Sleepy_Red_hatch

i just baught a set of ramps for my 92 hatch and teh lip didnt clear them, so i buy the extensions and the lip STILL won't go over them...and its only the OEM lip.


do u guys use ramps too? can your lip clear it?? or any solutions around it?

e jay one

like those huge things you drive up on to work under your car? ive never ever used those a jack and jack stands works good

Sleepy_Red_hatch

yea i have a 2 ton hydraulic creeping jack and when i jack it up using the central jacking point in front, it doesnt lift the car high enough to slide axle stands under the jack points behind the front wheel wells. so i decided to buy the ramps and well, to no avail.

EK k kay

I use 2 square pieces of wood the size of a laptop each about an inch in thickness. Drive up onto them and my jack clears the side tabs easily.

sockvtec

i dont even have a lip and i dont clear ramps, but i also have a 3'' drop....just use a jack

Sleepy_Red_hatch

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nono, i can fit my jack under the side tabs, thats not the problem. i need to jack up my whole front end, most of the time, so i put my jack under the central jacking point in front, jack it up and my jack, at its maximum height doesnt lift the car up high enough to fit a jackstand under the side tabs.

lazie

http://www.inlinefour.com/taklowdowslo.html

Aphelion

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have u tried using the jack points right behind the front wheels?

scott92hatch

2by4 piece of wood

PSU

iTrader: (2)

jack + jackstands

who uses ramps with a lowrider?

jackson93

motorcylce jack is the only jack in my shop. works wonders!

Chong

Jack + Jack stands + 2x4

cxSHOE

jack your car up by the front... put your damn jack stands on both side jack points. then get two phone books and put them on your jack and then jack the car up.. done.l

nothing to buy, because most of us have atleast 3-4 phone books and 3 we dont use anyway..

plus the phone books wont crack, wood will over time.

stupidwhitecat

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Damn!! $70!! I'll also stick with the 2x4s.

JDM-97CX

Buy a jack, that is what intelligent folk do. Jack and jack stands, they work great, probably why there is one in the trunk and also the reason you don't see ramps at a dealership.

Deemeetree

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civicboisi

^^^ heh

eg crunkmonster

Fits without jacking up the car and my car is pretty damn low plus its lighter than most big jacks, now buy it and go jack off


http://www.harborfreight.com/c...91039

Bond

I hate those ramps, becuase you have to alway's use wood to slowly build a proper incline or your just asking for it. My car is just to low and the lip doesn't help. A low profile jack works just fine and in the end is faster the the wood/ramp way.

JDM EJ1 95

you dont have to put the jackstands on the jack points.. you can put them pretty much anywhere solid on the car... IE suspension mounting points.. where the lower control arm connects to the body of the car.... ive put them on the frame rails... ive even put a few on the lower control arms themselves if you have stif enough suspension.... you dont have to put themo n the factory jack points... anywhere solid will do..... search around...

blucivicSl

haha wood blocks are a honda mans best friend

civic_speed99

Yeah go ghetto and drive up on some wood first.

Fuster_Cluck

I picked up a bunch of different pieces of wood that are all the same thickness (approx. 1 1/4 - 1 1/2"). I also have 2 pieces that are about 6 feet long that will be the base or ramp.... Not sure if I am going to make the ramp step up every 8 inches or so OR just use the 6 foot piece and mount the smaller pieces underneath to have a nice incline....

I'll post pics of what I am working with tomorrow.

PS &lt;&gt; All this stuff is free because I am in a new subdivision and just using left over pieces that are laying around

On another note I also own the yellow ramps.... They suck when it comes to lowered cars It's a close call with a stock civic or accord

ekcivic9

umm... when i go up ramps i always remove the front bumper? whats so hard about that?

lazybrown187

I 2ND THIS GUY