Can someone please recommend me a good jack for a 2006 ford mustang?

Thank you

 

Like a floor jack? Any old one will do. I know you can get a 2 1/2 ton jack with stands for like 60-100 bucks. Walmart autozone etc.

 

Yes a floor jack

 

Spend the money and get a good aluminum one. Easier to move around and carry if it needs to be transported. Steel is OK just super freakin' heavy.

And get a good one, whatever you do. No Harbor Freight junk. Seen enough of those that have catastrophically failed to never want to see one under a car again.

 

What brands are good? Been trying to find a good one for a while. Been wanting a lift or Scissor lift.

 

Odd ..... I have two of the 1-1/2 tone aluminum racing jacks (oldest one is easily 7 or 8 years old, newer one with quick pump is maybe 2 or 3 years old), they are blue and silver ones I bought at Harbor Freight on sales. I use them a lot for lifting a corner of the car (could be a '92 or '95 Thunderbird, maybe '01 Merc Grand Marquis, the Mustang, wife's Forester) or end of the trike and occasionally, my utility trailer. I don't use them to lift my trucks, I use a 3 ton steel Sears jack for those.

I've never had a hiccup from either one of the HF aluminum jacks yet. I also have jacks from others, like Sears and Northern. I also have a "bike jack" and a "portable shop crane" from HF.

I have seen the small hydraulic scissors jack that comes in a case fail in the casting base. I've seen a name brand portable shop crane ("cherry picker") fail because the bolts weren't tightened and the dummy tried to lift the front of a F-150 off the ground and I have seen one of our store brand 2-1/2 ton steel floor jacks brought back with steel struts wrinkled up .... jack part worked but the two struts were overstressed.

I've always put jack stands under whatever I lift with any jack before any part of me goes near under one ..... always .... just a good safety practice. (I have always been super careful before getting under a vehicle, learned it from Dad and uncles. In my career as a state LEO I did respond to a few incidents with rescue and seen flat heads, crushed bodies, etc under vehicles that had been blocked up on cinder blocks or parked on ramps on sloping yard with no brake set, etc .... it ain't pretty and is always preventable and never undoable once done.)

 

I'd never leave a car on a jack alone in any case, no matter what the brand. My MVP Pro-Lift steel jack(what Advance Auto used to carry) failed on me a couple years ago. Luckily it just started letting the car down slowly, but if it had catastrophically failed it would have been bad news for the car.

I will NEVER get under a car unless it's on ramps, a proper lift, or jackstands --and that's saved my life. When I'd only had the car for a couple years, I was lifting it by the diff (never doing that again) to get it high enough to put stands under the jacking points. I had to get under the car a little bit for enough leverage, but made sure I kept my head out from under. Sure enough...grrrrrrooooaaaannnn--SLAM! Jack slipped off and the whole car came down. Ruined my swaybar and panhard rod, but my skull at least wasn't cracked like an egg.

I use one of those HF 1 1/2 ton aluminum jacks. I definitely don't have the same confidence I had in my old steel jack (it feels like its under more strain) but that's just all the more reason to always support w/ jack stands.

 

Omega 29023 Magic Lift Black Low Profile Hydraulic Service Jack - 2 Ton Capacity. The length lets you get to the diff or the cross member on lowered cars easily. No more driving up on mini ramps first to get the jack under. At least with the springs I'm using...

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-l...ump-61253.html

 

Here is another vote for the Omega 29023. I have had mine for about 8 years and it has never given me a single problem. I have the utmost confidence in it and I can get it way under my lowered car without any extra help. It is nice to reach all the way to the rear pumpkin without any problems.

 

Here's what I have...

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-a...ump-68052.html

 

I have had my HF blue racing jack for 10 years and it has never let me down. Mine is badged US Genral not Ptisburg. I do always use jack stands before going under a car.