Matej

What kind of low-profile GT racing turbo floor jacks do you gentlemen use?

As I was preparing to raise my car today so I can lower it more, I found out I am unable to force my jack anywhere under it. Thus apparently I am in the market for a more compact floor jack, and am hoping to receive some input.


The jack I have been using looks exactly like this.

Its advertised height is 3.3", although I have been using it with the seat removed. The main problem is actually the wheels and the metal behind them. Being so wide, the jack gets stuck on various things around the lifting points on the car, rendering it impossible to go far enough under

I like how compact these Harbor Freight jacks are, with the roller in the center. Plus they are aluminum, making them decently light.

However, their advertised height is 3.25", which is a bit tall. Would anyone on here happen to know if the seat is removable?

Ideally, I would like to have the same type of jack as the Harbor Freight ones, with a height of 60mm or lower, for under 100$.
Yes, I am aware I will not find that anywhere.


What do you use, friends? I was hoping to compile a list of the lowest jacks available, ramps, and other such trickery, to help me make an informed purchase. Perhaps someone else will find it useful as well.
Cheers!

slomar91

scissor jack with the top swivel part cut off. Use to get it just high enough to get a normal jack under it

Matej

Had that actually, but it broke after a while. Cars with stiff coilovers seem to be tough on scissor jacks.
However, I am not fond of how raising the car has become such an ordeal that I have to use multiple jacks and various contraptions. That is why I would like to have one jack that can do it all.

wannabdr1ftr

Awesome thread, i was just looking for a jack myself.

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SoCalDrifter

i have the same jack as you do but its alittle lower (the red one) and since my car is super low i just roll it up onto thick wood and then jack the car up from there and if one peice isnt hight enough for you then make stairs with the wood so you roll it up higher and get the jack under there always works for me

soreballz

The type of jack your looking for will likely cost upwards of 250 bucks.

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nathanong87

matej, i have two of those harbour friend jacks (the one without the LED light thing). still have to take off the kit though to even attempt to jack the car up from front/rear tow hook. each were like 50$ with a HF coupon.

ideally i'd have these. hit dem switches


maybe portable nitrogen tank? hehe

STEW has this long jack that appears herra low. intriguing. that probably can reach diff no problem and clear most aero.

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statickx991

i do the same thing lol

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deathrace2000

Matej, I have one of the harbor freight jacks with the pad removed. Come get it.

I think it works pretty well on low cars. However, if I recall correctly, I had to drive my car onto a little scrap of wood to get the jack under it. Again, I'm not sure that I remember 100%. Ha.

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ManoNegra

I have the HF aluminum jack
I'm not retard low and I still need to drive the car onto 4x6s

pros:
lower than most regular jacks
can be had for cheap
pretty light so it's easy to whip around
allen key removes the handle which can be use for extra leverage
when breaking bolts loose

cons
cheap and creaky
rollers aren't smooth as nice jacks
doesn't have a nice smooth release like quality jacks
so it's tricky when you want to bring the car down gently
a lot of the bolts are starting to corrode (~1.5 years of ownership)
although I have left it out in the yard for days at times in various occasions

we have really nice heavy duty jacks at work
that go surprisingly low but are big and heavy
oh, and expensive

air jacks are cool but gnarly when they fail

KrazyS13

After seeing that super low jack nathanong87 posted up there I was determined to find one like it! I hate having to use multiple contraptions as well, the scissor jack and HF floor jack are what I use and I'm kinda tired of it..haha

Gonna pick one of these up soon! Maximum lowered height is 2 3/4"..

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hellion240sx

yeah I don't think I;vew seen super low jacks that are under 100 bucks... everyone i've seen are over 100 easy...

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hellion240sx

yeah that cost only 255 not under 100 like the op wanted... looks gangsta as hell though!

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statickx991

^^ that is sick! that thing prolly goes high as sheot to. you could prolly sit indian style under ur slammed car

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towlie

Snap on has a lightweight racing jack.

