Not so much to my car, but for my car...bought myself one of these.
I already have a standard Halfords jack, and there's nothing really wrong with it after 10 years or so of service. However, it doesn't go low enough to go under my car without the car being driven onto blocks of wood first, whilst it also doesn't go high enough to lift my girlfriends car high enough to get the wheel off comfortably unless the jack itself is raised with blocks of wood. I was getting tired having to lug timber around every time I wanted to jack a car up, so time for a low profile jack.
Halfords do a low profile version of the jack I currently have which might have done the job too - but, the Advanced one has features of some of the better jacks on the market - quick lift using a foot-pedal, an upright handle so you can jack the car from a standing position, and it's generally just built more ruggedly. It weighs as much as the moon, so iut can't be picked up easily - however, decent castors and the long handle means you can just drag it around fairly easily. Hopefully, it will save a fair bit of effort overall, and given that I do lots of jobs on the cars myself, I'm hoping it's a good investment.
For the price, I'd say it stacks up pretty well against some of the big name brands. I've always been impressed with Halfords Advanced range tools anyway. Hopefully we'll see how much easier it makes things over the coming weeks, as both cars are due brake pads changes fairly soon.
I already have a standard Halfords jack, and there's nothing really wrong with it after 10 years or so of service. However, it doesn't go low enough to go under my car without the car being driven onto blocks of wood first, whilst it also doesn't go high enough to lift my girlfriends car high enough to get the wheel off comfortably unless the jack itself is raised with blocks of wood. I was getting tired having to lug timber around every time I wanted to jack a car up, so time for a low profile jack.
Halfords do a low profile version of the jack I currently have which might have done the job too - but, the Advanced one has features of some of the better jacks on the market - quick lift using a foot-pedal, an upright handle so you can jack the car from a standing position, and it's generally just built more ruggedly. It weighs as much as the moon, so iut can't be picked up easily - however, decent castors and the long handle means you can just drag it around fairly easily. Hopefully, it will save a fair bit of effort overall, and given that I do lots of jobs on the cars myself, I'm hoping it's a good investment.
For the price, I'd say it stacks up pretty well against some of the big name brands. I've always been impressed with Halfords Advanced range tools anyway. Hopefully we'll see how much easier it makes things over the coming weeks, as both cars are due brake pads changes fairly soon.
