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Anyone use a 'Quick Jack' or something similar? Doing tires bi-annually gets tiring, and it's definitely not worth it only for that type of work.

However doing brakes + oil changes + wheel swaps +++ it starts to make more sense.

Anyone have one? Recommend it? Any other options? My garage ceiling is only 8ft so I can't put in a lift in there regardless of how much I'd love one!
 
I ran across these the other day;

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Not so useful for wheel swaps, but this would give me far better peace of mind for lengthy jobs like oil changes etc.

As far as i can tell they come in 8/10/12 inch blocks.
 
I have one of the many "quick lift 3 ton floor jacks", at the time they sold what appeared to be the exact same jack under many different brands. Mine is Motomaster but my guess is they all are the same OEM with different brands and colours. Newer models now, same deal. They are heavy but it stays on the floor and I never have to lift it. I jack the vehicles up by the control arms one wheel at a time, full wheel change is ~30 minutes.

Get a quick lift floor jack. Skip trolley jacks, I never use mine.
 
I have a set of QuickJacks still in the boxes. I bought it back when my garage got (more) cluttered but before I reorganized the garage to the point where it was easy to get cars on the lift. I wouldn't use it for seasonal swaps - it's faster to just jack up the car, especially if you jack up by the front or rear jacking points to do 2 at a time. You can also jack up unibody cars a whole side at a time, but don't leave them up for too long or you'll bend wheel bolts/studs.
 
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I also have those low Race Ramps in the video, and use them for exactly the same reason, because my car is too low to go up regular ramps. They come up on Amazon Warehouse deals as used items for $100, which sounds pricey, but are worth every penny to me.
 
Relax said:
I also have those low Race Ramps in the video, and use them for exactly the same reason, because my car is too low to go up regular ramps. They come up on Amazon Warehouse deals as used items for $100, which sounds pricey, but are worth every penny to me.
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that's where my search started, as i now realized any jack i buy would not fit under there.

then i fell down the rabbit hole of wheel cribs, ramps and jacks and realized this was going to be expensive. decided to take a break before i start adding **** to carts.
 
Relax said:
I have a set of QuickJacks still in the boxes. I bought it back when my garage got (more) cluttered but before I reorganized the garage to the point where it was easy to get cars on the lift. I wouldn't use it for seasonal swaps - it's faster to just jack up the car, especially if you jack up by the front or rear jacking points to do 2 at a time. You can also jack up unibody cars a whole side at a time, but don't leave them up for too long or you'll bend wheel bolts/studs.
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Interesting. I thought it would be faster with the QJ over using the normal jack.

I haven’t found the centre lift point on my GTI so I use the seams near each wheel.
 
mimico_polak said:
Interesting. I thought it would be faster with the QJ over using the normal jack.

I haven’t found the centre lift point on my GTI so I use the seams near each wheel.
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Quickjack is probably slower if they are leaning against the wall. If you left them on the floor and could just drive over them and lift, they should be faster.

Front pinch weld and run the jack all the way up and the whole side should be up on the gti.

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I use an aluminum quick lift jack for my car. It runs out of weight and height for the wifes car so I use a steel floor jack for the front of hers.

On all cars, I don't love where I need to jack to put the jackstands on the pinch welds. Something like quickjack allows the lift and support to occur at the same point. I don't go on jackstands for wheel changes but if I am doing a brake flush or surgery underneath I'll break out the stands (and a wheel underneath as an anti-head crusher if it goes wrong). If I'm working underneath, I need to do two laps with the jacks as I don't like the angles if I go to max height on one side with other side on tires. I'll put one side on jack stands up a couple notches, then the other side to max height then back to the first side to max height.
 
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I have a trolley jack and a pair of ramps.
Cars that the trolley won't fit under get driven up the ramp until the trolley fits.
Don't forget to use wheel chocks to keep the vehicle from rolling onto you.
Being lazy but cheap I do two wheels at a time when changing tires.
The main issue I have is finding a flat spot to do the change (driveway has a slope).
 
Evoex said:
that's where my search started, as i now realized any jack i buy would not fit under there.

then i fell down the rabbit hole of wheel cribs, ramps and jacks and realized this was going to be expensive. decided to take a break before i start adding **** to carts.
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I bought these when I had the Z06.
They'll fit under your low front lip. They're longer, with a gradual incline.
Useless for tire swaps, but work on all vehicles, and weigh next to nothing.
You'll need a low level jack too.

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Gary said:
I bought these when I had the Z06.
They'll fit under your low front lip. They're longer, with a gradual incline.
Useless for tire swaps, but work on all vehicles, and weigh next to nothing.
You'll need a low level jack too.

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I should check whether my stock height GTI will work with my normal ramps. If not I'll have to check other ones.

These are the ones I have:

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Evoex said:
that's where my search started, as i now realized any jack i buy would not fit under there.

then i fell down the rabbit hole of wheel cribs, ramps and jacks and realized this was going to be expensive. decided to take a break before i start adding **** to carts.
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How low is your car? My jack needs ~3". I think at one point I had a flat and that was too much but thankfully I was on a gravel driveway and I could dig a trench for the jack to slide under.
 
Gary said:
Maybe yes, maybe no.
I know a C7 won't climb up on those, and not much chance evoex's mb will either.
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not a snowballs chance in hell, unless i can get up it at a 45 degree angle.
 
GreyGhost said:
How low is your car? My jack needs ~3". I think at one point I had a flat and that was too much but thankfully I was on a gravel driveway and I could dig a trench for the jack to slide under.
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it's not slammed. i could probably get away with one of those low profile extended reach trolley jacks at the front.
 
I like them a lot.

I did the well-known $10 caster mod so they are easier to roll around, because they're 100 lbs each. I'll be updating the casters to all-steel, because these nylon ones are wearing.

It takes about the same time to change a set of winter tires for one car.
Setup and clean up is a little longer than a floor jack but it's way faster to lift and I do it only once per car. HOWEVER, I do my car, my wife's car, and a couple friends bring beer and we do 4 or 5 cars in 3 hours.

Maybe all placebo, but it's faster to remove four tires and mount four tires than it is to remove and replace one tire four times. Especially if you do any hub cleaning, anti-seize, brake bleeds, etc.

I love that my oil changes are with a level car. I can look at all the brakes and suspension components while all 4 tires are off. During an oil change, I hang out under the car (*with safety glasses on*) and spot rusty bolts, leaky radiator hoses, loose heat shields, etc. The car is like 20 inches off the ground. It's great.

It also makes the neighbour across the street jealous, which is the #1 through #4 reason to get it.
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