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> How to support my car higher off the ground?, Without a lift and without fearing death
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post May 20 2014, 05:05 PM
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I've been trying to figure out how I can support the car off the ground so its easier to work on. I was thinking of 30" or so. I've seen some tall jack stands, but they don't have a very wide base. There's no engine in the car, but hat and the tranny are the only part not installed. I was going to borrow a scissor jack, but it requires 230 and i only have 110 in the garage. any ideas? Blocks under the wheels?
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post May 20 2014, 05:17 PM
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post May 20 2014, 05:32 PM
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EZ-carlift several of us on the board have them, work great requires a drill to move it up and down.

Ezcarlift website

Its not cheap, but I hav gotten 5 years use out of mine, and it is stable, I feel safer around the car.

No experience with Quick Jacks by Ranger
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post May 20 2014, 05:35 PM
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I've seen big jack stands on one of the threads, tried to do a Google search. No luck.

Try a search here to try to find the thread.

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post May 20 2014, 06:01 PM
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QUOTE(PanelBilly @ May 20 2014, 06:05 PM) *

I was going to borrow a scissor jack, but it requires 230 and i only have 110 in the garage. any ideas? Blocks under the wheels?


If it's your property and attached to the house, it's very easy to get 220 volts (actually 240) into the garage. Even easier if there is a subpanel in the garage. Might want to hire an electrician buddy if electricity scares you.

http://homerepair.about.com/od/electricalr...40v_breaker.htm
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post May 20 2014, 07:11 PM
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look up JP Stein and his plywood boxes that go under the wheels
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post May 20 2014, 07:16 PM
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Yup. JPs boxes kinda freak me out, but he used them for years and they work. Can't argue with success.
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post May 20 2014, 07:18 PM
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I think my grandfather made these.
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post May 20 2014, 07:28 PM
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Harbor Freight has some tall heavy stands. I have a set and they are nice. 30" high. I still use a back up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)
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post May 20 2014, 07:49 PM
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Tons of people use wood. Somewhere I have a couple pictures of guys that built ramps out of wood, and then stored their 914s above other cars.
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post May 20 2014, 07:49 PM
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post May 20 2014, 07:57 PM
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post May 20 2014, 08:01 PM
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JPs boxes....

Very stable.


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post May 20 2014, 08:11 PM
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but it requires 230 and i only have 110 in the garage. any ideas?


Isn't a dryer plug 230v? get a long dryer cord and borrow the lift. How long is the question.
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post May 20 2014, 08:41 PM
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I made this from some 4X4s and 4 casters.
You can even have Home Depot make all of the cuts and you just screw it together.


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post May 20 2014, 09:08 PM
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I thought I had a better photo of the stands I used under Ben's 6.



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post May 20 2014, 09:51 PM
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I love my Bendpak MD-6XP scissor lift. It runs on 110v and costs less than $2k
http://www.bendpak.com/car-lifts/specialty-lifts/md-6xp.aspx
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post May 20 2014, 10:21 PM
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Those plywood boxes are a safe bet if you have some skills with precision fit and some geometric smarts.

The stands that hold up giant fish tanks are made from plywood.

The 125 gallon tank in my living room is held up by what most of us would call "a bunch of 1X3s".
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Depends on your intended use?
Looking to raise up for one time major repair?
Looking to raise frequently for service?
Need to keep the wheels on?
Ok to remove wheels/suspension?
Then there is the lifting operation itself.

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I made this from some 4X4s and 4 casters.
You can even have Home Depot make all of the cuts and you just screw it together.
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Lets you move the car around the garage. Make sure you install the large rubber caster wheels (as shown). I used the little ones at first and had ball bearings flying around the garage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
But can't really replace floor panels with this setup.

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If you don't need to remove the tires cool setup. Stands would nest after use and not take up much space for storage. Lets you replace floor panels etc.

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post May 21 2014, 05:10 AM
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Make some Box Cribs - easy & cheap. Don't use Pressurized Wood!

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