A good floor jack adapter for pretty cheap.

[Tool Pants]

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[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

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Hi,

That's the EXACT Jack Pad I have too... works Great, with the exception that the combination of my Floor Jack (Craftsman 3.5 Ton) with the Jack Pad is about 2mm taller than my '99 when the Jack is fully retracted - no problem - I use the Scissor Jack from my 240Z to raise the Boxster an inch, then slide the Floor Jack & Pad under. Once I'm done, the Car doesn't settle 'til it's driven, so the Jack slides right out. I have considered shaving the 2mm with a File from the Center Prong on the Jack Pad, but so far have been too lazy to do it. I particularly like the Nylon spacer rather than a Rubber one - more robust...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[deliriousga]

Tool Pants....Where did you get that one? I like it better with the larger disc.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by deliriousga

Tool Pants....Where did you get that one? I like it better with the larger disc.

John,

Sorry to Hi-Jack the thread, but I got mine from Pelican: http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/PORS/POR_PORS_PTOOLS_pg1.htm Listed as Floor Jack Pad about 2/3 down the Page =- there's a Pic link to it there also. Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[deliriousga]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

John,

Sorry to Hi-Jack the thread, but I got mine from Pelican: http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/PORS/POR_PORS_PTOOLS_pg1.htm Listed as Floor Jack Pad about 2/3 down the Page =- there's a Pic link to it there also. Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Hijack away. The more great tools the better.

Here's a pic of a fantastic jack stand pad. A guy on the 928 forums had it fabricated for him, but very expensive. I'd love to get a ton of them made and sell them, but there are so many different size jack stand heads.

[deliriousga]

A shot of just the adapter:

[Tool Pants]

I bought my jack pad years ago direcly from Paul Wilding on ebay. He had no web site back then and the pad was not on the aftermarket, like Pelican parts, as it is today. I looked at other pads and liked this one the best after looking at all the other pads that were on the market back then.

It has seen used on our work on cars days. If you cannot slide your floor jack under the car then we lift up on the fender to get the clearance, rather than driving up on wood.

Jacking up a car with the plastic side skirts can present a problem so you do not crack the plastic. I have used my jack and this pad on those cars with no problem.

[mjw930]

Originally Posted by deliriousga

A shot of just the adapter:

John,

That looks perfect and I think you could fabricate one, without welding, using parts found easily at your local home depot / lowes. To make it easier I'm thinking about fabricating something using boxed aluminum, aluminum sheeting, aluminum tubing and a bolt.

Take a piece of 1" (1/4" thick) box aluminum, cut to 4 equal lengths (at the width of you jack stand mounts)
Cut the bottom off the box to create a U with a 1" top and sides
Cut a square (or round) plate from 1/4" aluminum plate that's the width of your jack stand tops (the same length as the U brackets you just made)
Drill a hole in the center of the plate and U bracket
Cut a 1" piece of 1/2" ID tubing
Assemble the plate in this order, U bracket, Plate and tubing
Bolt it all together using a 1/2 x 2" bolts with Nyloc nuts

If made correctly they shouldn't need to be welded to the jack stands, they should stay in place under the weight of the car and have no side to side movement.

Using aluminum makes the fabrication easier and since the load is being transfered to the steel jack stand mount through 1/2" of aluminum the chances of it bending are about zero.


I now have a project for some rainy weekend