All of my old tools are pretty much useless for changing the wheels now. I swapped out my rims for my winter setup. Usually this takes a half hour. It took me a little over an hour last night. Froze my ***** off.

I used to be able to jack the car up using the rear diff, floor jack fit perfectly under there. Just needed to watch out for the rear bumper when pumping the handle. But now that the car is lowered, the floor jack can't reach the rear diff. Stupid muffler.

For the fronts, I had a mini floor jack that I could use with the normal jack points, but with the kenstyle sides, there is only a two inch gap which only allows the stock jack to fit in. God I hate that thing.

 

Been there, done that with my RX7. With my G I said no severe drops. Worrying about crunching the fiberglass over every speed bump and parking stop was too much and forget anyone else driving it, they realize far too late that the car CANNOT be pulled up to a parking stop.

All that being said, for your maintence tasks, you need to get yourself a plank of 2x8 and drive the car up on them to get the jack underneath. Hopefully you live in a house and have a garage to store those car "tools" I keep mine flat on the garage floor between the wheels. Cut the plank in half and put a miter on the end so it's easy to drive up on. That is how I made what used to be mundane tasks back to mundane instead of horrible chores.

 

are u actually gonna be driving through winter snow?? u taking a second job as a snow plower?

 

lol good point you wont get any clearance over the snow you'll just be plowing through them

 

lol^

And I've also been through this, albeit the lowered car was running the OEM bodywork and still had the same issues. That's why I haven't planned on lowering the G. The NISMO front discourages a drop even more.

Sure, I could jack it up or get it onto ramps and lifts using boards, but daily driving was also an issue. Nobody available to follow me around and place boards at speedbumps or bad dips, etc. It's a bad feeling when you encounter a chunk of 2X4 or something on the highway and, even though you straddle it perfectly, your sphincter clutches the leather in anticipation of not clearing that measley 2". The dumb squirels don't have a chance.

 

Hey 'Puff

Like sofl_g said u need a couple of planks. Those extra two inches should do the trick to get ur CB Jacked UP....

Frozen ballz is better than having frozen nuts..... lol

 

Nah... still not enough clearance by driving up on 2x4's. Work for the rear, but not for the fronts. I haven't had to change the oil yet, but there is no way my low profile rhino ramps will work. They worked fine with a 2x4 lead in with the stock bumper and with the Nismo before i was lowered. But now I'm going to need to probably engineer a two foot extension with a 25 degree incline to get the proper clearance.

As for being a plow... I might switch out to my stock bumper. Even in the dry, I still act as a street sweeper. I bottom out about three times during my commute. Stupid dips in the highway.

 

Why do you jack from the side jack points?

FWIW
I roll onto planks as ^^^ , then jack from the center point at the front.

 

Sal

Double up the planks in the front


^^^
^^^^^^^

 

Not enough clearance. Even if I was to double up the planks. The Nismo front has such a sharp cutoff, I wouldn't have any room to work the crank... or it would take me 100 pumps. The only way is to get it up on the ramps somehow. And it's not like my floor jack isn't deep enough since it reaches the rear diff just fine. It'll take some crafty engineering, but i've got an idea. Time to break out the table saw.

 

LOL, the troubles and woes of modding....

Now you need to drive up on a 2x12 (or 2) to raise the car first b4 jacking.
C.

 

It's low at the OEM ride-height... ...the fender gap is just big.

A nice sheet of CF would be a great skid/protection plate and, if you extended it just a 1/8" - 1/4" beyond the leading edge of the NISMO's chin spoiler, you'd also have an effective front diffuser. The hard part seems to be finding a model-specific piece that extends deep enough back. A lot of the "universal" pieces would need to be trimmed for me to consider them, and I don't know a thing about trimming down sheets of CF.

 

'Puff

The way I see it u gots some choices left.

1. Take a ride to Spotsville (bring some Starbucks with ya for da boyz)
2. They make a slim jack that will fit under there and purchase it.
3. Go get a freakin beater for the winter.
4. Make an appointment at Adams house for his lift.
5. Move

 

You forgot..
6. sell the damn car & stop ur whining

 

Well Ian, the thought was there but better it came in your post than mine........LOL

Don't want Sal to be hatin me and we need him and his G around next year when we run the Pocono Track again.