Car ramps, to buy or build them?
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Car ramps, to buy or build them?
I was looking at getting ramps to work on my car and change the oil. I was looking at buying ramps but I was wondering if the incline is to steep for a f-body or not high enough. I know I could make a ramps out of 2x12 and just slowly stack them slowly. What do you guys think or have done yourself.
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Off-the-shelf "Rhino" ramps have worked for me for ~15 years now. No problems at all when used with a 4th gen at stock ride height. I don't ever lower my cars though, so I can't offer any experience there.
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I have used rhino ramps for the last 14 years. The car has been lowered for the last 12 years.
As far as sliding as mentioned above, if you are talking about the ramps sliding out as you try and drive up them, I just use a piece of rubberized drawer liners under the ramp (on the smooth concrete in the garage) and have not had any issues. I never had issues with the ramp sliding out while on the driveway itself (not as smooth of a finish).
If the previous post was talking about wheels spinning on the ramps...I have only had this issue when its the drive wheels (i.e.: front wheel drive cars), in that situation, you just have to drive up them a little faster and be ready to hit the brakes.
But if you are willing to spend more money, the race ramps for ~$200 seem like a nice set.
As far as sliding as mentioned above, if you are talking about the ramps sliding out as you try and drive up them, I just use a piece of rubberized drawer liners under the ramp (on the smooth concrete in the garage) and have not had any issues. I never had issues with the ramp sliding out while on the driveway itself (not as smooth of a finish).
If the previous post was talking about wheels spinning on the ramps...I have only had this issue when its the drive wheels (i.e.: front wheel drive cars), in that situation, you just have to drive up them a little faster and be ready to hit the brakes.
But if you are willing to spend more money, the race ramps for ~$200 seem like a nice set.
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I like my Race Ramps. I've had them for 6 or 7 years now. They are great for oil changes and I've even used them for other, more involved projects where some ground clearance helps.
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I have used rhino ramps for the last 14 years. The car has been lowered for the last 12 years.
As far as sliding as mentioned above, if you are talking about the ramps sliding out as you try and drive up them, I just use a piece of rubberized drawer liners under the ramp (on the smooth concrete in the garage) and have not had any issues. I never had issues with the ramp sliding out while on the driveway itself (not as smooth of a finish).
If the previous post was talking about wheels spinning on the ramps...I have only had this issue when its the drive wheels (i.e.: front wheel drive cars), in that situation, you just have to drive up them a little faster and be ready to hit the brakes.
But if you are willing to spend more money, the race ramps for ~$200 seem like a nice set.
As far as sliding as mentioned above, if you are talking about the ramps sliding out as you try and drive up them, I just use a piece of rubberized drawer liners under the ramp (on the smooth concrete in the garage) and have not had any issues. I never had issues with the ramp sliding out while on the driveway itself (not as smooth of a finish).
If the previous post was talking about wheels spinning on the ramps...I have only had this issue when its the drive wheels (i.e.: front wheel drive cars), in that situation, you just have to drive up them a little faster and be ready to hit the brakes.
But if you are willing to spend more money, the race ramps for ~$200 seem like a nice set.
Yea, im sure the newer plastic ones have rubber in the bottom because the company realized that their previous ones were an utter POS.
At least they hold up the cars weight... Hell, I don't even trust that, whenever my car is on them, I still put jack stands on both sides just to be sure...
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Considering how little time it takes to lift the front or rear of my car with a low profile floor jack and a set of jack stands I see no reason for drive on ramps.
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I've done both and it works better than any one on its own.
Bought some cheapo Rhino ramps and added a bit of wood on them to 1) make them taller and 2) extend their ramp length to work with a very low car since it's a less overall incline.
Now I have some nice high ramps (much higher than the rhino ramps) and ended up costing less than it would've been to buy all the wood to do the same. Plus much easier work.
Bought some cheapo Rhino ramps and added a bit of wood on them to 1) make them taller and 2) extend their ramp length to work with a very low car since it's a less overall incline.
Now I have some nice high ramps (much higher than the rhino ramps) and ended up costing less than it would've been to buy all the wood to do the same. Plus much easier work.
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I have used the rhino ramps, but my hawk is too low to use a floor jack first. But I did discover that the car jack that came with the car is perfect, cause it's low. I still prefer to just jack it up, then keep jack stands under the car for safety, and keep ramps under also. Sometimes when I use the ramps, they slide trying to get up on them. I even put the rubber tire chocks in front to try and keep it from moving. I have to tote the floor jack and everything else from a shed. Wish I had a garage.
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Great service and my ramps work perfect now
My ramps are 10+ years old, they sent me the rubber mounts about 3 years ago
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