Just use some wood planks in conjunction with the ramps. Will allow your lowered car to go up without rubbing. This is what I use on my T2.

Wood ramps, unless treated with a non-skid traction surface are not safe!



And from you: "Not to be a safety nag or anything, but when something falls on you, it'll be faster than you.



If people only got hurt when they expected to get hurt... You know what I mean!

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You dont leave the car on the wood, you use it to lenghten the approach angle. So the car is able to get to the top of the steel ramps without scraping.

And you have that "board" properly supported on its length so it doesn't break? I USED to do that until we broke a board with the 914-6.

Yep, pet peave for me as well, and easy to avoid.



Use a floor jack and raise the car by the front crossmember or the diff for the rear (the FSM shows where to place the jack) and then use jackstands with some form of isolator on them (I have a square of conveyor belt rubber for each ~1/2" thick.) I have yet to add any crumples to the underside of my car.



Henrik

same thing happened to my car.. but worse kinda. not by me though :x i use wood / jackstands to spread the load.





that sounded kinda.. gay.

Use the front suspension hard points. Suspension hardpoints are the strongest part of any car's body. I've been using suspension hardpoints to raise cars for years, no bending, no pinching, no need for wood (use it anyway if its around).



The verts have a really strong crossmember under the bell housing that is great to jack off...uhhh i mean up

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Seriously though, use wood. It's cheap.

i have the same problem and i was wondering if anyone knows how much this effects how stiff the car is and if it can be corrected.

i remember when i seen my dad working on my moms car when i was little, it fell off the jack and he had both legs under and on each side of the tire with his legs out, the jack caught the car halfway as it fell down but the brake disc allmost took out his jewels, almost all his toes were broke though, always use jackstands! whether you like it or not.........my .02 cents later https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif

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i jack from the uni-body... right infront of the rear wheels and behind the front ones.

wow. that is quite a dilemma. i think any new home with a garage should be supplied with a lift so this doesnt have to happen. what a perfect world this would be, huh?