what can i use to support the car besides jackstands?

[Farbin Kaiber]

cinder blocks with wood over them works well enough for working on stuff.

Crumbly concrete support FTW? I'd suggest "Firefighter cribbing" over wood and cinder blocks all day long. Or an airbag of the rear end of a Peterbuilt and a 2 gal compressor on meth.

[Brian D]

Chock it up to ignorance man. The guy meant no harm.

Safety is key guys - go way overkill if you need to.

You're right I know, but there is so much bad advice given on all these forums-this could kill someone. If someone were to die because of something I suggested on the internet, I couldn't live with myself.

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[Turf1600]

And you guys suggesting cinder blocks.....

Chock it up to ignorance man. The guy meant no harm.

Safety is key guys - go way overkill if you need to.

[Brian D]

Do NOT work under a car without jackstands. Let's not have a thread like this......

http://www.syty.net/forums/showthread.php?t=46822

Real guy, real bad mistake, and he paid for it with his life. His wife is on her own now.

And you guys suggesting cinder blocks....think about the advice you're giving.

[delatlanta1281]

i really really need my jackstands to work on my car but they are currently supporting my wrecked parts car.
is there ANYTHING i can buy on the cheap that i can use to keep the car raised in the air like it is now? I dont want to use bricks cause thats a lot of bricks to use, i still need to pull the tranny, diff, and subframe so i need at least that much room to work under....any ideas?

thanks

a mechanic with a lift..... clearly you don't belong under a car.

[diegom6]

i thought this was a good idea (this pic always cracks me up)

hahaha, that pics must be somehwere over here...classic watch this in my country. 8-)

[Boomerang]

i thought this was a good idea (this pic always cracks me up)

[Turf1600]

Have your friends hold the car up while you're working on it.

[FredK]

Sweet! If the round trip is 34 miles, and your car gets 26 mpg, and a gallon of regular costs four bucks, the roundtrip will only cost $5.23!

[Boomerang]

i didnt realize jack stands were so cheap, ive used the craftsman ones my dad bought some odd years ago
there is a harbor freight about 17 miles away from me :)

[thejimlab]

cinder blocks with wood over them works well enough for working on stuff.

Never, ever a good idea. Cinder blocks will fail without warning. If you lack $20 for stands, go find some logs.

[Charlie]

I've got a couple of OEM "widowmaker" jacks you can use, should be a blast.

-Charlie

[diegom6]

spares tires

[AndrewBird]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=38846

$19 a pair. Buy them NOW before you kill your self.

[ethree]

On second thought, where are you in the bay area? Do you want/need to borrow the set that I'm not using?