Jacking up the car-options...

**ACURA95** · 07-05-2004, 11:13 AM

Wow, I just noticed when this thread was started. I bet you could probaly give me advice on the best way to do this

**Prometheus** · 07-05-2004, 06:18 PM

Best place i can think of is the a arms. Just put the jack under the shock mount point and start cranking. It`ll compress the spring some, but it`s probably the most stable point on the fron end of the car,

**zey** · 10-08-2004, 11:11 AM

Prometheus, is A arm the same as control arm? Is it OK if I place the jack on the A arm but on the side nearer to the engine?

**Alfisti** · 10-28-2004, 08:31 AM

Our detailing business just bought one of these. Its called the Carter 125. One person can air jack a car to head height and wheel it around the workshop by themselves! Its brilliant! No more bending over or having trouble accessing wheel wells, etc.

The only site I can find is this one at the moment...I`ll keep looking. Its manufactured in Australia but I believed its marketed internationally.

Click here

**Alfisti** · 10-30-2004, 09:56 AM

Ok...it`s called the Cartar 125, not Carter 125. No wonder I had trouble finding their website.

Website here.

BTW, I believe the `125` part of the name is the collapsed height - 125mm or 5 inches. Fits under anything.

**MikeWinLDS** · 11-03-2004, 10:18 AM

Originally posted by wifehatescar

B. jack up one side of the car as if to rotate tires.

I just rotated the tires on my car yesterday afternoon. I had the car standing on 3 jack stands (in the past I had 4, but I found a place in the back in the middle where I can put in 1 instead of putting 2 on the sides of the back). It had to be all the way off the ground to rotate all 4 tires. How are you doing it by only jacking up one side?

Here`s another question though: How do people jack up their car when they have them lifted like 1, 2, or more feet off the ground? I`ve never seen any jacks around local chain stores, hardware stores, etc. that go that high. What if they get a flat on the highway or something?

**huangdong28** · 11-13-2004, 07:50 PM

Here`s a more economical one, available in both fixed and portable versions

http://www.asedeals.com/low_rise_lifts.html

also look at their mid-rise lifts, not a lot more

**Alfisti** · 11-14-2004, 06:24 AM

A unique feature of the Cartar 125 is that you can wheel the car around the workshop by one person while its jacked up.

The jack`s not just portable, the car on the jack is portable.