Jack Jack Jack Jack your body......

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Though I had a tonne of way more important things to be getting on with, I made this at the weekend from scrap that was lying around (an old steel from the roof and piece of mahogany from an old door frame):



Unfortunately I ran out of time (and angle grinder blades) otherwise I'd have made two :|

I guess its obvious?
 
Looks like it may be somewhere to store a brick? :lol:
 
The idea (not completely original) is that I can lift the car using a trolley jack under the standard jacking point then lower on to blocks of wood. Then I can use the same jack to lift the other side (hence in an ideal world I'd have two).

For all the BMW owning DIYers in the world I cannot believe there isn't anything cheaply available that does the same job....
 
I'm obviously misunderstanding, but if the jack is already using the jacking point, how do you get this block in there to lower onto?
 
This sits on top of the jack. The lug on the top locates in the jacking point socket under the car. I'll lift from underneath then put blocks (of wood) under this thing which I'll then lower down on to before removing the jack.

This area of mahogany should be good for over 50 tonnes (although I doubt that's the weak point......)
 
Newbers said:
This sits on top of the jack. The lug on the top locates in the jacking point socket under the car. I'll lift from underneath then put blocks (of wood) under this thing which I'll then lower down on to before removing the jack.

This area of mahogany should be good for over 50 tonnes (although I doubt that's the weak point......)
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um, hope this is a mis-perception on my part perhaps, but it looks a bit tall to get under the zed in the first place? have u measured up?
 
This would need 114mm clearance beneath the jacking point to slide in place. I actually have to lift my car by hand or drive on to a piece of wood to get my jack under anyway. If I was designing it with a completely blank piece of paper it wouldn't look anything like this but I wanted to get something together with what I had lying around as quickly and with as few angle grinder blades as possible.....

I put this together as I'm just about to do all the standard suspension mods - after that's done I'll definitely need to drive on to blocks first.

I'll post some action photos after the weekend...
 
Im surprised there isnt something available that connects the front and back jack points (like a solid bar with jack pucks attached to it) which would enable you to lift the car from the centre and then lower onto axle stands under the jack points.
 
Not sure if it's long enough to go front to back but it should do side to side https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hilka-82950090-Jacking-Beam/dp/B003SFSF8I
 
I use one of the rubber pads that you can get on eBay . Great job
 

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G600 said:
Not sure if it's long enough to go front to back but it should do side to side https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hilka-82950090-Jacking-Beam/dp/B003SFSF8I
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Looked at these myself. It extends from 700 to 970mm in length but the trouble with this is that I reckon that once it's sitting on the trolley jack it will be too high to get under the Zed without driving up on to wooden blocks or similar. :(
 
I'm not sure if anyone's interested but here you go anyway!


Home made, low rise ramps to get started. I didn't spend long on these. I might finish them off and let them become a family heirloom...:wink:



Lug located in jacking point socket.


On blocks with jack under other side of car.

My drive way is still to be properly surfaced and the old bricks make it very tricky to slide the jack about, on a flat surface it would be better. I have to say though in many ways I feel safer with wooden blocks in compression (especially on a rough surface) than I do with angle iron tripod jack stands.

This arrangement is not perfect but I am able to do things that I couldn't do (safely and without lying in the dirt) with just the one jack and two axle stands. I'm wondering if there would be a market for a more developed equivalent - especially if it could go higher (although this is primarily limited by my crappy jack). Reading some of the previous posts I do have jack envy .....
 
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