What is your setup for raising the car up for service?

[hhkb]

How do you lift your car up for servicing (e.g. oil changes)?

Do you use a low profile jack and jack stands? Race Ramps? Something else?

I'm particularly interested in those that have Race Ramps so if you could share your experiences I would appreciate it!

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[RacingIsLife]

My workshop has a low ceiling and I didn't feel like drilling. So I bought an eBay scissor lift that still allows full access to the underbody. It's been an absolute game changer for me. Highly recommend if you can swing it.

 

[atucker80]

If you've got 10'3 ceiling height you can get a lift in. I felt that Race ramps were too expensive for ramps and honestly the lift didn't cost nearly as much as I had expected. (way less than a lot of ADM's )

 

[Integra23]

Low profile Race Ramps with the low approach extensions work well for me. I’m stock height and use a creeper, and still have room to do whatever. Here’s a pic of one ramp and one extension.

I have the same setup.

 

[Pekingduck]

If you've got 10'3 ceiling height you can get a lift in. I felt that Race ramps were too expensive for ramps and honestly the lift didn't cost nearly as much as I had expected. (way less than a lot of ADM's )

Your garage must be long. I couldn’t do that at my house. You are right I check I on the price and it only 3,500 so it not terrible. Better than looking for three car garage.

 

[atucker80]

Your garage must be long. I couldn’t do that at my house. You are right I check I on the price and it only 3,500 so it not terrible. Better than looking for three car garage.

It's just over 26ft deep which is pretty unusual. (Rest isn't nearly as nice.) The original owner was a brick layer and built the house himself to his own specs. I inherited a tall/deep garage and a ton of oddities that resulted from a bricklayer thinking he's also an architect, electrician and plumber.

Before I bought here I had an S2000 in storage. 1 yr of offsite storage was 90% of the cost of the lift.

 

[AlpineBoost]

Same as others, 72" Race Ramps. Have used on 4 different cars, perfect every time, no complaints.

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[Jester04]

I use a quick jack for mine.

 

[TDC50]

Quickjack for me.

No room in my garage for a lift. The Quickjack works great.

 

[cryptolime]

i drive up a couple 2x4s so the jack will clear. lift at the front center jacking point and put jackstands on the pinch weld. you can use the rear jack point under the bumper to lift the rear.

don't like using ramps. usually they scrape or i feel i'm going to launch the car off the end. also the low profile ones are like $150 and i already have stuff that will work.

 

[ram3noodles]

which model of quick jacks do yall use?

 

[Jester04]

which model of quick jacks do yall use?

I have the 5000

 

[TDC50]

5000 here as well. If you can get the extensions then do so. It fits on the 5000 but lining them up is important if u don’t have the extensions. I put a larger part of the lift block on the front car pinch weld (rolled piece of metal jacking point) than the rear since the car is nose heavy.

 

[CTR]

It seems like QuickJack changes their product line and naming frequently.

Does anyone know if the QuickJack 5000TLX would be a good setup for the FL5? It has the 66" reach which per my measurements the FL5 lift points are approximately 64" apart end to end.

 

[TDC50]

It seems like QuickJack changes their product line and naming frequently.

Does anyone know if the QuickJack 5000TLX would be a good setup for the FL5? It has the 66" reach which per my measurements the FL5 lift points are approximately 64" apart end to end.

Yep, you put about 1” on both front and rear jacking blocks. It’s tight, but it works. Check if they have extensions available, it’ll make setup less precise.
I had to use the 66” reach otherwise it wouldn’t work with my other cars.

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