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Old 05-14-2008, 12:48 AM
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Okay, that comment is a little bit ridiculous. So i guess the school that collapsed and buried 900 kids alive fits into your equation how?
well if they didnt fit in then it would have only been like 9,100 instead of 10k.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 9000th01ss
Heres a short video, take one because it was getting dark. I could have kept doing it until I got it perfect, but this was a quick set up and go, just for this thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjKVyJRopZk
seriously, you must have long legs because i can barley touch the pedals with my head out the window looking at the tires/ramp. and the damn mirror is in the way.
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This is the proper way to work on vehicles. Very safe.

Old 05-14-2008, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by troopercar
This is the proper way to work on vehicles. Very safe.

Haha.

Well anyways, I bought some cheap ramps at Pep Boys and supposedly they came with these anti-slip pads you attached to the ramps but they still slipped. I'll tell you what, that was some horse crap.

So I went to Home Improvement and bought a 12' long thick board and cut it in half. Used the two 6' boards and wedge them between the house base/frame in the garage and the ramps to hold them in place. Works good for me! Little practice and you'll get the hang of it. Just take it easy haha.
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Originally Posted by slayerized6
seriously, you must have long legs because i can barley touch the pedals with my head out the window looking at the tires/ramp. and the damn mirror is in the way.
No I'm 5'9"
The few people who I've let drive that car say I drive with the seat too far forward so I don't know.

Actually in the video I made you might notice the ramps aren't even. I hit the end of the passenger side ramp, but was hardly on the back stop for the drivers side. If I were to do anything I would have repositioned them.

Someone else mentioned opening up the door to help. I tried it and it feels unsafe.
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Originally Posted by m6speed
jack up the car by the subframe connector and slide a ramp under the wheel. no point in wasting time trying to drive up them with an m6 car.

Wow, thats ingenious! Right now I drive a FWD car, and I dread the time I have to drive up "the ramp" F body will be on the way this summer.




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