what can i use to support the car besides jackstands?

[GaryE30]

I recommend using toothpicks, they've proven themselves in the past for me.

[einstein57]

lol. I gonnah order a spanking new one this time. I've decided to get a job in about 7 months so i'm probably going to start depleating my savings accounts. The real question is m20 2.8 turbo or 2.8 stroker and fresh paint and mtech 2 body kit.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Yup i need another one.

You lie. Your gonna end up like 92 mtechnic cabrio. I can see your sig....


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[sleepswithe30s]

Honestly dude, Cut up railroad ties work, IF you have them lying around. But might aswell just get Jackstands. They are sooooo cheap now.

[einstein57]

The three packs are like a buck a condom. Adds up. Thats money that could go towards my new dash. Yup i need another one.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I buy mine in bulk. Works out to 25 cents each ;)

Imagine if you had to pay full pop for the 10 you use a year.

[einstein57]

Well if you have a good set of jackstands underneath the parts car, get the ghetto ones at HF or Sears (like $17 a pair, come on) and switch em out.

If you have to pull the subframe and trans, you DON'T want to use shit jackstands. Come on dude, would you use 19 cent rubbers to protect yourself from HIV? Sears SUV 3 ton jackstands are like $20 a pair on sale.

I buy mine in bulk. Works out to 25 cents each ;)

[mudflaps]

The oem jack that comes with the e30 is the most unstable piece of shit ever. I had my car fall off of it a few yrs ago. And no, I dont use it as a stand, only as a method of jacking the car up in the event of a flat.

[Boomerang]

alright just got back from harbor freight, they have lots of odd tools ive never seen before, i wonder if the aluminum jacks they had are safe, i really need one for on the side of the road emergency situations since my craftsman one is like 40 pounds and way too big, the handle is too damn big as well even off the jack >_<

[uofom3]

eh....find Harbor Freight and buy jack stands cheap.

truth... 4 jackstands for 16$

[makaio]

Not only should you use jack stands, but in the Bay Area you should always have a secondary back-up just in case. I watched a Porsche 911 fall off 4 perfectly good jack stands in San Jose once during an earth quake.

[Farbin Kaiber]

( walks to deep freezer hidden in seceret basement side room looking for "new" automotive tools )

[Skoobeesnak]

You could always use a severed human head. I am sure you have a few of those lying round not doing much.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Here, just a little more to think about before climbing under a car without jackstands-

http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showpost.php?p=247351&postcount=30

Imagine your wife or girlfriend posting that. Imagine your parents coming home to find you crushed under your car.

Sorry, I'm an old fart with 2 boys the age of a lot of you guys. I've made sure they are fully aware of the dangers of working under a car. Can't help preaching a little.

I agree wholeheartedly. I work in the field. Seven years ago I watched a Mercedes Benz Dealer Tech roll a 1989 560 off an alignment rack and sandwitch his sternum between a front bumper and a concrete shop floor. The bumper only allowed his chest about 2 in of space. The rest squirted out all over the shop. I still have nightmares about that. It is one thing to see these pics and text, but another all together to see it happen 15 feet away as your selling a waterpump on an infiniti i30. I check the load about 10 times before I crawl under a car.


What about the one time a rookie tech dropped a ranger of a two post lift onto his toolcart. Thats another story all together.




I'm not an old fart though.

Another thing, I never, NEVER work on a car alone. Even if its my future wife sitting in the garage painting her nails. And always keep a cordless phone within reach, or a cell phone.

[Brian D]

Here, just a little more to think about before climbing under a car without jackstands-

http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showpost.php?p=247351&postcount=30

Imagine your wife or girlfriend posting that. Imagine your parents coming home to find you crushed under your car.

Sorry, I'm an old fart with 2 boys the age of a lot of you guys. I've made sure they are fully aware of the dangers of working under a car. Can't help preaching a little.