MT 82 bracket install without ramps of lifting car?

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3/19/13, 10:29 AM

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Rando

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Originally Posted by kylerohde

Please, please tell me you both had jackstands under your car and weren't just using the jack itself. I have no desire to go to cnn.com and read about another person being crushed under their own car when a jack failed.

Duh. I'm as careful as can be.

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Originally Posted by fdesalvo

OK, just to clarify - you guys are keeping your rear suspension loaded (wheels on ground or ramps)? If this is the case, I can install mine tonight. People have written that you need to keep the rear up on stands so the DS drops out of the way.

Yes it was loaded. My DS wasn't in the way. You can definitely manage if you use the red bushing. I've heard the black one takes way more elbow greese so maybe that's why they dropped the DS.

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3/19/13, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by kylerohde

Lol I didn't but it was a brand new low profile jack, and technically my car never came off the ground... With the rear on ramps, I just used the jack to just gain enough access on one side only