Detailed Wheels and wheel wells

YankeeFan said:
I gotta ask ya as I have been loking around lately. What floor jack are you using. So many out there and I have no idea which are considered to be good.

Thanks,
Howard
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I bought 4 of the jacks at Harbor Freight tools. I think they were on sale for $30 or $40 and are 2 1/4 ton.

Here's the link to the jack. I don't know if it's an autogeek forum feature or what but it keeps changing the link text to "Harbor Freight Tools..."

Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

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neverman said:
That looks like a fairly cheap Chinese brand. At least it looks alot like mine which is exactly what I described. It worked great for years, I decided to flush it and now it only goes up about halfway. Man, I'm bummed... tried filling it every which way I can think of too.
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Yeah once you release that oil I think you need to have somebody with the right equipment force the oil in there w/o it leaking back out before you can get the plug back in. One of my 4 jacks only goes up half way now as well because oil leaked out. I tried opening the fill plug and pouring it in there but only a little bit goes in and then it overflows.
 
Nica said:
That is awesome :righton: :righton: :righton:
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Thanks! It was a time when I was modding the heck out of my car and I got tired of messing around all the time with 1 jack and a bunch of jackstands so I just got a bunch of jacks to get the car up in the air really quick and then put jackstands under :)
 
nice turnaround! You're also lucky about your driveway... mine is sloped so I can't jack up the car on the driveway, only in the garage... and can't go around blasting around water in there if I wanted to do something like wash the underbody :(
 
:D That is awesome! How hard are those jacks to use? Feel the quality is okay considering they are Harbor Feight Tools?
 
Woob said:
:D That is awesome! How hard are those jacks to use? Feel the quality is okay considering they are Harbor Feight Tools?
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They're pretty simple to use. Just turn the long handle clockwise until you can't turn anymore to jack up the car, then turn it counterclockwise to lower. Actually I tighten the handle and then back it out just a little before jacking up the car or else it will get stuck and you have to use a lot of force to break it free and when it breaks free your car will slam down :)

I think these jacks are a great value. I've seen them used in a lot of auto shops as well. You can get a $5 warranty so if it fails within a year you just go get a new one.
 
DrMike said:
They're pretty simple to use. Just turn the long handle clockwise until you can't turn anymore to jack up the car, then turn it counterclockwise to lower. Actually I tighten the handle and then back it out just a little before jacking up the car or else it will get stuck and you have to use a lot of force to break it free and when it breaks free your car will slam down :)

I think these jacks are a great value. I've seen them used in a lot of auto shops as well. You can get a $5 warranty so if it fails within a year you just go get a new one.
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You changed out the original spoiler - how come?
makes me miss my white supra...
 
ltoman said:
You changed out the original spoiler - how come?
makes me miss my white supra...
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The one I have now is pretty popular with the supra crowd. A local guy was selling it for $300 brand new so I couldn't pass it up. Regular price is $575 I think.
 
i see. imho, the original spoiler still rocks.
a most awesome job, by the way!!!!
 
ltoman said:
i see. imho, the original spoiler still rocks.
a most awesome job, by the way!!!!
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yeah, the original is still pretty cool looking.

thanks!
 
Looks really good, but how come you didn't do the trim?
 
NEC said:
Looks really good, but how come you didn't do the trim?
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Thanks. I actually did the trim today :)

With a 4 month old baby I don't have much free time to detail anymore so last saturday I did the front wheels and sunday I did the rears. Then this weekend I had a little extra time to ONR the car and spiffy up the wheels, trim, and interior :)
 
Sweet job on the wheel wells. I just hope you dont plan on going under the car with the jacks like that. That set up is very dangerous and should be used only with stands.

BTW I have had a few sets of those jacks from HB and I wouldnt trust them without stands. I also dont like how they take many pumps to reach maximum height, and if your car is lowered forget about it. Just a tip.
 
^ my car is lowered but they are low enough profile to get under there. If I had aftermarket sideskirts there might be an issue.

I put jackstands under as backup but I didn't take any pictures. I knew I would get comments about that :)

Don't worry, when I'm under the car I go overboard. See how many jackstands you can see here :)

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DrMike said:
Don't worry, when I'm under the car I go overboard. See how many jackstands you can see here :)

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Overboard is an understatement but safety first :) I can't see that car falling on you...well unless it's not leveled but looks good from this picture.
 
Haha, I figured I did a premature post. You seem like a car nut so I figured you had to know about stands. And yeah, thats alot of stands, you visit HF allot!
 
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