Skip - Don't be afraid to put the jack directly under the frame rail - the FM reinforcements don't mind one bit.
Keith Tanner Flyin' Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.flyinmiata.com 1-800-FLY-MX5s (orders) 1-970-464-5600 (tech) 2008 FM Open House: August 14-17 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Skip Cannon > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:08 AM > To: 'Kandasamy, Thuwaragan'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Quality Jackstands? > > I also have 8 jackstands. Because my Miata is so low, even > my low profile race jack won't fit under the front or rear of > the car and slides just barely under the rocker panels, so I > jack it from the side. > > > I raise it all the way up and place the stands then go to the > other side and raise it to match. Once up there, I grab the > roll bar and give the car a good shake to make sure it is > stable. Taking it off the stands is the reverse, all the way > down in one trip per side. > > I have strips of thick rubber I place between the stand and > the seam under the rocker panels. I also have a large square > of it that I put between the jack and the car to protect the seams. > > Skip > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kandasamy, Thuwaragan > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Quality Jackstands? > > > I got 8 stands too, a full set of normal sized stands about 15" > tall and a set of the TALL stands from Sam's Club which I can > set close to 21" high safely. Trust me, that extra 6" is > night and day difference when wrenching on under there. > > I just use the small stands to raise the car up enough to > slip the big stands in, and I just take my time doing either > side (Left or Right) of the car, and keeping difference in > height less than 2 notches at any given time till I reach the > desired height. > > As for driving the car up onto 2x4 blocks so the jack can > slip under there, I think Costco sometimes carries an > aluminum jack that clears a lowered car fine, atleast it does > on mine, and a lot of ppl consider my car pretty low. :) > > -Thuwa > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Wills > Sent: July 24, 2008 11:13 AM > To: Matthew McKay > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Quality Jackstands? > > I always use 4 jackstands, and then slide some spare wheels > or concrete blocks under the car to keep me from being > crushed if one of the stands slips or fails. I don't like > the 2 jackstand thing at all. > > I've got several kinds of stands laying around... I think my > most recent > > purchase was from Harbor Freight. So far, so good! :) > > -Chuck > > Matthew McKay wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > I'm looking for some quality jackstands for my NA. What > stands are > > people satisfied with? I checked out four local autoparts > stores and > > everyone seems to stock stands with a minimum height of 1 > foot. I feel > > a little uncomfortable jacking one side of the car one foot > into the > > air while the other side is still on the ground. Is this concern > > unwarranted? _______________________________________________ > > Miatapower mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
