with a low car I got a flat with my 17s last night. It was a slow leak at my house. If I was not home I would of been screwed with just my factory jack. I think im going to keep some boards in my car.. Any one else have suggestions besides not having a car that low. If I had my 15s on I would of been helpless. Boards would not of worked then

 

Buy a nice jack and get some jackstands to hold up the car for the time being. Boards would work but I personally would feel more confortable with jackstands....

 

I dont think you get me. If I was on my 15s my "jacking point" would be on the ground. So no jack is going to help me. Where in NH are you im in MA

 

If your car drags the ground when you have a flat tire, you're risking damage to your car. It's too low. Why did you do this?

 

I dont think it is too low.. I dont have any good pics but

 

mines on 15's with about a 2 finger gap, theres not much you can do when you get a flat and your lowered that much.....I had to get mine towed by a flat bed and even then they scraped my rear bumper and tailpipes

it also pays to get a car service like AAA unlimited, I can have my car towed an unlimited distance or whatever else for like 70 bucks a year.

 

I heard some people that have cars lowered that much, keep 2 x 4s in the car, to drive on top of them to gain some height to put the jack under the car.

 

Your car looks pretty tight with those rims!

Sometimes, you will have to get the jack throught the front wheels until you reach one of your crossing members, the one that runs along with the exhaust piping.
You start jacking over there, it is a tricky thing. Put a brick under the the vehicle next to one of the support areas, remove the jack from under the crossing member. Now jack the car at the supported area as you should, change the wheel, remove the brick..... put the car down.... do a burn out.... a grind a gear or two...

 

have you tried a floor jack? Or try to fit a jack where you can(closer to the front) and then use a 2nd jack to raise your front.

 

call up some friends and lift it high enough to slip the jack it. or if you have enough room jack it up in the front

 

DONOT!!! Use an oil pan as a jack lift point.

 

jacc it up from ur rear tow hook wit any any kind of jacc doesnt matter and then work from dare

 

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Really why?

 

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You are being sarcastic and joking right?

 

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That may work if his flat was in the rear of the car

 

can you lift it from the front?

put a block or something in front of your front tires, then drive on to it and then lift.

 

Yeah you can use the rear tow hook as the jack point for the rear tires. You can use the front tow hook as a jack point for the front. But that rarely is feasible for a lowered car. I use a jack for the rear tow hook and then another jack to lift the front end with the jack points on the side of the car.

 

Yeah, sj993 is right...there is no way out of jacking your car up like three times...its the sacrifice you take when you lower your car that low.

 

you can easily slide a hydraulic jack under the front or rear tow hook and raise the car that way.... all you do is raise the car high enough to get the factory jack under the side on the jack point.

 

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sure there is. When I had my Accord, I found it was to low for a normal hydralic jack, so I went and bought a low-profile hydralic jack with a clearance of 3". It fit with plenty of room under the front of my Accord.

But since driving around with a low-profile jack in the trunk isn't really desired , putting a 12" long 2x6 or two in the trunk should do the trick if you ever get into that situation out on the road.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sj993 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah you can use the rear tow hook as the jack point for the rear tires. You can use the front tow hook as a jack point for the front. But that rarely is feasible for a lowered car. I use a jack for the rear tow hook and then another jack to lift the front end with the jack points on the side of the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats one way.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tech8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I heard some people that have cars lowered that much, keep 2 x 4s in the car, to drive on top of them to gain some height to put the jack under the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats the other.
I acutally have two 2X4's screwed together for more height. I staggered them so the car hits the first 2X4 then roll up to the second.



Modified by BoostedH23Accord at 8:56 AM 5/24/2006

 

BoostedH23Accord:
Thats an awfully large picture, do you think you could resize that a bit or maybe post it as a thumbnail?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by d112crzy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">can you lift it from the front?

put a block or something in front of your front tires, then drive on to it and then lift.</TD></TR></TABLE>

There are 6 jacking points, 2 on the sides (these are the bar-like ones), one in the back, and one in the front (note, front and back jacking points are both hooks).

So when they said, "get a floor jack" they meant use it to jack up the front/back (then put in jackstands because using just a jack is dangerous) to replace the tire instead of doing it from the sides.

sj993's way will also work, but I imagine you need some type of blocks on the front tires so it won't slide off. Only problem is you might forget to put them down and if the car slips you're screwed.

tech9's/BoostedH23Accord's way would probably be a little less involved (of course, get a wide/strong enough piece of wood so you don't have to worry about slipping off). And in an emergency, the easier it is to fix the better off you'll be.

 

You 50" rim having- lowered to a micrometer from the ground-going 2 mph over a speed bump-bass thumpin' from 3 blocks away-how am i gonna jack my car if I get a flat-at least my whip looks sweet-please help!!!!....F-I-G-U-R-E I-T O-U-T mathematician

 

Where do you see a 50'' rim and how do you know I even currently have a radio that can be heard from "three blocks away".