I'm looking into different options on how to raise my car up for oil changes and such. Here are the options I'm concidering...
1. Rhino ramps are usually 8.5" high, which I don't think is enough. They're cheap and easy to use but I think the underside of the car is gonna be right in my face when I'm trying to work.
2. Jacking the car with a floorjack and putting jackstands underneath. This mehod will give me plenty of clearance but I have no clue where safe jacking points on my car are. The shop manual doesn't say anything other than how to use the sissor jack that comes standard with the car. Also where are the right points to put the jackstands?! I'm paranoid about punching a big whole right trough a floor board.
3. A big ramp that I can drive right over. The kind of ramps they use at dealerships to show the undersides of cars. I've been looking but I can't find something like that anywhere. Are they even sold to the public? If anyone knows where I can score one of those, that would be super.
If anyone has real world experience on this subject please share your exploits.
1. Rhino ramps are usually 8.5" high, which I don't think is enough. They're cheap and easy to use but I think the underside of the car is gonna be right in my face when I'm trying to work.
2. Jacking the car with a floorjack and putting jackstands underneath. This mehod will give me plenty of clearance but I have no clue where safe jacking points on my car are. The shop manual doesn't say anything other than how to use the sissor jack that comes standard with the car. Also where are the right points to put the jackstands?! I'm paranoid about punching a big whole right trough a floor board.
3. A big ramp that I can drive right over. The kind of ramps they use at dealerships to show the undersides of cars. I've been looking but I can't find something like that anywhere. Are they even sold to the public? If anyone knows where I can score one of those, that would be super.
If anyone has real world experience on this subject please share your exploits.
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