Author Topic: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?  (Read 2893 times)

Offline benmanc

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URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« on: 21 June 2014, 15:31 »
I am jacking car and maxing jack out and it barely lets the lowest settings on axle stands go under.

How do I overcome this by using same jack?

To get to the next pin on stands?

Offline scarr89

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #1 on: 21 June 2014, 16:34 »
Put some wood on the jack first.

Get some small ramps/pieces of wood for your car to drive onto first.

Get a better jack or find a second.


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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #2 on: 21 June 2014, 16:43 »
Put wood under jack?

One piece or one each end of jack?

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #3 on: 21 June 2014, 19:04 »
What sort of jack do you heave? By the sounds of it you need to get a better one.

When you say each end what do you mean?   He said on the jack mate not under it,  what he is getting at is to put a bit of wood on part you would normally put against the car giving the more height.  Sort of like a spacer.

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #4 on: 23 June 2014, 13:19 »
Put wood under jack?

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #5 on: 23 June 2014, 14:46 »
get a better jack. mine can raise the car to heights where i wouldnt even want to get under it because the angle of the car looks so unsafe to be supported by a jack and looks like its going to slide out.

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #6 on: 23 June 2014, 22:47 »
trolley jack will get a car fairly damn high.

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #7 on: 24 June 2014, 07:51 »
I have a trolley jack but it only raises it 33cm

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2014, 07:52 »
One of those red ones

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Re: URGENT. how can I jack my car higher?
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2014, 11:32 »
Blocks of wood or a bigger trolley jack. I have one that raises a car 4ft.


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