
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