I bought a set of jacks at pep boys last year, and that was pretty much a waste of money as it couldnt even get under the car... where is the best place to get a good low profile one for a good price to jack up the front and back of the car easily? also, any recommendations would be great. Thanks!

drive the car up onto some 2x4s.

^could be dangers working under the car due to being unstable. Get a good set of metal ramps you can drive the front tires up on. its safer, i feel more comfortable under a 3000lb car that way.

and did you mean jack stands or a jack to initially lift the car up, bc I use a hydraulic jack to raise the car then stands to hold it there permanently (the jack stands do not fit under the car themselves)?

I got mine at pepboys, garage grade low profile jack. it works for me. and I have coilover AND my car is lower than stock.

I just bought the craftsman racing jack. Fits nicely even with my Tein-s

^could be dangers working under the car due to being unstable. Get a good set of metal ramps you can drive the front tires up on. its safer, i feel more comfortable under a 3000lb car that way.

and did you mean jack stands or a jack to initially lift the car up, bc I use a hydraulic jack to raise the car then stands to hold it there permanently (the jack stands do not fit under the car themselves)?
he probably means drive the car up 2x4s and then use your jack

i use to drive up on 2x4s to jack the car up. now i just use the stock jack to lift it up and then stuff a jackstand under it. for the rear though i use the stock jack to start and then put a floor jack under the differential. my floor jack is huge too.

i would also would like to know.. i bought a small jack last year and it isnt powerful enough to keep the car in the air

costco FTW!!! Let me see if I can find the one I have

here's a racing jack at Costco: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11186866&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US

don't think this is what I have, I don't remember spending that much

search button is our friend. :)
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=119369&highlight=jack

harbor freight

he probably means drive the car up 2x4s and then use your jack

ah yes the obvious. didn't pick up on that one.

I got my aluminum racing jack at California Car Cover simply because I was ordering a cover at the same time. Any of the good racing jacks will easily slide under the '8.

harbor freight

good info.

beers :beer:

harbor freight

if you need to haul it around such as autox events for changing tires etc. get the small one, if it's just for the garage get the large one


http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91039

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=47246


looks like they offer an extra large one now too

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=92782

thanks all.. and to jedi for the search suggestion =)...

I am looking at these pics of some of the jacks, and it seems it might be hard to get to the front jack point with the bumper pretty low to the ground and then have enough room to jack it up... Are these jacks pretty easy to have limited movement and still jack the front of the car up? The back would probably be pretty easy.

I'm using an Omega 29023 low-profile, long-reach jack. It's long and low enough to reach the front jack point from the front of the car. It's a nice piece, but very, very heavy.

A Corvette guy reviewed this jack in the following link:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1814892

looks like they offer an extra large one now too

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=92782

I have that last one. On a level surface and an unlowered RX-8 it is able to get the front jack point just barely from the front (it touches the under cover). It's able to get the rest of the car easily. I would recommend a lower profile if you want to be able to get to the front jack point on a lowered 8 but this should be able to get to that from the sides on a h-tech/s-tech lowering. However the side makes it difficult to get stands under there. I plan on using 2x4s to get my car up a bit in order to jack up my car once I lower it. Just easier.

It's light enough that I can carry it around in my truck easily for events.

It takes more pumps than you would expect to raise the car but I'm not in a hurry so it doesn't bother me. And the price at the store in Ohio was significantly less than on their site. IIRC it was <170 after tax out the door.

And remember to ALWAYS use jack stands when you get under your car. Especially with Harbor Freight stuff. It works but it's cheaply made so don't expect it to keep you alive.

^I've the blue jack from Harbor too, but the cheaper one, I got it for about $75, not bad for a low profile aluminum jack

I've got the bigger blue one from Harbor Freight, it's super low profile, but I can't jack the front sides of my car with it due to my side skirts. I have to jack the rear up first, put it on jack stands, then I have access to the side jacking locations.

But my car is pretty low; Koni shocks, Sprint springs, and Mazdaspeed front/sides= no room.

I have 2 of the 2 ton jacks and they work great, got them on sale too $130. I also have to MS kit, so I position the jack first then set a small wood block out of a 2x4 on top of the jack and presto!

.....I have to jack the rear up first, put it on jack stands, then I have access to the side jacking location.

LOL, same here. Gets to be a pain in the ass, doesnt help my garage is narrow as hell too....oh well, do with what u have