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Saxo-Slag
30th October 2006, 11:56
which section should be under. how do you get the jack under a lowered car.

Clouds_mate
30th October 2006, 11:57
how low are we talking?

I normally get someone to lift my car up from my archs and slide the jack under.

Saxo-Slag
30th October 2006, 11:58
cool. only thing is its me on my own.

Clouds_mate
30th October 2006, 12:00
How low is your car?

Saxo-Slag
30th October 2006, 12:01
sorted

Scott
30th October 2006, 12:04
just drive onto some bits of wood, i got some metal ramps made up that lift the car about 3 inches off the floor

Saxo-Slag
30th October 2006, 12:05
going to use flag stones to get lift

R4T
30th October 2006, 13:13
my m8 cant get his car motd for 80miles as no garage around here wil take on his car bcoz its a vtr lowered 70mm!

DevilDamo
30th October 2006, 13:15
Or... use the jack that comes up with the car to jack up the rear and then roll the other jack under the front jacking points. Something I have to do :-(

Edit...

wickedsaxo... There must be a garage that can get his car on a ramp. An MOT garage near me said they couldn't do the MOT because it was "too low" and I'm lowered 60mm. So I took the car to Citroen and they did it fine. The problem the MOT garages have is not the fact they can't get the car on the ramp but it's because when the car is up on a ramp, they have to run another horizontal jack from front to back to test the suspension struts, etc... and with a lot of lowered cars, this jack cannot get all the way under.

Tupps
30th October 2006, 13:57
If they cant get the car on the ramps its an instant fail isn't it?

Or have i been told utter bullshit

srcnix
30th October 2006, 14:04
Could grow some more arms, either that or have someone help you, as suggested.

Clouds_mate
30th October 2006, 14:07
Or... use the jack that comes up with the car to jack up the rear and then roll the other jack under the front jacking points. Something I have to do :-(

Edit...

wickedsaxo... There must be a garage that can get his car on a ramp. An MOT garage near me said they couldn't do the MOT because it was "too low" and I'm lowered 60mm. So I took the car to Citroen and they did it fine. The problem the MOT garages have is not the fact they can't get the car on the ramp but it's because when the car is up on a ramp, they have to run another horizontal jack from front to back to test the suspension struts, etc... and with a lot of lowered cars, this jack cannot get all the way under.

i was close to having problems with mine on the brake test for the rear.

James
30th October 2006, 14:16
i was close to having problems with mine on the brake test for the rear.

When i had my bodykit i did have problems.., they couldent get it in the hole on rear or front lol. In the end he told me to take a walk for 5 minutes while he used a tapping method or something *Shrugs*..

Passed and thats all that matters to me.