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[TheBoy]

But give him a bell

[TheBoy]

Gixer must occasionally read this, as he sent me a text, which I'll try to dig out and cut and paste here.  But having seen your drive, you may struggle with lifting equipment.

[TheBoy]

So Gixer says:

just seen

Mine lifts higher ( but not high enough to hit the low garage ceiling with the car), and so was more £ than the ones In the video already too expensive for terbs and most people’s needs tbh. It has wheels to movevthe car once jacked but this requires a very level floor which my garage isn’t. It’s not suitable for drive ways as a result and if not level would bend the support bars

Any lift to take wheels off will require lifting on the sills which still requires bending down to place rubber blocks in The correct place, even the pros still have to do that, and once your down there actually pumping a trolly jack is then the easier job, until you have to do both sides and both axles then your staring to get into a full lift option
The “Costco”ones in the video they used to sell are probably the cheapest option to lift all four corners
 They could be stored together side by side under the car when not in use in a garage then moved apart and just driven onto, if the garage is wide enough for access of course

Not aware of a cheaper full lift option than the kwick lift one but I haven’t looked for years



These were £900 pre vat 10 years ago

https://www.costco.co.uk/Tyres-Automotive/Garage/Trolley-Jacks-Axle-Stands/QuickJack-Portable-Automatic-Car-Lift-System-Jack-2268kg-Capacity-Model-5000TL/p/363685

[Terbs]

Thanks for the feedback, TB and Chris, appreciated. I did a fair bit of research, and basically reached the same conclusions as Chris. So I went for a set of standard ramps with the extra bottle jack lifts. They were £145 and stated 2 ton, but on the bottle jack, it states 5 ton. They do jack the car high, about 15 inches from the bottom of the tyre to the ground,  I had to use an extension to get under the rear bumper, and I thought the weight would make the extra jacking up hard, but no, barely any pressure needed. It got the car really high, even with my stoutly figure I got three quarters of the way along.

One caveat....both jacks are the same side for lifting, not handed. This will be remedied in the near future, by just drilling one set and turning the jack around, which is only held on with two bolts. Simples

[TheBoy]

I might have to pop round at some point and have a looksie, Terbs

[STEMO]

I might have to pop round at some point and have a looksie, Terbs

Yeah. They might help you to get your PTC heater out 

[TheBoy]

I might have to pop round at some point and have a looksie, Terbs

Yeah. They might help you to get your PTC heater out 

Yeah, drill a bloody great hole through the bottom of the car, that'll give access