Hey how do you guys jack up your car when your car is lowered with a kit? The stock Infiniti Jack doesn't work without hitting the side skirts and where do you go for oil change now?

 

On my lowered eclipse I'll set the tire on top of a 2x4 wood to get a scissor jack beneath.

 

I had a piece of 1" angle iron (Home Depot)I cut to a 3" length & put the " v " part into the slot on the jack.The open part now cradels the body seam where the jack ususlly would go.

 

get a piece of wood, 2x6 or wider, and drive your car on top of that. Those two inches should give you original hieght back and allow you to use the factory jack. I would suggest buying a nice 1 ton floor jack and jack stands if you plan to do any work under your car. I don't know if I trust the stock jack with my life while I'm under the car messing around.

Hooman

 

any mechanic shop that's been open for a while or does performance cars (like vettes, vipers, nsx, etc) should know how to use a few pieces of wood and drive on those to get your car on a lift. My old M3 was dropped 2.5 inches and I always had to use pieces of wood to get my car on a lift.

Hooman

 

The problem isn't the height of the car,It's that the side skirts hang lower to the ground & when the scissor jack opens up it hits the bottom inner side of the side skirt.It's just the angle of the jack to the side skirt.By putting somthing between the jack & the car,it clears the side skirt.

 

Yea I had a hard time trying to figure out how. Thanks for the tips. I guess I will be going to my old shop to change the oil now. It is such a hassle to jack the car up now.

 

1. buy a electric jack and jack it up from the frame =)
2. drive it up a phone book
3. jack up the rear using the diff to jack up the front lol