YA1716, Jack, Hydraulic Service, Low Profile, 2 Ton

At 3" it's low, but not quite low enough

At 375$ it's defianatly top of the line for jacks

I was at HF last week, I'll probably pick up their jack. I'm used to driving onto blocks anyways @[email protected]

roboticnissan

I made ramps that raise a car like 4 inches but are able to be driven on by a car that's 2 inches off the floor.

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90hatchie

2 Ton Low Profile Floor Service Jack
i use this
but i also jack it from the tow hooks so i never have to worry about being too low

ZilviaKid

my old work used to have jacks that were built into the floor, the arms were only an inch off the ground.

literally the greatest shit for lifting lowered cars.

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wh0aitznic0

I use this orange and white heavy ass jack I got from Harbor freight for like $60.

Most of you know how low my car is...I just drive onto little planks of wood and it clears aero and shit.

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energ

got this jack at school.. looking to pick one up when i get some extra cash..
ATD-7325 - 2-Ton Extra Low Profile Service Jack with Swift Lift™ - ATD Tools, Inc.

fueled by hate

2.5 is probably the lowest you can get.

Amazon.com: Omega Blackhawk Low Profile Service Jack - 2-Ton Capacity, Model# 29023: Everything Else

95KA-Turbo

Cheapest and lightest alternative =




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I don't know about you guys, but the 2.5" clearance jacks seem awesome for home use...but I am not lugging a 100+ lb jack to a drift event. If they made an aluminum one that was light weight and low I'd pay 250-300 bucks for it, so long as it didn't shit out as fast as the 60 dollar HF jacks do...luckily you can get a 1-year no questions asked replacement thing through HF for like 19 bucks. You just bring your receipt in and the jack and get a new one. I've used that twice...so I'm technically on my 4th HF jack but have only spent 120 bucks total, haha.



I use my jack a whole lot, I usually do fenders on 5-9 cars a month and I use it on my own car a few times a week (and have been for the past year and some change since I've been rebuilding it). You get used to the release of it, and can let cars down super slow, but they will just all of the sudden stop working. OR something important will break. The little link between the jack handle and the jack internals that lets you tighten and loosen the jack snapped on my last one.

In all of my times of rolling fenders/helping friends with their cars I've only had a handful this jack will not fit under, and a few of them was because of their kits and the owners of those cars actually attached them properly and couldn't just snip them off the car.

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i built some ramps out of 3/4 plywood. just drive up them and stick the jack under.

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Matej

Is the seat on the HF jack removable? If so, I will most likely end up buying the 'Compact' one they sell.

Ramps/wood are fine and dandy, unless the car cannot drive onto them under its own power.

singlecamslam

I have the HF jack. It is what it is, harbor freight, need i continue? I will. The wheel fell off while lifting my car, the release screw stripped off, it leaks so the car will slowly come down, all after 1 year of ownership, but i use the shit out of that jack.

SoCalDrifter

post a picture i wanna see this

andisan

^^I bought the coupon from ebay which lowerd the price to $59.99 and i bought three of them,
one for me and the other two for some friends, it was the lowest profile jack and
the hight is good enough for a clutch job too. specs are 2-7/8" min. - 20-1/16" max
They are a little heavy but i dont think you will be running with them like if you where in a strong man compatition XD

You should buy the coupon on ebay for like $3 bucks and head over to your nearest harbor freight store and get one for
$65 bucks after taxs
i did it and i feel like i robbed them

Oh and i bought the 2 year replacement plan for $10 bucks so ill be good for 2 years

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Om1kron

city tire john's jack can get under my side skirts no problem. I have to drive up on wood, use scissor, and then jack. he just shoves this low low ass jack under my car, puts some wood on the lifting plate and bam my shits in the air.

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kaking

Roll or drive onto wood and a regular jack is how i roll. Sucks if your car isnt running or in a garage though.

95KA-Turbo

The seat is not removable, it just as a small thin piece of rubber that is removable/gets torn into pieces after 3 uses.

That jack barely fits under my diff, but it still fits under the diff...and if my front was 1/2 inch lower it wouldn't fit under my front toe hook. So for me it works just fine.

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