Working under your car - jacking, stands, ramps

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Originally Posted by Sexc86

personally i prefer stands and a good quality hydraulic jack. It always seems difficult to drive a fwd car up onto ramps.

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+ ramps are useless for almost all suspension/brake work. Carnt lower the car, rotate tyres etc...

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Originally Posted by Mikecivic78

+ ramps are useless for almost all suspension/brake work. Carnt lower the car, rotate tyres etc...

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i thought that its actually good for suspension work. so after you work on your sussy parts
load car on ramp and then tighten bolts so you dont stress bushes much.

yea true, good for tightening bolts while the car is static but useless for removing sussy

For anyone interested, the current super cheap catalogue has the 2500kg trolley jack for $100, which is 45% off.

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...06#Description

Can anyone show me where i should position my stands under my 87 accord?

I have jacked up from the front centre:

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/8528/photo1ta.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7373/photo2rd.jpg

I have jack stands at front side jack points. They are 3000kg each but i cant say the car looks that secure!

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2824/photo31a.jpg

This is some photos of under the car, where should i place the stands?

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3814/photo21vo.jpg

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/2702/photo11xe.jpg

Thanks heaps,

Adam

place stands on front jacking points. behind the front wheels.

turn your jackstand 90 degrees so it down't slide off.

if the valley is too deep, put something solid enough in there so it's a bit higher.

i just use scissor jacks both sides

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Originally Posted by na-118

i just use scissor jacks both sides

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cos you're vietnamese.

Lol sammy