Check out these Jack Stands

stealthn · 06-09-2012, 12:32 PM

So I've read a lot about jacking up the boxsters and Caymans, and I found this site, it looks like it solves all the questions.
Too bad my Jack is too fat.

JackPoint JackStands Work Better

Bob James

Jeff396 · 06-09-2012, 02:59 PM

Wow, what a great idea!!! Only problem I see is you're limited to one height.

Jeff

s_wilwerding · s_wilwerding's Garage

Sears was selling something like that a few years ago - basically, the jack fit around the stand, and the jack pad was actually the top of the stand. It seems like it allowed different heights, unlike this one.

Not a bad idea, but I'd have to make sure the lip on the stand holding the jack pad was plenty strong.

Steve986 · 06-09-2012, 07:27 PM

And at only ten times the price of a normal pair of jack stands you can be sure they won't sell too many! So think how unique you will be!

tcora · tcora's Garage

It's cute, but it will run you over 600 bucks in hardware to be able to put a car up on 4 stands. Ouch! The Boxster is really pretty easy to put up in the air, 2 jack points are all that's needed to put 4 stands under the car...

stealthn · 06-10-2012, 08:03 AM

Yea but the issue is you have to use non-approved jack points or places to put your stands to get it up on 4 stands.

Bob James

Steve986 · 06-10-2012, 11:43 AM

You're right. They're a great, great idea, but not so great that they are worth $300 a pair... to me anyway. As with any product, the market sets the price, so we'll see if that price holds. I doubt that we'll see these in AutoZone!

randy_k · randy_k's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by stealthn

Yea but the issue is you have to use non-approved jack points or places to put your stands to get it up on 4 stands.

Bob James

Sorry, No offense. But I'm not worried about the Boxster non approved jack stand point police stopping by. A guy named Orient Express on Renntech has been using those non approved places for years with no issues. If it works and harms nothing. I'm not going to worry. I'll worry allot more about driving on the streets with knuckle heads worried more about the phone in their hand than the 3000 lb weapon they're in with a steering wheel. They do look kewl. But the price is outrages. And there is the fact they are not adjustible. Well without chunks of plywood anyway.

Randy

tcora · tcora's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by stealthn

Yea but the issue is you have to use non-approved jack points or places to put your stands to get it up on 4 stands.

Bob James

With all due respect, I've been putting cars up on jackstands for probably 45 years now. All the jack points I use are the ones Porsche tells you are OK in the factory manual. There is no "issue".

Now, if you were to ask me about my wife's Passat, that's another story. That car is damn near impossible to put on jackstands.

randy_k · randy_k's Garage

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Originally Posted by tcora

With all due respect, I've been putting cars up on jackstands for probably 45 years now. All the jack points I use are the ones Porsche tells you are OK in the factory manual. There is no "issue".

Now, if you were to ask me about my wife's Passat, that's another story. That car is damn near impossible to put on jackstands.

So do you also use only Porsche approved tires, oil, coolant? My point is. It's a freaking car. Porsche emblems or not. If how you jack it up, doesn't harm it. What is the diff? I doubt if something went wrong jacking it up in "their" approved places and somthing failed. They would do a dam thing. Hell. If that were true. There would be a line at their door with people with IMS issues. I'll keep using the rear center cross member at the rear of the car and let you know when that fails. My guess is. the car will be in the junk yard before that happens.

Randy

tcora · tcora's Garage

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Originally Posted by randy_k

So do you also use only Porsche approved tires, oil, coolant? My point is. It's a freaking car. Porsche emblems or not. If how you jack it up, doesn't harm it. What is the diff? I doubt if something went wrong jacking it up in "their" approved places and somthing failed. They would do a dam thing. Hell. If that were true. There would be a line at their door with people with IMS issues. I'll keep using the rear center cross member at the rear of the car and let you know when that fails. My guess is. the car will be in the junk yard before that happens.

Randy

Randy: What's really funny here is that you are arguing with someone you agree with. I jack my boxster off the rear crossmember, which IS, near as I can tell, the approved point for jacking the rear of the car. Same for the floor pan in the front where I raise the front.

randy_k · randy_k's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcora

Randy: What's really funny here is that you are arguing with someone you agree with. I jack my boxster off the rear crossmember, which IS, near as I can tell, the approved point for jacking the rear of the car. Same for the floor pan in the front where I raise the front.

Sorry Tom. I thought that you where talking about the jack stand points in the manual. Which are in front of the rear tires. Along the side of the body. Sorry again for the misunderstanding.
Randy

airbil · airbil's Garage

Not jack stand related but,
IMVMHO ... the spoiler there. may just be a little too much.
Just sayin'

lilredpo · 06-11-2012, 10:10 AM

If you are worried about jack points, try this......

stealthn · 06-11-2012, 11:45 AM

Guys,

All I was trying to show was someone who built a better mousetrap (albeit a gold plated one) to solve a concern some of us have. (I won't be buying any)

As far as the factory approved locations, I must have a different manual for the Cayman because it only says the jackpoints are to be used for lifting and supporting the car....

Zeke · 12:49 PM

Those are awesome, I don't care about the price. Yes, the rear is easy to lift at the cross member and place the stands at the jack points. The front, not so much. I would buy those for the ease of lifting the front and placing the stands all in one operation.

In limited numbers, those could be fabricated out of standard steel rolled stock and some plate. That might be my next project.

And those lightweight jacks that we use because of their low profile don't need the stupid outrigger handles, so the stands could be a lot narrower. More like a regular stand. Not that I don't appreciate the extra wide based support.

9onewon · 11-24-2012, 12:20 PM

Many good points and counterpoint here. There are several long threads on Rennlist about these stands. Seems lots of guys like them. $300 is a bunch, but how many guys put their wheels under their car on jack stands "just in case". Could you fix any damage that happens to your car (or you) for $300 if it fell off a jack stand? I saw two different damaged rocker panels this summer from slip offs.

I used the cheapest jack stands I could find for 30 years and always held my breath while using them. Looking back - these might have been a good investment - if they had existed. Now - I don't twist many wrenches, but I can afford to spend $300 on stuff that doesn't last nearly as long and doesn't contribute to my safety nearly as much. It's really just a matter of where you spend your $$. $300 for rock solid support (according to the threads) - hmmm?