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Old 02-15-2011, 08:53 AM
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I know it sucks working on a car on jack stands....i personally have never worked with a car lift but how many people out there work under jack stands compared to a car lift....just curious
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My buddy owns a shop about 3 miles from my house. So I'm spoiled and I use his lift whenever I'm doing something big.
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Im stuck with the jack stands unless i want to drive 45 mins away for a lift. They do alright for me though. Makes me feel not as lazy haha
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We obviously use lifts are work but personally I've always used jack stands. Used them on every car/truck I've owned. After working on them so long, it's hard to get used to working with a car on a lift.

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Bettin 95% percent are like me and use stands, lift would be nice, but you gotta have the money and the space.
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I have always used jack stands myself. Was a little unnerving at first having all that car above ya when you're laying down lol. But I have gotten used to it and they are very cheap to acquire.
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I used to use jack stands but now I use the lifts at the auto hobby shop on base. Even for simple things like an oil change, it's so much nicer to not have to crawl under the car anymore.
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At the current time I use jackstands but thats only because I dont have a lift
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The overwhelming majority of people use jackstands, since lifts aren't in everyone's budget.
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thats good i dont mind the jack stands its all i have ever done in college next year at UNOH i will be using car lifts which wont be to bad considering i can work on my car there
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Any wheel that doesn't need to be unloaded, goes on the
Rhino ramps. I can do a racing lift and get both wheels on
one side up, them go to the other and do the same. But
I have a 'vert which gives a decently stout lift point in
the middle. I have four Rhino ramps which gives me
enough height for exhaust / trans / etc.
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I use a combination of rhino ramps and jack stands.
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Originally Posted by jimmyblue
Any wheel that doesn't need to be unloaded, goes on the Rhino ramps.
Ditto. Either ramps or jackstand. And PLEASE don't cheap out on jackstands, not something you want to get from eBay on the cheap.



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