Floor jack recommendations

[Rev_Night]

Hey All,

I just moved into a house a few months ago, so doing my own work on my Stinger is now a real possibility. I had an old floor jack at a previous place, but I hated how I could never seem to control on bringing it back down. It was either all the way up or boom down. Are there any brands that actually do a good job at this? What are the better floor jacks on the market today?

Separately, I was planning on getting a puck like object, an insert to mesh the jack with the stinger sides. My question is does the Stinger have Front Center, and Rear Center jack points? Aka one point to jack up the whole half of the car? This would make replacing tires/rotors/pads for track day a hell of a lot easier.

thanks yall

 

[BadTrainDriver]

Have you considered a Bendpak Quickjack?

 

[Rev_Night]

Unless I can find one used at half the price, $1500 is way way too much for me

 

[87and66]

I have the Pittsburgh 2 ton low profile jack from harbor freight. I put a rubber pinch weld pad on top and it works perfectly. Easy up, easy down. Low profile, so it fits under my lowered stinger. Often on sale for around $100.

 

[ephone]

I use a Harbor Freight low profile floor jack with their cross beam. I carefully place the pads on the weld seam that is on the same line as the jack points then jack the car up put it on jack stands at the actual jack points. I have tracked my car several times and need a way to get in on jack stands quickly, and this has worked well, and has not damaged seam at all.

 

[Rev_Night]

Interesting with the cross beam. Can you jack up the whole side (left or right side) of the car with it? Place jacks under 2 tires at the same time?

 

[RM7]

I believe this is the model I have, I use it for both my stinger and my camaro, the camaro being real difficult with the side-skirts and low height. I use it with pucks to clear the weld-lines. The jack is very heavy duty, beefy, etc. It is much easier to lower the car slower, because the handles are much bigger and easier to modulate.

https://www.autozone.com/engine-and-vehicle-lift/jack/p/duralast-3-25-ton-low-profile-garage-jack/19538_0_0

 

[ephone]

Interesting with the cross beam. Can you jack up the whole side (left or right side) of the car with it? Place jacks under 2 tires at the same time?

Using the cross-beam, I do jack up the whole side, the place jack stands on the jack points a lower the car down onto them.

 

[JSolo]

I use the cross beam too. Twice now. It's a bit of a pita to get it set up, but once done, it does jack up the entire side of the car nicely. Jackstands along with pucks go under the standard pinch weld locations. Did an oil change and pull the wheels off with this method successfully.

 

[RM7]

My question is does the Stinger have Front Center, and Rear Center jack points? Aka one point to jack up the whole half of the car? This would make replacing tires/rotors/pads for track day a hell of a lot easier.

thanks yall

No.

 

[Rev_Night]

Ok is there anything I am missing here? Still don't know where exactly to put the cross beam to jack up my car.

• Daytona 3 ton jack - $159
• Daytona cross beam - $54
• Big Red 3 ton double locking jack stands - $42
• Seven Spart jack stand pads - $12
• MAXXHAUL 70472 Wheel blocks - $20

 

[JSolo]

Cross beam goes near the front jack point and near the middle of the car. With my particular jack, I need to jack at the rear jack point slightly to get enough clearance for the cross beam to fit - 2 jacks needed. With that low profile jack you'll probably not need to do this.

 

[Rev_Night]

So I can left the whole side of the car from front and middle only? Does rear point not need a jack underneath it? Just a stand afterwards?

 

[JSolo]

Yes. Take a look here

In the case of the stinger, I use a hockey puck on each pad of the cross beam so as not to crush the plastic. I also have my own home made pinch weld adapter - essentially a puck cut in half, screwed into another puck with ~3/8" gap between. This goes between the jack stand and factory pinch welds.

 

[Rev_Night]

Can't I just line up the 2 plastic xbeam pads so that they line up on the weld? Is a hockey puck really necessary? If one is needed, do they make specialty square pads? All the ones I see are either for jack stands, or circle ones for normal jacks

 

[JSolo]

I suppose you can, but it's a royal pita to do so. You get one side lined up, the other moves out of place. The pucks make it easier while still clearing the plastic. The pucks are smaller than the pads making it easier.

 

[Rev_Night]

very well! 2 hockey pucks ordered.

For the Jack Stands themselves, are the rubber/polyurethene/etc rail guards I got fine?

 

[JSolo]

I just got a pack of 12 pucks from dicks. I think it was under $10/15 few years ago. Used 8 of them to make 4 pinchweld adapters, the other 4 went unused until now.

You mean the jack stand pads? Not sure. The stands you got have a relatively smooth arc. I think those pads are more for stands with a V profile. When using my pads, the weight of the car is not on the seam, but rather surrounding material.

 

[chattanoogastinger]

I have the Pittsburgh 2 ton low profile jack from harbor freight. I put a rubber pinch weld pad on top and it works perfectly. Easy up, easy down. Low profile, so it fits under my lowered stinger. Often on sale for around $100.

I've got that one too, and I bought the pinch weld adapter also. Used on it over a dozen vehicles, none of which have been too low to cause it issue.

 

[Rev_Night]

The stands you got have a relatively smooth arc. I think those pads are more for stands with a V profile. When using my pads, the weight of the car is not on the seam, but rather surrounding material.

According to this picture, and the comments, those jack guards can be used with my big red torins just fine

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-seller-content-images-us-east-1/ATVPDKIKX0DER/AEYNM41RXO3QD/fd3dc5ba-a66c-4578-ae06-8c6f000af01b.__CR0,0,970,600_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61MF61WiH-L._AC_SL1500_.jpg