Heiss M3

Does anyone here have access to a good lift?

A couple buddies and I are going to install my straight downpipes in the next week or two and I really dont want to attempt the job without a lift.

I've heard of some people doing the swap on jackstands but I hear it takes several more hours, broken backs, 1000 curse words, and many more beers.

But all that aside, just wondering if any of you guys have and would be willing to let us use your lift for several hours while we try to tackle this tedious job.

Thanks - lemme know,
Micah

VanillaThrilla

Please, don't do any serious work underneath the car when it's on jackstands.... if for no other reason than what happened to big Dave (MyClone)

Heiss M3

Exactly, I dont want to risk anything like that, hence why im trying to see if I can use someones lift for an afternoon or so. That would be much safer.

VanillaThrilla

Why don't you just get a couple good ol' boys and a few cases of beer and have them hold the car up for you?

Have you considered ramps if you can't score a lift? I may have access to a lift but I hate to abuse that source.

Heiss M3

We could probly do ramps, i'd need ramps with a low degree of incline because my car is dropped so much haha. The ones at Advanced Auto are too steep to clear my bumper .

Anyways, thats a good idea, maybe we can get a good set of ramps and work like that.

cootees

I don't have access to a lift right now.. but I should have a 2 post towards the end of the year. It won't help you right now though.

Heiss M3

Ohwell haha. Will u have a permanent 2 post or are you just renting/borrowing it?

If you'll own it, and have it for a while, I may need it later on when it comes time to pull my motor and get the bigger turbos in.

HatefulMechanic

yet another time to be a dick...but from what i gathered, they were not on a sturdy surface.


jackstands are perfectly fine if they are used correctly, however, i personally have known three people to be killed by what they were working on when the stands collapsed. all instances they took a shortcut that normally wouldnt have happened, and poof.

VanillaThrilla

I personally find that to be irrelevant. It's an unnecessary risk that can be prevented IMHO by not using them to do heavy work.

Cobra4B

I agree... you just have to know how to use them and not cut corners. Lifts can fail too.

What happened to "big dave"?