Jacking up lowered cars

I used to use wood blocks on my old merc. Then had to use my small jack to get it up, then put the big jack underneath. The chassis rails were pretty low.

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I'm confused. How do you jack up with a small and then replace with a big jack? Wouldn't the small jack be using the jacking point?
 
First thing: that's not low.

Now for something constructive. Go to Screwfix or Machine Mart and get a cheap scissor jack. They are about 2.5" tall when all the way down. You can put it under a sill or wherever and lift it high enough to get the trolley jack underneath.
 
Jonny69 said:
First thing: that's not low.

Now for something constructive. Go to Screwfix or Machine Mart and get a cheap scissor jack. They are about 2.5" tall when all the way down. You can put it under a sill or wherever and lift it high enough to get the trolley jack underneath.
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Imo its low, its only got 16 inch wheels with low profile tyres. hence the fairly large arch gap. You'd struggle to get a coke can under the chassis rail. let alone the jacking rubber.
 
Gilly said:
I'm confused. How do you jack up with a small and then replace with a big jack? Wouldn't the small jack be using the jacking point?
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With the Evo I jack the side jacking point with the Mitsubishi jack to get the trolley jack under the front jacking point. Either that or drive on a couple of scrap cupboard doors first.

It's a bit odd as even though the Evo isn't as low as the Civic, I could get the trolley jack under the Civic's splitter as it sits higher than the Evo's front splitter.
 
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Even a racing jack wouldn't clear my old car, I had to stage 1" thick planks of wood gradually over half the length of my drive (that was a pain to keep aligned with the wheels!) and then use the racing jack:

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Thomas. PLease. said:
Imo its low, its only got 16 inch wheels with low profile tyres. hence the fairly large arch gap. You'd struggle to get a coke can under the chassis rail. let alone the jacking rubber.
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I assume jonny meant my car, which certainly does not look low in that picture. It's low enough that the cross member sometime scrapes on heavily cambered rods. Maybe it's broken.

Scissor jack is a good idea though.
 
Gilly said:
I'm confused. How do you jack up with a small and then replace with a big jack? Wouldn't the small jack be using the jacking point?
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More often than not you can jack up a car from more places than the jacking point, just a case of having a look under the car for somewhere suitable.
 
I bought a Clarke CTJ1250A for my Elise. 79mm entry height, and the lifting cup is rubber coated so doesn't need a block of wood between it and the car either, further helping things.
 
Gilly said:
I'm confused. How do you jack up with a small and then replace with a big jack? Wouldn't the small jack be using the jacking point?
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I suspect he's referring to the small jack in the spare wheel which hooks onto the cill and doesn't need to go under the car as much, I tend not to use the cill with a big jack, much prefer a chassis member. Got to be careful with a big V6 up front though, not everything box like further in is that structural.
 
I have a Clarke long arm quick lift low-profile jack. Costs a bomb but is super useful when you have low cars and need to be able to get fully under them!
 
thepedster said:
wow, got any more pictures/specs?
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She is Narrowed and Lowerd with a VolksFab 4" Narrowed Adjustable Beam, CB Performance Dropped Spindals at the front and Lowered 1 Inner Spline at the Rear. She Runs a Mildly Tuned 1641 with Pertronix Ignition, Genuine Italian Twin 36 Webbers, 4 into 1 Ceramic Header and QuitePack. She Had a full 5 Page Feature with Centre Page Poster in VolksWorld Magazine June 2006.

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