CranMaro99

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Well, as my car currently sits (stock suspension with oem RS body "kit"), it is somewhat hard to use my buddies hydraulic lift even at my stock ride height. That is, the arms that lift the car barely clear the bottom of the car by a millimeter or so. It is a very close fit.

Within a few months I plan on installing my suspension that is sitting in my room (strano springs one of the parts.)

This got me wondering... What do you lowered guys do to lift your cars now?

I'm assuming the only way is to jack up the car before you jack up the car, lol.

Any tricks I may be missing? Jacking it up manually is already a PITA as well.

WS6 Rampage

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lol,.. lift on the fenders while your racking.

'Trust'

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put some blocks of wood on the lift between your car and the arms so you don't crush your side skirts, then lift by the fenders.

mikeljohnson03

+1 Had to do that with my stock TA when i put it on the hoist. either previous owner lowered it or its time to replace shocks.

02Z28LS1

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worn out shocks will not cause the car to sit lower

PewterScreaminMach

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You could always put a few 1" pieces of wood down where each wheel is sit and drive up onto them when you get the car in place. That should take care of the lowering part of your problem. And if it clears now, you should be good to go. Just make sure you get pieces of wood with a big enough area so that you don't need to have precision accuracy when placing them and there is a little room for error, if you know what I mean.

Just my $0.02.

mikeljohnson03

Any suggestions as to why it sits so low then?

SS#1531

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Drive up onto some 2X6's placed at each tire. That should give you enough height to get the lift arms under there.

thmass6

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I jack the car up manually to get the hydraulic lift arms underneath it. It's a PITA, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

slingshot928

I just pick up the fenders, it usually works. There is a floor jack from mac tools that is probably the slimmest jack you will every see, except it is around 300 bucks.

PewterScreaminMach

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Basically what I was going for. I guess the 2x6's would work very well.

'Trust'

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It's probably lowered, or you have worn out springs.

02NHRAtransAm

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we made ramps out of some 2X4S and just drive the vehicle onto them and the lift it off of the ramps

SS#1531

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Yeah same thing. 1X's stacked in a step pattern would create a nice little ramp effect.

ghettosled

i just eat a can of spinach and pick up the car.



... or use scrap wood as a ramp like everyone else.

02Z28LS1

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maybe the previous owner cut out some coils on the springs, or replaced them with some lowering springs.....but shocks have absolutely nothing to do with the ride height of the car, their one and only job is to control the amount of vertical movement there is while the car is in motion. the only exception to this would be the Koni shocks and others like them, that have a lower perch setting that helps to lower the car some, and adjustable coil-overs.....but coil-overs would be readily apparent just by looking at them.

mikeljohnson03

Huh i guess i`ll have to take a look at my springs then.

Badguy7

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Yup, that's what my brother-in-law does when we do an oil change @ his shop. That's just on stock suspension, does clear a bit but we do it just to have no problems at all.

S P E E D

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