How good are our cars jacks?

[backtrail69]

I bought that same jack that you did Josh at Costco and I found that I can only get it under the front frame rails, but it wont fit under from the front.

[Jand3rson]

Yeah, the only place I'll use it is on a flat hard surface, and just for lifting my car up enough to get the jack underneath. But I haven't tried my new jack on the front end yet, so I might not even need to anymore.

[nando]

I used the stock jack to change tires on ice once.. it was a bit scary, but it worked. :D

[e30_kid89]

stock jack is OK, but it is sometimes too unstable on uneven surfaces from my experience...and once i had a mental lapse and opened the drivers door with hte jack still there under it...one dent later in my door i learned my lesson:sad:

[M42Technik]

I recently had a flat.

I had to lift my car with the stock jack on an angled piece of asphalt. The jack was too high to get under it. I put it in sideways at a 30 degree angle and jacked the car up.

Got the car to a high enough point to put the spare tire under the car, dropped the car onto the spare, and readjusted the jack, got the car up, swapped out the flat one.

And I forgot to use my wheel chock. Had the tire patched and did it again today. I think its hella good for the job. But thats just me.

[Purdue89E30]

I would say that it's a pretty good stock jack, i like it a lot more than the pain in the ass scissors jack my old Honda had but it's not really meantto be used all the time. I used mine a lot and it eventually stopped working.

[uofom3]

stock jacks suck

[e30devo]

i will never use a factory jack again. they scare me.

[Jscotty]

Lucky that side of the rear suspension was out so instead of having my hand cut in half by the rear rotor and floor, it just bounced off my hand and did no damage.

That has always been my biggest fear. I am not worried as much about the car completely falling on me as much as that brake rotor on the concrete with my hand in between.

[equate975]

Like the time your car dropped off the jack "unexpectedly" after swapping the front suspension? :)

Brant dropped his car on my hand because he turned the floor jack handle the wrong way....

Lucky that side of the rear suspension was out so instead of having my hand cut in half by the rear rotor and floor, it just bounced off my hand and did no damage.

[RedHoodRidah]

While we are on the subject of jacking... what about the 760? Someone told me that it has jacks built into the frame so that a tire can be changed easier. I don't know if this is a rumor or if they have this on a different car. But that would be a cool mod to add to an E30.. especially the ones that are too low to get the jack underneath it.

Are you saying that the 760 has them like some trucks do? If so thats neat but to make it work on a e30 will require some real dude sweat and lots of elbow grease.

[Jscotty]

While we are on the subject of jacking... what about the 760? Someone told me that it has jacks built into the frame so that a tire can be changed easier. I don't know if this is a rumor or if they have this on a different car. But that would be a cool mod to add to an E30.. especially the ones that are too low to get the jack underneath it.

[RedHoodRidah]

I need a new one. Mine will go half way and then just stop working. If you even try to turn it a little tiny bit the car just shakes. I made sure to take it out of my trunk and get a floor jack from the zone.

[e30Matt]

I don't trust the factory jack near as far as I can throw it. But there are times when you just have to use it!

Like the time your car dropped off the jack "unexpectedly" after swapping the front suspension? :)

[Stu]

I don't trust the factory jack near as far as I can throw it. But there are times when you just have to use it!