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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 02:19 AM
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I'm about to drop my car about an inch and shortly there after do a bodykit (probably the CWest CF lip kit) and it just dawned on me that currently, I can barely fit my floor jack under the car as it is, how the hell am I going to jack it up to work on it once I put a kit on it?!

What do you guys do?

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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 05:03 AM
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you can get a board (use a wood block) roll the car over it and stop the car once a tire get right on top of it then slide the jack under the car and jack it up...just remember to put the block back under the tire when you r ready to lower the car back down off the jack...otherwise your jack will get stuck under the car
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 06:25 AM
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i use the stock jack to raise the car a little then i slide my hydraulic jack underneath... too lazy to go buy and cut boards

i will probably go buy a lower profile jack in the coming months.
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 07:56 AM
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how much do these floor jacks go for?....i should need one sooner or later.
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 09:11 AM
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Originally posted by ZZZealous007
how much do these floor jacks go for?....i should need one sooner or later.
I got a 3 1/2 ton floor jack, 2 3 ton jack stands and a creeper from Sears for $99 on sale.
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Old Dec 17, 2003 | 10:06 AM
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i just bought mine from walmart. 2 ton jack and 4 jackstands for like 28 bucks.
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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 03:30 AM
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yeah i don't have a z but on my accord when i had it dropped with the kit everything was a pain in the *** including trying to jack it up, i also used the wood thing, just drove up on to wood, but even driving sucks when the car is slammed, so i raised it up to stock height
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Old Dec 25, 2003 | 08:30 PM
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Originally posted by Moroccan_Mole
i use the stock jack to raise the car a little then i slide my hydraulic jack underneath... too lazy to go buy and cut boards

i will probably go buy a lower profile jack in the coming months.
That is what I have been doing.
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Old Dec 27, 2003 | 03:06 PM
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i thought someone made a jack for this purpose that can go as low a 1.25 inches
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Old Dec 27, 2003 | 04:57 PM
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use a short section of 2x4 and drive your car on top of it.. then use those jacks from Walmart.. it works great!
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