Wheel jacks...

cdoxp800

Damm that thing is way heavy , Tool weight: 93.3
Low Profile Floor Jack - 2 Ton, Rapid Pump® Jack

I have been looking at this myself.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...5428_200345428

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UchinanchuZee

Good feedback. But aside for home use, and DIY projects, I'm talking about preventative tow truck damage! The jack points obviously are going to be an issue when you are stuck on the side of the road. With the relative small size of the scissor jack in most cars, I would think there was a mini low profile jack on the market. If I need to get my inner "as seen on tv" on, then I will. But it only seems logical that this would have been done YEARS ago....you know?

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Alstann

Hm, I presume you're talking about a situation where you would need to lift the car to allow the tow truck trailer arm to reach your rear wheels, so it can dinghy tow the car? Unless you are touching the ground with your coilovers, I don't think it would be too much of an issue.

Concerning towing it up onto a bed of a tow truck, that is a different story. You better hope the truck has some long pieces of wood!

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Alstann

That second jack seems pretty nice. I would note however, that it's minimum height is almost one inch higher than the HF jack, and the max height is less as well. That's the key right there - that means the jack is shorter and as such, it might have an issue reaching the center jack point properly, especially with lowered cars. Then again, I had this low profile jack before I started doing anything with my Z that required lifting it up, so I could be totally mistaken.

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UchinanchuZee

No alstan, Im talking about a miniature Low profile jack. We all have scissor jacks that came with our car, but if our car is lowered, we can kiss that jack goodbye right? So I'm talking about a mini-lighter weight low profile jack. One with a longer lift face to reach the jack point, and maybe a 12inch removable jack arm. So for weight purposes you can either remove the scissor jack from the truck, and either find a way to fit it by the wheel, or stash in the cargo net...if you have one. In a non descript long bag of course.

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UchinanchuZee

Our worst nightmare having a lowered car is getting a flat and trying to jack it (naked in San Diego!) right? So instead of probably having to get a tow truck over a simple flat, why not have a smaller jack? Right?

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Alstann

Ah, ok. Got confused there for a bit.

To be honest, I would say the stock spare scissor jack is about as low profile and compact as it's gonna get. No other design I can think of can fold that small, and have such a low min starting height. If it comes to a point where your car is basically touching frame to the ground, you'll have to jack up the rear (if the front is flat) or the front (if the rear is flat) to get enough clearance to wedge a block or something underneath. But this is probably gonna be a very rare scenario.

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UchinanchuZee

But remember, dropping it WITH a kit, then getting a flat. Remember, best case scenario you're on a flat surface. Then you have to find the jack point which will be way in there without tearing up your skirts. The scissor jack will give you a stress stroke because you're trying not to bang the skirt...right? now you're NOT on a flat surface. That scissor jack is deep underneath, probably at an angle, and you will really need to lift it up to get at your wheel. Lifting and lowering are the same stress headache. So a small jack that's maybe slightly heavier than the scissor jack makes for a safer less stressful lift....huh?

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torpedo2k

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