Trolley jack - lowered car

[jaedba2604]

Evening,

i'd like a trolley jack to change winter / summer tyres over, so in reality it won't get much use.

trouble is they are mostly around 6" when fully lowered, which won't fit under my car. seen a nice one in machine mart at c110, ideally i'd not want to spend this much, anyone used any others successfully?

thanks

[Ozzie Osmond]

The only realistic answer is to drive your car up onto a couple of blocks of wood, then use the trolley jack.

[majordad]

I got one in machine mart, it s alloy, real light and low, dont think I paid 110 for it. It s really good. Lifts easily with one hand and perfect for my GT3 997

[*Al*]

I made X2 small wooden ramps just enough to lift the car to get the trolley jack under.

[Gixer]

Get the Costco jack if you know anyone that can get one for you or better still if your a member yourself.

And while you're there, get some oil as its 20% off!!!

[vxmatt]

I've got the Clarke racing jack from Machine Mart. It's an excellent bit of kit.
Nice and low so it'll fit under the car easily and also nice and light to make carting it around easier. It also has a nice big rubber pad on it so it won't damage the underside of the car.

I got mine in store on clearance (it was an ex display, unused but without the packaging and only paid about 75 quid for it

[Riff Raff]

vxmatt said:

I've got the Clarke racing jack from Machine Mart. It's an excellent bit of kit.
Nice and low so it'll fit under the car easily and also nice and light to make carting it around easier. It also has a nice big rubber pad on it so it won't damage the underside of the car.

I got mine in store on clearance (it was an ex display, unused but without the packaging and only paid about 75 quid for it

Or you can wait until they do one of their VAT off days. I haven't had an invite to one for a while, so one must be due soon........

Oh, and I've got the ally jack as well - needed it for the Elise. It's a nice well made bit of kit. I'd recommend it.

[Chris71]

vxmatt said:

I've got the Clarke racing jack from Machine Mart. It's an excellent bit of kit.
Nice and low so it'll fit under the car easily and also nice and light to make carting it around easier. It also has a nice big rubber pad on it so it won't damage the underside of the car.

+1

I can thoroughly recommend the Clarke racing one.

As an aside, it always amazes how few trolley jacks will fit under anything even vaguely sporty. I can understand it with Caterhams or track cars, but my 924 is hardly a paired down track car - the comfort-orientated suspension looks like it's set up for the Dakar - and yet the standard jack I had until recently still wouldn't go under.

[stoocake]

Another thumbs up for the Clarke Alu racing jack - Mine's been great, gets used all the time. I even had a problem where something contaminated the ram (I didn't spill anything all over it...honest :-P ) and Machine Mart sent it off for a new one, had it back within a week. Well worth the money.

[Puddenchucker]

Machine Mart will also soon be selling a Clarke low profile jack for 35.98

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...

It's probably not going to be as good a quality as some, but for occasional use it should be adequate. So once they're in stock I'm going to buy one.

[CO2000]

I remember removing the cup off mine for getting under a low hillclimb car.

[0001]

Another Clarke alu owner here.

I always seem to damage the rubber pads - worth using some scrap wood to protect it, but that doesn't help the height so I often end up lifting from the first steps of some ramps anyway.

[Dog Star]

ANother Costco jack owner here (the red steel wide one).

3000kg lift and it's 85mm so gets under very low stuff.