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i highly recommend the blue point lowe rider if u got a low car, but they cost bout $500

....or you could save $450 and buy the cheapo jack and a couple of bricks.

Stick the bricks in front (or behind) the wheels, (depending which end you want to jack up) then drive onto the bricks to slide the jack under :blink:

i highly recommend the blue point lowe rider if u got a low car, but they cost bout $500

totally agree with you there. about 522. blue point long chassis low service jack.

The problem wih those shitty little 30 ones, is they don't go high enough, they have very small cups, and the thing is just so damn flimsy.

If you hvae to go for a cheap one, at least go for one of those 2000-2500 kg ones for abour 150-200$.

they're much stronger, have much larger cups, and are much more solid.

I still don't like those 150-200 ones though, because they're shit. The motion to lower the car is just so crude. I've got one, and I hate it.

When I get the money, i'm going for the bluepoint. either that, or the smaller blue point on - the 'beast' for $438

In all honesty i don't see the need for a $500 jack. Thats money that can be better spent elsewhere.

A small cheapie 1T capable jack and some stands is more than enough for basic servicing, and just about anything else you want to do under the car. As it's small you can fit it under the car even if it's pretty low and you don't need a lot of space for the long handles alot of the race type jacks have (any one with a small single car garage will know what i'm talking about here)

The only time it's not up to the task is if you want the get the car up high enough to swap a gear box. Ramps or a bigger jack and more space is needed then.

I bought this jack from ebay. The best $250 I spent.

This jack is great for low cars and is heavy duty enough to hold the car up for hours.

Ditto - bought a similar one in blue from a guy in Adelaide.

Great unit but I still need to use some blocks to lift the GTR to make it easier to lift at the front.

Don't scimp on the jack - I have acheap 1.5T trolley jack that wasn't up to it.

Got any links to these Blu point jacks ??

never see the long ones in shops i go to .. my mech has one that is about 60mm at the cup.

need something like this for all the work i do on my cars -- cant wait to have a 4 or 5 pump full lift jack rather thana cheapie $40 one that takess 20+ pumps to full lift which is still too low.

See, the thing that people don't realise, is that - the snap on low profile long chassis jack isn't good just because it's low.

Any small $30 shit jack from autobarn will fit under. The problem with those little ones, is they're shit. they're so flimsy. If you use one, firstly, they dont' jack very high, and secondly, if you lean on the car slightly, you'll see how flimsy it is. Try jacking your car up by the cross member with one of those.

The big 2000kg-2500kg jacks are bigger and stronger. Hwoever, the cheap ones ($200ish) are shit. I have one of these at home. IT's hard to let the car down slowly. It seems to drop it. hell, if you want a cheap jack, you can that one if you like.

Snap on - quality. You can let the car down nice and slow. The metal is nice and solid, big strong welds etc.

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Them super cheap jacks are no good they are rated at 1.5 tonnes a skyline is 1.4 to 1.6 , If u want to see a jack break after approx 20 lifts get one. I hope it doesn`t break when u are under the car. Buy the best jack u can afford and it will be with u the rest of your life.

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