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Old 03-25-2012, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by CandlestickPark
Be thankful you aren't this low...LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0siTyztaoo
Among the top 5 dumbest car related things I've seen. How stupid must you be to make your car so low it can't even be worked on.
 
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Old 03-25-2012, 09:39 PM
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Thanks for all the post guys!

I found these too but their crazy $$$$

http://www.raceramps.com/
 
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2" x 6" and a low profile jack, jack barely pumps for the first few while pushing bumper up
 
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Originally Posted by CandlestickPark
Be thankful you aren't this low...LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0siTyztaoo
One of the dumbest videos I've seen; they put tooth picks under the car and expected that to work!!!?!?! Take 2 hours to remove a front bumper, but can't spend 15 minutes at home depot to buy a 2" x 6" wood board to put on the ramps.
 
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This works if you guys drive onto them. Put a shorter piece under a longer piece to give even more space under the car for the jack

 
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Originally Posted by CandlestickPark
Be thankful you aren't this low...LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0siTyztaoo
ohh dearrrr
 
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You could spend major $$ on ramps or you can do what I did, the cost is minumal. You only need to raise your car 3" so I took 2 2X6 30" long then cut 2 2X6 18" long and glued/screwed the two togeather stacking them. The lips are angle cut for ease of entry. I cut up some old hose and stapled a few strips to the bottoms so they wouldn't slide when you rolled up on them. I've seen rollups sell from $75= + in catalogs the ones I made aren't pretty but my rollups cost was about $3= and an hours time. They work and I never leave home without them....Gary
Nothing beats old school knowledge and ingenuity, Gary! That's exactly what I used to do when I worked at Firestone doing alignments on lowered cars, except my ramps were 10' 2x8's to get onto the rack, lol!
 
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ha ha that pic is awesome
 
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By the time it took the car to even get on the ramp, I could have done a full oil change and be on my way...
 
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It's idiots like this that dampens my enthusiasm for our platform... Ah well.
 
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Originally Posted by CandlestickPark
Be thankful you aren't this low...LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0siTyztaoo
Did these guys not expect the wood to kick out? and did they not expect the skirt to hit the ramp once the front wheels cleared?

If he scrapes on flat ground, I'd assume he would know by now how to get on a ramp.

Let's hope these guys don't have to make a decision in which their lives depend on. Because they'd all make it to the Darwin awards.

Anyway. YOLO.
 
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A clean drop done right can look good and handle well BUT, too many people choosing fashion over function slamming it too low. The same people you see 'bouncing' down the road. It seems like common sense to consider weather or not the car is your daily driver or strictly race when lowering. Its funny, most of these 'slammed' idiots have never even seen the track, only mall parking lots.
 


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