Jacking up a lowered car can be difficult

[audtatious]

So......I needed access to the underside of the car in order to install a new lower tray. When working at Mike's (RED_DET), he has a set of Race Ramps that will raise the vehicle enough for a floor jack. I don't have those. So, I tried making some ramps with wood and it still didn't work.

Dammit, this POS is NOT going to get the best of me.....and it didn't. Here's how I did it



#1 is the wood ramps that did not work. 3 layers of 3/8" wood. Jack still would not fit

#2 Factory jack was put into play to raise the vehicle. Spin spin spin...finally, the jack could fit

#3 Medium-sized floor jack that I have would finally fit under the car. Took a while to jack it up and I had to go all the way

#4 Jack stands

Hey, it worked

[tollboothwilley]

dude, I dont get any pictures to load on NICO anymore. wtf...

[bigbadberry3]

Been there lol.

I used my civic's jack at one wheel at a time. I then dead lifted the wheel and had my friend slide about 8 2.5 inch thick woods planks underneath the wheel.

Repeat 3 times.

[audtatious]

dude, I dont get any pictures to load on NICO anymore. wtf...

What's the issue?

[BusyBadger]

So, I tried making some ramps with wood and it still didn't work.

Nala is like NICO's own Norm Abrams when it comes to working with wood (mind out of the gutter...I was talking about the snowplow) - maybe he's got some pointers.

I think that's the first time I saw pics of your G. Nice!

[audtatious]

Been there lol.

I used my civic's jack at one wheel at a time. I then dead lifted the wheel and had my friend slide about 8 2.5 inch thick woods planks underneath the wheel.

Repeat 3 times.

Funny, a few years ago I thought I would get smart and purchase a pair of car ramps. Thus far they have only worked on the back of one car, my old Maxima (the front would not work). I don't think they would work with the stock G35 sedan and I know there's no way my car would be able to use them.

[audtatious]

So, I tried making some ramps with wood and it still didn't work.

Nala is like NICO's own Norm Abrams when it comes to working with wood (mind out of the gutter...I was talking about the snowplow) - maybe he's got some pointers.

I think that's the first time I saw pics of your G. Nice!

Are you associating me with Nala?



My car CAN get me laid if I wanted

[alms24sebring]

^Lol very true.

Yeah thats probly the worst thing about having a lowered car. It sucks even more when it wont fit on ramps if you try and tow it either. Been there.. in the rain.. it sucks.

[audtatious]

Ooof....never thought about it having to be towed

[VQpwrdSE-R]

Not sure exactly what ground clearance you have to work with. This may work, Its a craftsman jack thats built with a low profile design. Check the link. If you have 3.3 inches between the ground and frame/pinchweld it may work. And save you the time consuming labor of cranking your OEM emergency jack and the danger of messing with wooden ramps. With my 2 sets of rims and 12 tires I love my jack and the time it saves me when rotating.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1260 ... 950165000P

The G looks great BTW and it sits well judging by that pic you posted.

[BusyBadger]

Are you associating me with Nala?

No, not at all. You need more fail on your résumé, and a few years of practical experience on top of that.

Yeah thats probly the worst thing about having a lowered car. It sucks even more when it wont fit on ramps if you try and tow it either. Been there.. in the rain.. it sucks.

Request a flatbed while you're on the phone with the towing company, you save time for the both of you. I've seen some pretty low rides on flatbeds in my area lately...must be something in the fuel supply.

[elwesso]

if you cant even get a jack under the car makes me nervous i'd bottom out on a rough railroad track or something.

[audtatious]

Are you associating me with Nala?

No, not at all. You need more fail on your résumé, and a few years of practical experience on top of that.

You must not have seen my fail threads in the Mod forum before

Request a flatbed while you're on the phone with the towing company, you save time for the both of you. I've seen some pretty low rides on flatbeds in my area lately...must be something in the fuel supply.

I would. Hopefully I will have a tad more clearance now.

[audtatious]

if you cant even get a jack under the car makes me nervous i'd bottom out on a rough railroad track or something.

I've only had issues with the crappy lower engine cover scraping on speed bumps and such. That should be fixed now that this has been installed

[95zenki man]

I had a 12 step guide when i was jacking my s14 up.....i kid you not 12 steps i had to go through including 6 or 7 2x4's....

[Mr1der]

will a normal low profile jack not even fit under there Matty?

what about the scissor jack?

I've used a scissor jack to get it up enough for a floor jack.

heh...fluffer jack.

[audtatious]

Low profile jack won't work as the center jack point is too far under the car for the main portion of the jack to fit. Ramps is the only solution.

[szh]

Request a flatbed while you're on the phone with the towing company, you save time for the both of you. I've seen some pretty low rides on flatbeds in my area lately...must be something in the fuel supply.

I always ask for flatbeds, but I think that lowered cars can have problems with flatbeds too ... the car has to be winched onto the flatbed and this can damage the bottom of the front air-dam (below the grill).

Lowering is always fraught with all kinds of problems!

Z

[audtatious]

werd....A tire shop hooked the Y-pipe once on my maxima when putting it on a lift.

[Razi]

My car pushes my ramp around because my bumper hits the ramp before the wheel.
I have to reverse my car into the garage, put my ramps on the sloped driveway, then drive onto them.
I still push them forward a bit, but manage to get on them.

if you cant even get a jack under the car makes me nervous i'd bottom out on a rough railroad track or something.

My rails are about 3 inches off the ground and have yet to meet anything that hit it.

[elwesso]

I have plenty of room under my car for a normal jack and I've bumped my exhaust and something else on an epically huge speed bump..

[Razi]

I scrape my exhaust on almost all speedbumps.
I need to modify this thing so it sits higher.

[audtatious]

With the old H-Techs I have scrapped my exhaust on speed bumps when others are in the car. I doubt I'll have the problem with the coilovers and the fact the car is a tad higher

[Ajax]

My car pushes my ramp around because my bumper hits the ramp before the wheel.
I have to reverse my car into the garage, put my ramps on the sloped driveway, then drive onto them.
I still push them forward a bit, but manage to get on them.

When I had that problem, I took some extra 2x4s I had lying around and set them between a wall and the ramps.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

My car pushes my ramp around because my bumper hits the ramp before the wheel.

I've always had this problem... even when driving the car up onto 2x4s before driving up onto the ramp.