Crazy idea...

[eightsandaces]

That depends, can this jack raise the car high enough for stands to be placed without the use of another jack or are you simplifying the 2 jack method? Same one I use..

If it raises the car high enough and you can locate it without creating problems in the related area, I'd go for that center support where Bentley suggests you jack it up..

[landrovered]

I believe they will raise the car by eight inches. Not quite full work height but enough to do tire changes, work on the suspension, easily get it on a shop lift and a lot of other convenient things.

Once my car is lowered I will have to jack it on each side to get a shop lift under it.

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by landrovered

I believe they will raise the car by eight inches. Not quite full work height but enough to do tire changes, work on the suspension, easily get it on a shop lift and a lot of other convenient things.

Once my car is lowered I will have to jack it on each side to get a shop lift under it.

Or used a bunch of staggered 2X8 or 2X10 pieces to stair-step the car up the necessary space.

IMHO, the air jacks are a silly idea - waaay too much hassle to install for waaaay too little benefit. They will raise the car 8" Minus whatever height above ground they start at. In Racing use, all these things need to do is raise the car an inch or two to clear the tire for changes. Plus, they are not reliable to crawl under at all.

Cheers!

[kabel]

fine idea if cost is no object. a single inboard air jack unit usually runs about $450
I guess you would need at least three if not four.

Then there is the matter of engineering them into location in the frame that can handle the load, and have the internal clearance...

I have always thought that some kind of airbag lift system would be handy, and easily implemented. But it would have to raise the car high enough to get jack stands under it. Trying to jack the car up when it is less than two feet from a wall or another car is not fun.

[landrovered]

The coolest on vehicle lift I have seen is on the Bowler Nemisis.

Granted it is an offroad racer but what a great idea.

[eightsandaces]

Just to dovetail onto my pal lil b's point, I don't know if he would agree but IMO, there is no jack safe enough for me to lay under without safety stands. I have a mechanic friend who was almost crushed doing that and as a professional he had the best @#$% jack money can get, a stand can't leak.


PS With the spoiler lip, I scrape occasionally despite my persistent efforts to be exceptionally careful, luckily, nothing has left a mark. Since I'm always crawling in or out of parking place with inclines on the way in, I could never imagine the Box any lower. Where I live you would tear it up for certain.

[landrovered]

I dropped a Discovery off a high lift onto the brakes once, I NEVER work on a vehicle without jack stands in place. With my land rovers the clearance is 11" under the diffs so I don't have to jack anything to work under them but the Boxsters scare the hell out of me because my head will not fit under it in any position unless the car is raised.

[eightsandaces]

Originally Posted by landrovered

I dropped a Discovery off a high lift onto the brakes once, I NEVER work on a vehicle without jack stands in place. With my land rovers the clearance is 11" under the diffs so I don't have to jack anything to work under them but the Boxsters scare the hell out of me because my head will not fit under it in any position unless the car is raised.

I understand, I should have photographed mine well I was working on it. Talk about overkill, I think I had five or six stands under it...