alignment rack is easy. find a shop with an in ground rack. thats what i did works like a charm.

if you have to get on the other kind. take some small wood boards put them at the end you dont drive up on. then lower the rack on it. this will angle it a little bit then get more boards to act as ramps. then once you get the car up half it will most likely get stuck on the sliding jack in the center. to over come that i (they) take a floor jack under the front of the car. lift it up then we push the car from the back while its on teh floor jack to get it over the center section thing. then lower the car back down off the floor jack. and away you go.



12' 2x8 would be nice, but no one ever seems to have something that long just sitting around at the shop.

 

I use 2x4's also, but I need to stack 2 of them to get high enough for my race jack.

I also made ramps hehe.. Go to Homedepot... get cheap wood.. even the clearance stuff will work just as long as they are long and wide.. And get some long nails.

Stack em on top of one another and mark up where you need to cut to make them line up as a ramp on one end.. I stacked about 4 of them. Then I went over to my friend's and had them cut with a 24 degree angle. Then, we lined em up again and nailed em down.. Now you have yourself a set of ultra low profile ramps and you can detach each plank of wood when you need to store them haha.

I have them made so they are half as long as my parent's driveway.. I just drive up on to em.. and I can easily throw a jack under any point and get it up very quickly.. saves me the hassle of other stuff!

 

When I go to my dads shop, I use 2x4's to get onto the lift. Make sure to take it easy when you are getting off of them or they might just pop up.

 

Here's what I do to get on my Dad's lift. I have to put smaller boards spaced out under the 2"x8" which helps me clear the lift.
Sorry for the blurry pic.