Anyone actually use a low profile jack on the front/center jack point? The one I have, the jack clears (just barely), but there is no room to pump, so I have to use a screwdriver as the lever, which is a pain, because there is no leverage, and it takes forever...

So I said screw it, and bought an air/hydraulic jack... I have to back the car onto a 2x4, but now I can just push a button, and the car raises by itself

 

couldn't you have just back the car onto 2x4s and used your lowpro jack with the handle and saved yourself some money?

 

Hah....thats great!

 

I would just get blocks of wood and then Jack it. Im on S techs and thats what i do.


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Well, the issue I had was there wasn't enough room to pump. Even when on a 2x4, I could only raise the lever about an inch or so, before it hit my front lip. That wasn't even enough to lift the piston in the jack. That's why I had to use a screwdriver.

That's why I opted for an air-assisted hydraulic jack, so I wouldn't have to pump at all. The jack seat clears fine, it was the jack body that wouldn't clear. However, most of the low-profile "racing" jacks I've seen at stores have a low-clearance jack-seat, but a huge jack body. (Probably because they are the kind that raises the car to the maximum height with minimal pumping)... I measured those, and those jack bodies are actually bigger than my air-jack. That, and for the price of that particular jack, it was basically the same price as my air-jack. Worth every penny in my opinion... I did a brake job on a TL a little while back, and I was able to get the time down to about 10 minutes per side, start to finish, which includes jacking the car, removing the wheels, etc... (Air tools are your friends )

I was just curious if anyone used the loprofile jack on the front/center jack position, to see if I was the only one with issues. (Maybe it's just my jack, I don't know) But when I saw pictures of people using the jacks on the side jack points, that's why I got curious...

 

Raised the car today... that's where i put the floor jack... is it the correct place to put the floor jack?



I saw a white colored dot there so I centered it there.

Pinch welds didn't bend with the jackstands bythabay recommended. Probably because I sort of left the floor jack under the circled part.