Winter Maintenance
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Winter Maintenance
Winter break maintenance time. Oil and filter, street friendly pads and bleed, alignment check and adjust and new PP2 splitter.
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That is one sharp looking and organized garage! Certainly makes it much easier to get the job done! Very nice.
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Also agree with Shaney about your sharp looking garage...I also noticed from the pic image you have a QuickJack... Just curious as to which model, as I'm seriously considering between QuickJack and Kwik-Lift for my garage
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Thank you, and it is a 5000slx. I use it on all my cars ranging from chevy cruz to Audi a6 wagons. I even tried it on my nissan titan 4x4 and it picked it up, I just dont know if I would leave it up in the air with it. I store the quick jacks under my home built full length ramps. I do that because my mustang is too low to drive over the ramps and I am too lazy to move them around the garage. This way I just drive up the ramps, remove the center sections, fine adjust the lift, and hit the button. I should note that I have full length jacking rails on the mustang.
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Thank you, and it is a 5000slx. I use it on all my cars ranging from chevy cruz to Audi a6 wagons. I even tried it on my nissan titan 4x4 and it picked it up, I just dont know if I would leave it up in the air with it. I store the quick jacks under my home built full length ramps. I do that because my mustang is too low to drive over the ramps and I am too lazy to move them around the garage. This way I just drive up the ramps, remove the center sections, fine adjust the lift, and hit the button. I should note that I have full length jacking rails on the mustang.
In the meantime, thanks once again for sharing an image of your awesome Mustang along with your awesome garage and for also providing the model number for your QuickJack, as I really appreciated that very much... Thank You
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Three reasons for not clearing the quick jacks: 1.) my car is lowered about 1' with Ford performance track springs, struts and shocks. 2.) lower profile tires. 285/35-19 up front and 305/30-19 rear and 3.) I have a Steeda four point sub frame brace with a 1/2" thick spacer to give the trans lines enough space not to create bubbles at high speed vibration. That puts the lowest point right at the center of the car. After I built the ramps I found out the true benefit of them. I can change the oil in oll my cars without jacking the cars up. Like I said I am lazy. Here is a link to how I built them.
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Those are 3 very good reasons behind not clearing the QuickJacks indeed... Knowing that my "06" GT is lowered by 1.3" front and 1.5" rear with Eibach Pro Springs, Koni adjustable yellow struts/shocks and lower profile 275/40/18" tires on all 4 corners, I may also not be able to clear QuickJacks without adding full length car ramps, just as you did... Therefore, I'm going to need to carefully consider my decision on whether to place an order on QuickJacks 5000TLX, 5000TL or wait until Kwik-Lift ramps are back in stock?
Meanwhile, thanks for bringing this all to my attention and also thanks for clarifying, much appreciated... Also excellent job on building your full length ramps
Meanwhile, thanks for bringing this all to my attention and also thanks for clarifying, much appreciated... Also excellent job on building your full length ramps
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Those are 3 very good reasons behind not clearing the QuickJacks indeed... Knowing that my "06" GT is lowered by 1.3" front and 1.5" rear with Eibach Pro Springs, Koni adjustable yellow struts/shocks and lower profile 275/40/18" tires on all 4 corners, I may also not be able to clear QuickJacks without adding full length car ramps, just as you did... Therefore, I'm going to need to carefully consider my decision on whether to place an order on QuickJacks 5000TLX, 5000TL or wait until Kwik-Lift ramps are back in stock?
Meanwhile, thanks for bringing this all to my attention and also thanks for clarifying, much appreciated... Also excellent job on building your full length ramps
Meanwhile, thanks for bringing this all to my attention and also thanks for clarifying, much appreciated... Also excellent job on building your full length ramps
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The first design I actually took a 1" thk plywood that I cut into two 2 foot wide x 6 foot long and painted them a bright color so I could see them and laid them down where I pulled the car in all the time with the quick jacks located on the inside of them and they worked really well. Till I pulled in a little to fast one day and when I applied the brakes they slide out of position. But they did do the job. You may try something as simple as that.
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Thank you for providing another great valuable suggestion
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