Dan Harman

I need to get a new floor jack and some stands. I was looking through sears and couldn't really find anything too nice. I also don't think that ramps will work because my car is so low. I'd rather jack up the car using the points that you S4 guys have to use too... so, can anybody help me?

(the griots one is perfect except it is $600!!!)

Thanks,

steelydan

Wait for a sale a Sear's---their 2-1/2ton jack is a good buy and replacement seals are readily available(if needed). I've had mine for the past 20-years with no problems. Same with the jack stands...
PS- nice set of wheels!!!!!

BillK

On a TT, there are special rubber pads that are the jack points for a floor jack; using any other point with a floor jack risks body damage.

Out of curiosity, what are the floor jack points for an S4?

jason@s4.org (NS4)

... part of the reason I want a lift is that we havn't found a good way to get the car on jack stands in the front w/o doing some kind of minor damage to the underside.

In the rear, the factor jack points are great for a floor jack, and allow you to get a jack stand at the factory point for the standard jack they give you w/ the car. Make sure the top of your jackstand isn't too wide and/or pad it to avoid hurting the paint (and it really bugs me to have to set down a bit on that lower paint section, as it definitely flexes the plastic/whatever it is.

I've only put my car on jack stands once, and that was just for the brakes this past weekend. JoshK's and Thad's cars have been up mulitple times, and I cringe everytime we have to do it.

...Jason

steved

If you want to safely lift your car, I've got a demo lift for sale for local pickup (Bergen County, NJ...near NY City). Its semi-portable (ie, it weighs 600 lbs), runs on 110v, and will lift 6000 lbs to 30". Includes pad adapters for most European cars. See picture at URL below. SD<ul><li><a href="http://www.ultimategarage.com/lift2.JPG">http://www.ultimategarage.com/lift2.JPG</a</li></ul>

Dan Harman

Buy me a garage and it's a deal... ooh man do I need a house!

muppco

perfectly with Sears' 3 ton jack. You will need to trim about 1" off each end of the adapter to fit into the small lift points which the factory supplied emergency jack uses, but that only took me 10 minutes with a hack saw. The jack is the short 3 ton model, not the longer one and it works very well for only $100.

PhilJ

and if you remove the saddle the lowest point is only like 1-3/4 inches off the ground!

But yes, that $600 aluminum 35-lb jack would be very very nice to have...

-PhilJ