I am changing the oil right now in my BMW that I am selling soon to get a Honda, and for whatever reason, this time I can't get my floor jack under the car. Its like the springs have settled more after 120k miles (or they are just dieing slowly). Anyway, my jack sucks and I don't like it. I want one of those cool jacks you see mechanics using in their shop floors. Where do I get one like this? And how much? (I hope to buy online).

 

craftsman low pro jack its like 50 bucks at sears

 

im going to have to look for that. What i've been doing though is running my car on a 2x4 or something then throwing the jack under it.

 

Or you can just build a set of ramps out of an 8' long 2x6 piece of lumber...
Drive up those and pretty much any jack will work. I have a Craftsman SUV jack thats high and I have no trouble after using the cheapo ramps I made.

 

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been doin that for years....works like a charm

 

Torin race jack. Low profile, works like a charm.

 

Torin race jack $150 at amazon.com

Any other good ones? If not I may get the Torin.

 

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

If you have a local store in your area, sometimes these go on sale and you could save on shipping.

 

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I use a Honda spare-tire screw jack to pick up my car from the side, then use a regular ol' floor jack in the front.

Glad to see I'm not the only one that improvises...

LoL!

Now that I think of it, I use my Honda screw jack more than my floor jack!

Hrm...

 

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Any other good ones? If not I may get the Torin.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Never owned a Torin jack, but I got a Torin vise - only one they make I think - and I'm V happy with the quality. I wouldn't have any problem buying a Torin jack from what I've seen and experienced, however...

The last time I was at Costco, they were selling a great looking low-profile, dual-piston (5 pumps to top), aluminum monster with real trailing wheels - not that stupid roller a lot of aluminum jacks have - and I think it was around $125. This the real thing, not a 'racing jack', so called, soooo you might check Costco out if you have a membership!


EDIT


W00T!!!

HERE is the jack I was talking about, but obviously NOT a Costco link!

Costco doesn't sell it online, but that doesn't mean they don't have them sitting in their brick n' mortar stores.

Anyway, Costco used to sell them for like a buck n' a quarter... I haven't been over there in a while.

Northern Tool sells them too, for $189, but that's a rip IMHO!



Modified by BlackDeuceCoupe at 4:05 PM 6/15/2008

 

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HERE is the jack I was talking about, but obviously NOT a Costco link!

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look its a JDM jack.

 

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look its a JDM jack.</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL

 

roll one tire onto a brick then use a regular 2ton jack up the car.
so easy a caveman can do it

 

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Same here.

 

I want this one

http://www.amazon.com/Omega-29...=8-15

 

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Looks like a Chinese knock-off of an A/C Hydraulics jack...

Um... A/C jacks are the best ones made, BTW - but out of the price-range on most Honda fanboys!

Anyway, don't fool yourself with cheap imitations...

 

or u can just use a decent thickness pair of wooden block under the front wheel (drive on), then roll the standard jack under the jacking point.

thats what i did before when i my car was pretty low.

 

craftsman race jack at sears, 200 bones, you might even need wood boards too depending on how low.