914 on Quickjack 7000TLX--Fail! Options

[bkrantz]

I recently got a Quickjack 7000 TLX. I need the long X model to reach the jack points on my other vehicles. But I have failed to lift the 914.

My first attempt had the Quickjacks in the "official" positions, i.e. with the lower base pivots forward. Note this is not what I consider safe for 911s and probably for 914s, since the car center of gravity can end up outside (behind) the end of the lower base.

[Front yard mechanic]

I have made up my mind not to buy a quick lift with all the issues I’m seeing. It doesn’t appear to lift the the car up high enough to be useful for anything other than washing tires (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

[PatMc]

I have made up my mind not to buy a quick lift with all the issues I’m seeing. It doesn’t appear to lift the the car up high enough to be useful for anything other than washing tires (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

It'll get the car as high as you want....just add jackstands when it gets to it's max height...lower the lift, add blocking, then lift again, raise jackstands/grab taller jackstands...repeat.

I worked at a body shop years ago where one guy's bay only had a low rise scissor lift (much like the maxjack). He had various blocking and stands and would get the car 5 feet in the air and then throw a couple of custom made saw horses under the car. It was much sturdier than any sort of twin post lift. Took about 15 minutes to raise the car onto the saw horses.

[mepstein]

I have made up my mind not to buy a quick lift with all the issues I’m seeing. It doesn’t appear to lift the the car up high enough to be useful for anything other than washing tires (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

It'll get the car as high as you want....just add jackstands when it gets to it's max height...lower the lift, add blocking, then lift again, raise jackstands/grab taller jackstands...repeat.

I worked at a body shop years ago where one guy's bay only had a low rise scissor lift (much like the maxjack). He had various blocking and stands and would get the car 5 feet in the air and then throw a couple of custom made saw horses under the car. It was much sturdier than any sort of twin post lift. Took about 15 minutes to raise the car onto the saw horses.

Don’t saw horses make it a little difficult to work under a car? Part of the attraction of a lift is getting the car in the air in seconds.
Our lift is pretty sturdy.

[PatMc]

I have made up my mind not to buy a quick lift with all the issues I’m seeing. It doesn’t appear to lift the the car up high enough to be useful for anything other than washing tires (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

It'll get the car as high as you want....just add jackstands when it gets to it's max height...lower the lift, add blocking, then lift again, raise jackstands/grab taller jackstands...repeat.

I worked at a body shop years ago where one guy's bay only had a low rise scissor lift (much like the maxjack). He had various blocking and stands and would get the car 5 feet in the air and then throw a couple of custom made saw horses under the car. It was much sturdier than any sort of twin post lift. Took about 15 minutes to raise the car onto the saw horses.

Don’t saw horses make it a little difficult to work under a car? Part of the attraction of a lift is getting the car in the air in seconds.
Our lift is pretty sturdy.

A twinpost is great...but some of us don't have the luxury of space or ceiling clearance for that.

On a 914...what exactly is there to work on underneath the car between "sawhorses"? If the enigne/trans needed to be pulled out, that would happen before we got to the point of raising the car 5' off the ground.