I need to buy a pair of car ramps and a low level trolley jack. Any advice on whats the best one for the Z in respect to weight tolerance/clearance etc. (i.e. don't want ramps/jack to collapse or take off my stock bumper when driving/jacking up. !) Where do I buy them from and how much do I need to spend ?

 

Thanking you all in advance.

There is a low level trolley jack for sale in Costco (A406 Chingford) its about £60

there's a link somewhere for some DIY ramps. i'll try dig it out....

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showth...highlight=ramps

 

HTH

I use a normal trolley jack and drive onto a bit of wood first.

Ive been down that road trying drive up ramps ect, as rodders said drive on copule bits of wood for clearence. a garage 3 ton trolly £48.jack up and slide in ramps jobs done

I am going to get one of those Draper inflateable jacks.

Don't get the inflatables as they are dangerous. I used them on my Supra and very very unstable as they tend to slip and slide all over the place. Also they are prone to punctures at the slightest sharp surface even like gravel etc.

I use 3x2s to drive up but find I need to put one side by side to cover the wide of the wheels.

 

Go for 4x2s and they should be ok.

 

Only thing I found out though was that some twat has jackd the car up and bent the seam (where floor joins body) at where the jacking point is. Just hope I can beat it back out. Unless it happened with a speed bump although the car isnt lowered.

 

Dave G

What is the correct jack point. The manual shows one in the middle at both ends??

I prob used the wrong one :x:

front centre is the crossmember, rear centre is the diff :)

 

Vijay

There is a low level trolley jack for sale in Costco (A406 Chingford) its about £60

yup thats a beauty like, theyve got that in the Costco up here as well. before that it was a two jack job to lift my car up!

 

Fraser

Hi

 

bought a 2 ton jack on Sat for £13.99 from motoworld.

Just picked up the low level trolley jack from Watford for £49.99. They have a few in stock so hurry if you are after one of these. Just tried it on the Zed and its a dream, as goes right underneath without any clearance problems. I think this is the best investment of my Zed so far.

 

Here's the eBay link and their details:

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8039667683&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1

On there it says a lift load of 3.5t then down below it states 300kg capacity. It couldnt even handle 3 of me. But im sure its just a typo.

 

May get one myself

 

Dave G

I actually questioned that myself and its a typo error. I can confirm its a 3.5 tonne jack as its on the paperwork I received with it.