Floor Jack Question

[JD03Cobra]

Does a standard size floor jack fit underneath the car or do you need a low profile jack? I typically lease and do the quick lube oil changes but now that I own I want to do this myself.

Thanks for helpin a noob.

[Claimslngr]

Unless I am missing something there is app. 8" of clearance from ground to jack points. The average rolling floor jack needs app 5.5" so it should work.
(Been looking for a new jack also!)

[trukk]

I got an aluminum floor jack at Costco, and it fits fine. Cheap too, less than $100.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...topnav=&browse=



-Chris

[Feffman]

I purchased a similar (little more $$$) aluminum jack at Sears and love it. Make sure you buy the jacking point pucks that install on the underside of the V so you don't crinkle the chassis.

Feff
www.MVPTrackTime.com

[StealthV]

My normal sized jack fits fine. With the jacking pucks, it takes a little wiggle to get the jack under the car.

[Dirk Diggler]

Does the dealer sell the pucks?

[lollygagger8]

Why buy pucks? just use a piece of 2x4 or 1x4 and jack it up by the actual frame. Or best yet, just get some of those plastic $38 Blitz ramps (autozone has the 8000 lb ones which are more than enough) and you won't have to worry about jacking it up. I just bought some last week. I needed the whole car up in the air, so pulled up on the ramps backwards, and I jacked up the front on the actual frame (about 4 inches in) but the jack fit just fine

[JD03Cobra]

Originally Posted by trukk

I got an aluminum floor jack at Costco, and it fits fine. Cheap too, less than $100.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...topnav=&browse=

-Chris

Awesome thanks! I'm heading there tonight for food..I'll pick this up too!

[jr_vette]

Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler

Does the dealer sell the pucks?

I believe so, but you can find much cheaper pads in the aftermarket. The ones I have for my Vette work fine on my V. I'm still new to the forum, so I don't know if it's ok to post the vendor I bought them from (not a site supporting vendor from what I can tell). They were $50 for a set of 4.

As for a jack not fitting, I drive my C5 up on some 2x6's prior to jacking it.

[MSOsr]

Where did you get the pucks?

It's OK...........

Mike

[BBD]

I have a couple floor jacks, do not have clearance issues, but I am running stock suspension so my car is not lowered at all, but works great. I do not have any pucks would love to know where you guys get them.
As far as ramps go, I have to drive my car onto a 1-1/2" block in order to clear the nose, then I can drive right up the ramps. I have to do the same with the rear, the ramps hit the mufflers if I do not use the blocks first.

[JD03Cobra]

Originally Posted by MSOsr

Where did you get the pucks?

It's OK...........

Mike

I found this somewhere on the site...

http://www.protechproducts.net/jackpads.htm

[lollygagger8]

I have B&B exhaust, so I never had a problem backing up...I never had a prob going up them either with stock springs/shocks. If you really want some pucks, go to a sporting good store and buy their cheap hockey pucks....gotta be less expensive than that!

[OldRoadDawg]

Originally Posted by MSOsr

Where did you get the pucks?

It's OK...........

Mike

There are several Corvette accessory suppliers that will sell you 2 for $50 or more. Personally I think it's a rip-off, cuz I bought some.

Oh yeah.... remember to remove them when done. If you don't . . you'll hear them bounce once or twice against the undercarriage as you're cruising down the road before they go rolling into a ditch somewhere.

I like this idea. (plagarized from a corvette forum)

"Made mine from 4 old hockey pucks. Drilled a hole in the center of each puck and threaded a carriage bolt into the hole. Ground down the top edges of the carriage bolt so that it fit into the slot in the rail. Rotated the puck 90 degrees to hold them in place. Works like a charm and cost less than $5 total."

[2004ctsv]

I used two Craftsman 2 ton jacks and hockey pucks ($2 each). They fit in the cup in the jack and do a great job of protecting the underside.

I used to use 1X3 lumber but the pucks store easier in the jack cases.