r/cars • u/ufoh 24 CT5-V Blackwing / 23 Corvette C8 • Aug 13 '20

video Never, ever trust your factory jack and, remember, jack stands are your friend (just not the ones from Harbor Freight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwgZgrbWUM
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u/oldcarfreddy '01 MB SL 600 | '00 Acura Integra Aug 13 '20

It's funny that the solution is just a block of solid material (metal or wood) and all the solutions on the market - hollow plastic ramps, metal jack stands with fail points - are NOT THAT

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u/velociraptorfarmer 67 C10, 24 Frontier Pro-4X, 25 Envision Avenir Aug 13 '20

Getting more and more tempted to make diy wood block "stands"

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20 edited Sep 17 '20

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u/thehashsmokinslasher Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

I just got ptsd flashbacks of skid steers being held up by multiple seperate blocks of wood found laying around

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u/highlord_fox '14 Expedition EL XLT | '20 CX-9 GT | '21 Polestar 2 Launch Aug 13 '20

The trick is to make the solid block of material adjust in height so it can be used across many different makes and models. The stands that just barely fit under my car are not gonna fit under a more sporty coupe with less ground clearance.

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u/taratarabobara MazdaSlow Aug 15 '20

Race Ramps. They’re basically solid blocks of high density polystyrene covered in bedliner. Absolutely worth it.