scion tc vs. car ramps

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Mar 30, 2008

RCL816

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scion tc vs. car ramps

this took us bout 20mins to figure out how to get the car on the ramps....ended up using wood from the fence and some **** we found in the garage....lol. All i could say was you shoulda have bought a truck

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Mar 30, 2008

rstangboi

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atleast ur not an idiot like me with a not so bright friend spotting.
i was on a steep driveway, caught the end of em....and while letting off the brakes, they slid out from under me (in a tbird).....its a horrible feeling when your car just FALLS....goodthing it was all plastic.
....and i had to jack it up with the smallest jack in the world.....geezus.

Mar 30, 2008

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TC ftL

Mar 30, 2008

07Ranger

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funny stuff, glad u got it off the ground though

Mar 30, 2008

SteveOh

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reminds me of my old bagged ranger when the main airline blew..lol it was a task getting the truck off the ground..lol

Mar 31, 2008

Rolldogg

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LOL......reminds me of my g/f's Civic. I had to find a very low floor jack because the car was too low to go up on ramps. LOL

Mar 31, 2008

dallas_01gt

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LOL....they don't make new cars very easy to pull on ramps. My wifes Eclipse is the same way. I bought some of those plastic ramps, it barely goes up those, rubs just a tad.

Mar 31, 2008

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My girlfriends Sentra won't go up on ramps, we have to jack it up and then set it down on the ramps lol

Mar 31, 2008

WowMike2001

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From: Stevenson, WA

Its amazing what you have to do to change oil and do basic tune up-s on these small things.. my little brothers civic just -barely- gets up on ramps... Im used to my own truck, sometimes I like to drive it into the ramp to give me those extra 6" of headroom under the axle

I wouldnt ever trust crawling under a little car, even if its on those ramps.. its jsut spooky

Mar 31, 2008

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the sole reason i love my truck for doing oil changes etc.. you dont need a jack at all

Mar 31, 2008

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haha! reminds me of my 300ZX. took me awhile to figure out how to get it on ramps.

Mar 31, 2008

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Yah with my lifts and tires, oil change takes me 10 mins lol

Mar 31, 2008

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Originally Posted by INT3RC3PTOR

the sole reason i love my truck for doing oil changes etc.. you dont need a jack at all

x2!

Apr 1, 2008

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Rolldogg

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X3!!!

I made my life easier and bought a floor creeper. Now I just wheel around under there....LOL

Apr 1, 2008

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I have the SVT suspension on my Focus and I need to grab the front wheel lip and lift the car a bit. The suspension holds it and I can slide my jack under it.

I just use the creaper to go under the ranger. Very nice to change oil.
My 83 F250. Once I crawled under it i could uncomfortably sit up under it.

I rarly use ramps.