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Was looking at purchasing some new jack stands. Was eyeing up the Esco 10498 stands with pivot posts from Reverse Logic. I do have a couple of jack pads, but always misplace them... The integrated stand post looked appealing.
I just have from work in the front of the car to do, so is it safe to only put the front on two stands rather than the entire car on four? Thanks. |
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I like my Rhino Ramps for quick under body access. They're about $40 a set and much more convenient than getting out the jack & stands. If your car is lowered, it doesn't give you a LOT of clearance, but it was enough to install my chargepipe and for my regular oil changes.
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Then I saw the RennStand online. The top piece with their BMW adapter is placed on top of your floor jack. Jack it up and then pop on the Rennstand legs with quick release pins and lower your floor jack until the Rennstand legs are holding up the car right at the BMW jack point where it is supposed to be! Rennstand adjusts for various heights. It was so much easier than wrestling with typical jack stands and they make adapters for various cars. I've attached a photo. Hope this helps! |
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Thanks for posting. I didn’t even know they made such a stand. |
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08-18-2018, 12:46 AM | #10 |
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Those Rennstands look amazing. They're a similar concept to JackPoint jack stands. JackPoints are not adjustable although they have better build quality.
For the price, though, I prefer the ESCO jack stands. They're half the price and are very good jack stands on their own. Accessing the central jack point is a pain, especially if you're a bit lower (M Perf Suspension). However, all you need is to get one side up a couple inches. You can either drive up on a ramp, or just jack up the car on the side and drop the front tire on a couple bricks. This will give you plenty of room to jack up the front. |
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For an extra 3" of clearance you could take say a 3-foot long board on the bottom with a 1.5-foot long board in top of it all the way to one end of the lower board. screw the top board to the bottom. Make two of these and you have two mini-ramps. drive up onto the longer board to go up 1.5" and keep going onto the second board to go up to 3 inches high. This is less cumbersome than the ramps that I used to own. I might use these small wood ramps just to drive up onto the curb/sidewalk. It would give me quick access to drain the oil during oil changes. Hope this helps. |
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xDrive? Unless you had M Adaptive, you had standard xDrive suspension which is taller than stock. The M Perf front lip might have been the reason you couldn't use them, though. All you have to do usually in those cases is put a piece of wood in front of the ramp long enough so the tire can ride on it before the front lip gets to the ramp.
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Wood and rhino ramps really don't mix, I had the plastic ones and even now that I'm thinking about it, I wasn't even close to clearing |
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