"sports" ramps

[doommachine]

Does anyone know where you can get things like this?

http://www.discountramps.com/low_profile_car_ramp.htm

I mean no one stocks them, but I have asked at repco, supercheap etc and they don't seem to know if they can get anything similar.

I have some ramps that I use for the back but if I want to do the front I have to take off the bumper.. no fun at all!

 

[GSRSOL]

just get some planks of wood to decrease the angle on the normal ramps :wink:

thats what I do, never had any problems either ....

 

[JSTYLE]

www.justjdm.com.au > search ramps

Jon

 

[EVO-00X]

:shock: $200!!! for a pair of ramps?... wouldnt your money be better spent going toward a low profile floor jack instead?

Or even better, a full set of these wheel dollies:

 

[doommachine]

I can jack the car up, I just prefer not to hold it up on jack stands... seems like a lot of weight to hold on two points, especially since the car is old

Ramps are good, gives you good access and height.

The takatas don't seem to be that high, and not really what I want, I want more like your standard 4wd ramps but longer hehe...

I might give the wood a go, sounds like a good idea... how thick/ long is the bit you use?

 

[GSRSOL]

I can jack the car up, I just prefer not to hold it up on jack stands... seems like a lot of weight to hold on two points, especially since the car is old

Ramps are good, gives you good access and height.

The takatas don't seem to be that high, and not really what I want, I want more like your standard 4wd ramps but longer hehe...

I might give the wood a go, sounds like a good idea... how thick/ long is the bit you use?

um, its like the wooden planks they use for scafold platforms. maybe 1 metre X 350mm x 40mm??

 

[jase]

just get some planks of wood to decrease the angle on the normal ramps :wink:

thats what I do, never had any problems either ....

wood! what hacks! :lol:

dad runs a brick paving business so i have an assortment of heights of bricks i can use to pre ramp my ramps

that said i usually hit up the jackstands

 

[Richard]

Hoist is where its at, (Thanks Dad!) although I do have to jack the car up a tiny bit to get the legs under as it is so low!

 

[doommachine]

Well now if I could afford a hoist I'd be asking about the best way to run in my 2.3 litre

 

[WindeX]

You are also forgetting that some suspension components are quite different at full sag, so the ramps help with that kind of operation.

 

[GVR40]

why don't u jack it up and then put a normal ramp underneath the wheel?

 

[doommachine]

I'd need a bigger jack... the suspension travel is short but not THAT short.. worthwhile idea though, I may look into the biggest jack I can get.

 

[jase]

shoot down to the hong kong hardware at pooraka mate

they got cheap 2 tonne jacks

 

[WindeX]

why don't u jack it up and then put a normal ramp underneath the wheel?

Thats what I have been doing, works fine, just a bit of messing around.

 

[doommachine]

Thanks for the tip Jase.

 

[jase]

no worries

they're pretty unreliable at that place, (sometimes they have absolute crap, other times it's fine).. but they have some good gear for cheap quite often

usually their trolley jacks are fine

 

[EVO-00X]

How about these? http://www.tomiokaracing.com/gallery.html

Or maybe they dont go up high enough? Found a price here: http://www.amsperformance.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=24_149&products_id=1467