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macky

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Registered: 24th Oct 07
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28th Sep 09 at 19:15

nice new toy

boz_gsi

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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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28th Sep 09 at 19:27

iv got the snap on one for low cars its also high lift aswell.. saves lots of pissin around

good buy i sayy

Corsa_Sport21

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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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28th Sep 09 at 19:33

Fuk spending that on a trolley jack.

I'll stick with my £19.99 Lidl jack and a set of rusty axle stands.

Ive had some low cars but have never struggled to get a jack under them either.

a_j_mair

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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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28th Sep 09 at 19:41

just drive the car onto a block of wood if you cant get the jack under it

i used to have to do it all the time with my corsa and that jack wasnt exactly big

Chrissy

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Registered: 28th Jan 06
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28th Sep 09 at 19:47

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Fuk spending that on a trolley jack.

I'll stick with my £19.99 Lidl jack and a set of rusty axle stands.

Safety first and all that.

>>>> Chris <<<<

Sean-B

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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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28th Sep 09 at 20:06

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Fuk spending that on a trolley jack.

I'll stick with my £19.99 Lidl jack and a set of rusty axle stands.

Ive had some low cars but have never struggled to get a jack under them either.

thanks for your input,

I'd rather spend my cash than have my car get damaged by cheap crap. And if you didn't have problems with jacking your car obviously wasn't very low.

Corsa_Sport21

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28th Sep 09 at 20:27

quote:
Originally posted by Sean-B

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Fuk spending that on a trolley jack.

I'll stick with my £19.99 Lidl jack and a set of rusty axle stands.

Ive had some low cars but have never struggled to get a jack under them either.

thanks for your input,

I'd rather spend my cash than have my car get damaged by cheap crap. And if you didn't have problems with jacking your car obviously wasn't very low.

Your welcome.

And yes a few have been pretty low,but theyr are a few ways around it including the block of wood or removing the cup from the jack.

Not knowing how to jack a car up properly is what causes damage to sills etc,thankfully i have never had that problem.

macky

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Registered: 24th Oct 07
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28th Sep 09 at 20:34

imo expensive tools are worth spending the money on

they always get used and last years

if your going to do a job, buy the correct tools and do it properly!

LukeD

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Registered: 23rd Jan 07
Location: Shropshire
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28th Sep 09 at 20:37

had mine for 2years now. bought it as was the only thing i could find to fit under the corsa.

Well worth the money. only problem with mine was the rubber surface thing broke off after a while

Corsa_Sport21

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28th Sep 09 at 20:39

quote:
Originally posted by macky89
imo expensive tools are worth spending the money on

they always get used and last years

if your going to do a job, buy the correct tools and do it properly!

I agree with what your saying about the more expensive tools being worth spending money on but its a trolley jack,they all do the same job.The cheaper versions are 99% just as good.The only advantage being they can go a tad higher.

macky

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Registered: 24th Oct 07
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28th Sep 09 at 20:47

higher is not the only advantage...the main advantage is them being lower to start with, which saves time fannying about with rolling the car onto wood or using a scissor jack first

plus better build quality, lighter, stronger blah blah blah

it's just one of those things that you use so often and want to be able to do the job easliy

Adam_B

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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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28th Sep 09 at 20:57

Ive got one of those, they are ace. Mines a michelin racing trolley jack

Hosted on Fotki

Sean-B

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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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28th Sep 09 at 21:10

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21

quote:
Originally posted by macky89
imo expensive tools are worth spending the money on

they always get used and last years

if your going to do a job, buy the correct tools and do it properly!

I agree with what your saying about the more expensive tools being worth spending money on but its a trolley jack,they all do the same job.The cheaper versions are 99% just as good.The only advantage being they can go a tad higher.

there's always smeone to argue about something!

Why would I want to use wood are take the cup off?? When I can just buy the correct tool. And the point loading caused by that would not be good for the car.

Also I wasn't talking about damaging the sills I was on about when your 'rusty axle stands' give way and go through your car

Corsa_Sport21

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28th Sep 09 at 21:19

quote:
Originally posted by Sean-B

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21

quote:
Originally posted by macky89
imo expensive tools are worth spending the money on

they always get used and last years

if your going to do a job, buy the correct tools and do it properly!

I agree with what your saying about the more expensive tools being worth spending money on but its a trolley jack,they all do the same job.The cheaper versions are 99% just as good.The only advantage being they can go a tad higher.

there's always smeone to argue about something!

Why would I want to use wood are take the cup off?? When I can just buy the correct tool. And the point loading caused by that would not be good for the car.

Also I wasn't talking about damaging the sills I was on about when your 'rusty axle stands' give way and go through your car

"I'd rather spend my cash than have my car get damaged by cheap crap."

Youve just bought a trolley jack,so to me that saying is in relation to a trolley jack and not axle stands.Maybe i was being a tad to serious with the "rusty" comment.They are pretty old tho.Surely if they give way they are going to drop the car down and not go through it though??

A trolley jack is a trolley jack,both do the same job in as good a way.

macky

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28th Sep 09 at 21:21

porn on the lawn

Sean-B

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28th Sep 09 at 21:25

Ok then mate. Have fun with your lidl stuff. I'll have fun with mine

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Stu

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28th Sep 09 at 21:45

I got one of these for when I had my TVR

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Arcan-Aluminium-3-Ton-Low-Lift-Garage-Trolley-Jack_W0QQitemZ160357746414QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment?hash=item25561106ee&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_798wt_939v

Better if your jacking point is quite a way back as they stay lower and flatter for longer! They just weigh a ton tho

DannyB

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28th Sep 09 at 21:47

I've had a Halfrauds own for years now, it isnt shiny and it doesn't look particually nice but it does the job aswell as a £200 one. Think it was about £30.

LeeM

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28th Sep 09 at 22:01

quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
I've had a Halfrauds own for years now, it isnt shiny and it doesn't look particually nice but it does the job aswell as a £200 one. Think it was about £30.

i have halfords stuff at home, and use the expensive gear at college. trust me halfards jacks arent as good as proper gear

DannyB

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28th Sep 09 at 22:02

I know, I use expensive stuff at work. My point really was that there's not much use spending £200 on a jack to use at home every now and again.

Nic Barnes

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28th Sep 09 at 22:03

lolz @ people arguing over a jack. how sad.

Sean-B

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Registered: 1st May 07
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28th Sep 09 at 22:21

I didn't want an arguement

just chuffed with my new toy

davcohen

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29th Sep 09 at 02:41

shame this has turned into an argument, at the end of the day these jacks just make life easier for instance you can rotate the handle if jacking the car up by the rear beam rather then messing around with a normal jack and low entry is just so nice to have when you have a lowered car

Adam-D

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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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29th Sep 09 at 07:15

im not sure how well those alloy jacks like being used on anything but smooth ground.

pow

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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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29th Sep 09 at 07:32

I have a Lidl jack that in 2 years has never let me down

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