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Scissor jack then trolley jack for me, although mine isn't snow plow low.
FAO people with very low cars.
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I'm surprised Nissan let you jack up the GTR
Haha, They don't want you to, in the compartment where the towing eye and wheel nut spanner sits there is space for a jack but you don't get one!
Come to the RR day and ill tell you what I think about Nissan
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Haha, They don't want you to, in the compartment where the towing eye and wheel nut spanner sits there is space for a jack but you don't get one!
Come to the RR day and ill tell you what I think about Nissan
If there is no spare wheel why would you need a jack?
To jack it up at home and change from summer to winter wheels and tyres, new pads, new discs, do general things at home without bending over for nissan.
Whatever the reason, there is an injection molded type space for a jack but they want you to pay silly money to get the chrome plated nissan one with a gtr logo on it.
Engraved with the GT-R logo, this stunning 2kg chrome-plated jack is capable of lifting 1170kg, providing safe and secure under vehicle access.
Price (fully fitted): £197.16
They also sell floor mats for a grand...
Come to the RR day and ill tell you what I think about Nissan
I wish I could, I would dearly love to have a poke around your car, but I have plans that day sadly!
Assuming its the research into, and then design and manufacture of that product, it sounds like a pretty decent project to me. Better than some of the boring essay style projects out there (like mine).
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To jack it up at home and change from summer to winter wheels and tyres, new pads, new discs, do general things at home without bending over for nissan.
Whatever the reason, there is an injection molded type space for a jack but they want you to pay silly money to get the chrome plated nissan one with a gtr logo on it.
Engraved with the GT-R logo, this stunning 2kg chrome-plated jack is capable of lifting 1170kg, providing safe and secure under vehicle access.
Price (fully fitted): £197.16
They also sell floor mats for a grand...
Just like they provide the socket set to change the brake pads.... oh wait, they don't.
Is there a spare wheel option at all? We have the same foam in our cars, the pump and goo comes out and a jack goes in if the customer takes the space saver spare wheel option.
EDIT: Crap handle on that one aswell! I hate it when then are not cranked. Just the thing for the proficient home mechanic... not. Do they give you a spoon to take the wheel nuts off 'cos that would be as much fun as using that jack.
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There is a GTR branded "snap on" tool set but it costs like 700 dollars (not sure about GBP price).
No spare wheel option, no space for one and the car has runflats so no need for any goo.
When I bought the car and was getting the "show the customer everything on the car bit" I saw the hidden tool compartment with loads of space in it and asked where the other bits are and was told jack and tools are an option.
Yeah, I laughed when I saw it and the price. Surprisingly the wheel nut socket wrench is actually pretty good, it doesn't hit the alloy when you use it which is nice.
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Sounds more like GCSE/A level D&T to me...
Same for me although I have been snow plough low
A low jack still needs me to have someone lift the arches a bit to get it under.
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Whats the next part of the project work? Making a wooden rounders bat on a lathe or a ninja star in metalwork?
Buy a jack which fits under the bumper and gets to the front jacking point (lowered DC2 on coilovers.
I use the same jack for the rear but with a block of wood on, as the jacking point is too high to get the distance required between the rear side jacking points and ground if just using the jack.
Sounds very simple tbh, we did a car jack design in one of our First Year modules.
Dissertation was: Production of Nitrogen Doped Graphitic Nanofibres and Mechanical and Electrical Testing of Biomedical Nanofibre Composites.
4th Year Group Project: Variable angle compressed air golf ball cannon able to replicate amateur and professional spin levels.
^ Project was full of win!!!!!!
I use the same jack for the rear but with a block of wood on, as the jacking point is too high to get the distance required between the rear side jacking points and ground if just using the jack.
This is only a small part of the whole project, not to worry
What did you do your dissertation on?
Sounds very simple tbh, we did a car jack design in one of our First Year modules.
Dissertation was: Production of Nitrogen Doped Graphitic Nanofibres and Mechanical and Electrical Testing of Biomedical Nanofibre Composites.
4th Year Group Project: Variable angle compressed air golf ball cannon able to replicate amateur and professional spin levels.
^ Project was full of win!!!!!!