jack for lowered porsche

[chocolatelab]

Does anyone have recommendations for a jack? My 78 is pretty low and cant seem to find a jack that is long enough and low enough.

[x98boardwell]

My car is not terribly low but it has worked well.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=40105

Best of luck,
Bryan

[emcon5]

You don't need a jack, you need these:



http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=55-6641-030-M230

[chocolatelab]

Can you lift the front end as well?

[sailchef]

try this

http://www.asedeals.com/auto_shop_jacks.html

[911pcars]

Use the aforementioned jack pad and two standard-type jacks, nothing special:

1. An inexpensive scissors jack under the side to lift one side high enough to use a.....
2. Standard floor jack in whatever flavor you prefer that lasts the longest.

My inexpensive scissors jack is a hydraulic unit from HF, <$20.

This procedure doesn't require special tools other than the $10 lift pad.

Sherwood

[pozee]

Check this out - $100 off at Amazon now:

Advanced Tool Design Model ATD-7325 2 Ton Extra Low Profile Tuner Jack

[Zeke]

Too bad the long frame, low profile jack is NLA at Pelican. Not dissing PP, it's NLA everywhere.

Northern Tools has a similar unit.

[Wyvern]

+ 1 on the jack plate and Harbor freight combo

[Head416]

I recently purchased an Arcan XL35 from Costco for about $95. It's a 3.5 ton jack, long and low.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by milt

Too bad the long frame, low profile jack is NLA at Pelican. Not dissing PP, it's NLA everywhere.

Northern Tools has a similar unit.

Griot's Garage has one that looks pretty good right now.

[175K911]

After having 2 of the cheap Harbor Freight jacks bend and come close to dropping a car, I just cut some pieces of 2x10 lumber stacked 2 pieces high, and with one end beveled. I just drive up on the "ramps" then have room under the front to get my good jack under the car. Cheaper than buying a new jack.

[barney911rs]

Cheap and effective. Roll the car up on some foot long 2x6's. Should get the car up high enough to get a jack under it.

[chocolatelab]

snodgrass

you are a genius!

Its kinda like that experiment with the monkey, the jar of peanuts and the hand getting stuck inside

looking forward to jacking the car up

[chocolatelab]

sorry

you too Ed

[JerryL]

Originally Posted by 175K911

After having 2 of the cheap Harbor Freight jacks bend and come close to dropping a car, I just cut some pieces of 2x10 lumber stacked 2 pieces high, and with one end beveled. I just drive up on the "ramps" then have room under the front to get my good jack under the car. Cheaper than buying a new jack.

+1 on this

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 175K911

After having 2 of the cheap Harbor Freight jacks bend and come close to dropping a car, I just cut some pieces of 2x10 lumber stacked 2 pieces high, and with one end beveled. I just drive up on the "ramps" then have room under the front to get my good jack under the car. Cheaper than buying a new jack.

The only jack I have ever seen that wanted to bend in 40 years of working on cars was one that was obviously stressed big time and was "off." If you are on a smooth, level surface where the jack can "creep" as you lift, none I have used will tend to bend. Put the jack under the car at an angle and you may pull the jack over to one side.

If you don't know what you're doing, yes, you can get hurt, or hurt your car. Spending more money on a jack won't prevent that.

[175K911]

Originally Posted by milt

The only jack I have ever seen that wanted to bend in 40 years of working on cars was one that was obviously stressed big time and was "off." If you are on a smooth, level surface where the jack can "creep" as you lift, none I have used will tend to bend. Put the jack under the car at an angle and you may pull the jack over to one side.

If you don't know what you're doing, yes, you can get hurt, or hurt your car. Spending more money on a jack won't prevent that.

Agree 100%. 30 years of this for me and the only one that bent on me was in the pits at the track, ground wasn't perfectly level, I was in a hurry and was using one of the cheap Chinese HF "lightweight" jacks. Once the car crept just an inch, the jack crumpled like limp linguini. Friend with an M3 had the same problem with similar jack. The beefy Craftsman 2.5 ton jack that I've used for 20 years has never given me one bit of trouble but I need to get the front or rear wheels up on my 2x10's to fit it under. And I can use it to lift my trailer and tow vehicle too. The HF jack blew it's guts trying to lift the front of my X5.

Moral- Being in a hurry when working on a track car is never a good idea. It'll always come back to haunt you. Second moral- just get a good sturdy jack and use it rather than the cheap stuff.

[barney911rs]

I forgot what my big HD jack I keep at home is. I bought a Sears alum jack to put in the trailer and it's been pretty sturdy so far.

[Rob B]

If you're looking for one to carry in the frunk, go to an auto wrecker and get one out of an Audi. They go very low and are stout. Rob