Home Car Ramp Recommendations / Experience

SupraWez · 28 Mar 2022 at 19:12

Hey All,

Anyone on here got any experience with the various home car ramps available, not the drive up metal ramps but the home scissor ramps, usually plug with small pump.

Looking at something like this for the garage instead of using jacks and axel stands.

Most of them are portable so could even use them out on the drive too.

Your thoughts and experience is welcome

Thanks

Conscript · 28 Mar 2022 at 20:49

No experience to offer, but everytime I've seen them in use on various motoring YouTube channels, they seem to garner nothing but praise. If you don't have room for a full size lift, they seem to be a great alternative. If I had a garage big enough to use for working on the car, I think it would be the first thing I'd buy...I always find jacking up and supporting the car to be the worst and most tiresome bit of most mechanical jobs.

As far as I know they work off compressed air, so you'd need a compressor and air line too. But they aren't particularly expensive I don't think.

MrKnifey · 28 Mar 2022 at 21:09

I used to have a scissor lift, total nightmare on any form of lowered car unless you have something to drive onto. They were portable, and while in use they were a godsend!

SupraWez · 28 Mar 2022 at 21:29

MrKnifey said:
I used to have a scissor lift, total nightmare on any form of lowered car unless you have something to drive onto. They were portable, and while in use they were a godsend!

Yeah I have seen some folks actually cut them into the garage floor, something that I could do.

MrKnifey · 28 Mar 2022 at 21:35

SupraWez said:
Yeah I have seen some folks actually cut them into the garage floor, something that I could do.

You can do that, not so mobile then! I did consider the type which go on the sills, but ive decided to wait and go for a 2 poster and 4 poster after I rebuild the garage tbh

SupraWez · 28 Mar 2022 at 23:13

MrKnifey said:
You can do that, not so mobile then! I did consider the type which go on the sills, but ive decided to wait and go for a 2 poster and 4 poster after I rebuild the garage tbh

Have you researched some, any worth looking at?

Chris1712 · 29 Mar 2022 at 09:52

QuickJack is the brand that most frequently gets mentioned, they seem solid and do have a low enough profile for most cars.

EddScott · 29 Mar 2022 at 10:37

I've been thinking about getting one of these for a while. My garage isn't wide enough to work on a car so was thinking of a portable lift that I can set up on the driveway.

Those QuickJack lifts look ideal.

SupraWez · 29 Mar 2022 at 10:59

Liking the look of these https://www.quickjacklift.co.uk

SupraWez · 29 Mar 2022 at 11:32

Some other options :-

www.maxjax.com

www.vehiclelifts4home.co.uk/vl4h1-scissor-lift/

www.vehiclelifts4home.co.uk/

SupraWez · 10 Oct 2022 at 13:25

Just a follow up, I ended up going with a QuickJack bundle purchased through VehicleLifts4Home, great bit of kit, would be great for amateur racing too, quick and easy to deploy and use.

Great service, quick delivery and happy answer all my questions etc.

Mobile / Portable Lifts | Vehicle Lifts 4 Home

www.vehiclelifts4home.co.uk

Joxeon · 10 Oct 2022 at 13:33

I keep suggesting a scissor ramp to my dad as he's getting a bit old to be climbing in and out of his pit.

SupraWez · 10 Oct 2022 at 15:44

Joxeon said:
I keep suggesting a scissor ramp to my dad as he's getting a bit old to be climbing in and out of his pit.

The supplier does a nice scissor ramp, goes quite a bit higher than the quickjack, about double the price and I would argue not as portable, would be perfect for a permanent garage install.

The quickjack lifted my GLA no problem which was already quite high being a mini SUV, using the larger supplied blocks in the right place it still lifted and managed to easily get all four wheels off the ground, its really easy to move them into place, get them roughly in position, then raise so almost touching, then adjust position and fully raise.

tweedbean · 10 Oct 2022 at 21:31

Heard some good things about scissor jacks, but as mentioned if you car is low it could be an issue. I went for quickjacks as I am always working on my own projects and refuse to go under a car on just axle stands or jack a car up solely on trolley jacks having seen so many people get it wrong.

I did a little review, if this helps: https://youtu.be/bR0BnqPJk1M

BUDFORCE · 11 Oct 2022 at 07:36

Does it have some form of bar or locking mechanism once they are extended under the car?

sovietspybob · 11 Oct 2022 at 08:26

when i was seriously looking a couple of years ago (before having kids..) i'd settled on a mid lift scissor lift, they were about £1600 at the time as i reasoned they'd give the best access in an at home environment short of a 2 post lift which i didn't have the space in the garage for and they could just be left in place and driven over when not in use. I'd looked at the quick jacks but wondered if they'd be a bit too much compromise as you still need to lug them under the car and connect stuff up and they didn't look that much higher than some decent jack stands?

Greebo · 11 Oct 2022 at 11:29

tweedbean said:
Heard some good things about scissor jacks, but as mentioned if you car is low it could be an issue. I went for quickjacks as I am always working on my own projects and refuse to go under a car on just axle stands or jack a car up solely on trolley jacks having seen so many people get it wrong.

I did a little review, if this helps: https://youtu.be/bR0BnqPJk1M

Great review, made my mind up, thanks

tweedbean · 11 Oct 2022 at 12:11

BUDFORCE said:
Does it have some form of bar or locking mechanism once they are extended under the car?

Yes as it raises, there is a locking bar on both sides with a cam on the end of it, it locks in place at 2/3 points/heights. To lower it again, you raise the ramps slightly with the button, then rotate the cam on the end of the locking pole so it rolls over the locking points and lowers down. You can also use additional axle stands for additional safety on other points on the car if you like for even more safety

Greebo said:
Great review, made my mind up, thanks

Thanks for watch, a creeper is ideal for use with this so you aren't on the cold floor under this. I went for one like this, but they do even more padded ones: https://www.sgs-engineering.com/c40...ikLcJoj23JxRvKRSKxXU_aGCeQ81XygxoCTHcQAvD_BwE