05-22-2007, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by shaman1204
If you don't have ramps, you can do what i did. I went to Home Depot and purchased two 2x10s, had them cut four 18" pieces and four 12" pieces, took them home, screwed them together and had ramps for around $10. The extra four inches all the clearance I needed.
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A set of Rhino Ramps is not much more expensive and you will have them for years.
I encountered one problem. A friend and fellow Boxster owner had visited to observe the oil change process. When I was driving my car off the ramps one of them shot out from under the wheel and nearly hit him. I don't know why it happened. I suspect it was a combination of agressive tire tread pattern and applying a little too much gas.
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05-22-2007, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by KevinH1990
A set of Rhino Ramps is not much more expensive and you will have them for years.
I encountered one problem. A friend and fellow Boxster owner had visited to observe the oil change process. When I was driving my car off the ramps one of them shot out from under the wheel and nearly hit him. I don't know why it happened. I suspect it was a combination of agressive tire tread pattern and applying a little too much gas.
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I have the Rhino ramps too. They are great. But the exact same thing happened to me. When driving back down the ramps the left rear tire spit the ramp out and it went flying almost hitting my cousin. Wheel torque + light weight ramps + smooth plastic surface under the ramps = be careful driving off them.
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05-24-2007, 01:32 PM
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I got the Rhino ramps (used) for $20 -- the 8000 lb ones -- and they work perfectly.
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05-24-2007, 02:38 PM
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i have the ramps too, i dont think they are teh same brand, but they all the same.
my friend came over to change his oil and one slipped as he was trying to back the car onto them, and car was all sideways and scraped all over the bottom of the right side of the bumper, underneath.
i usually try and place them so that the back end is against something like the grooves seperating diff. parts of concrete,worked great so far.
i also first drive the car onto 2 pieces of wood to get the car a littl higher couse otherwise it scrapes on the bottom of the bumper...weird. but those 2 pieces helped and for some reason no more slippage.
so be careful with that definitely
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