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can anyone suggest an affordable jack that will get under a low s4?

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Old 03-06-2005, 04:19 PM
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Default can anyone suggest an affordable jack that will get under a low s4?

all the ones on the sears website look too bulky to fit under a low car. i also don't want to be using the jack in the trunk.
Old 03-06-2005, 04:35 PM
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Default use the jack in the trunk to start, then slide under a good jack.

thats what i always did on lowered cars. or drive your car onto 2x4's. youll get an extra 2 inches of room to work with.
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Drive your S4 onto some boards.
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Default Or this Harbor Freight 3" Jack for $80.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=91039">http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=91039</a</li></ul>
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Default by the way... my car was at 23(f) and 22.75(r) yesterday... beat THAT!

bad guess at the height when coilovers were being installed...
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Default I'd avoid that jack at all cost. Friend had one, hydraulics failed and almost took his legs out.

very poorly built.
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Default booyah. AC jacks

<center><img src="http://www.ultimategarage.com/DKJacks1.jpg"></center><p><ul><li><a href="http://www.ultimategarage.com/acjacks.html">http://www.ultimategarage.com/acjacks.html</a></li></ul>
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Default note taken... i'll try the board thing with a taller sears jack... is $40 too cheap?

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&amp;vertical=TOOL&am p;pid=00950138000&amp;subcat=Lift+Equipment">http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&amp;vertical=TOOL&am p;pid=00950138000&amp;subc
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very nice, but those things are expensive as hell!
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Default I can't stand those cheap hydraulic jacks. Takes like 30 pumps to get the car up...

and the jack pad area is always too small.

I have this Craftsman aluminum jack. I like it.<ul><li><a href="http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&amp;vertical=TOOL&am p;pid=00950239000">Jack</a></li></ul>


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