Jack advice
 

My jack has had it so I'm looking at buying a new one, seen this an it seems pretty good value for a basic kit (only need a jack but always wanted a trolley :-))...

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...&storeId=10001

Try to avoid halfords kit usually but will only be required for the odd jobs here an ther so wondered if anyone had any experience with one?

Also will it fit under a new age at standard ride height or would I need a low level jack?

i bought this and couldnt get it under mine wasnt deep/long enough to get to correct lift points,on a car with standard ride height maybe, ended up buying a blue point one instead.. stands and bits are ok from halfrauds thou..

These seem to be popular among members...

Very well built!

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/hydra...e-trolley-jack

I have one of these and great value at £69
http://www.sgs-engineering.com/garag...m-trolley-jack

Looks good from the pics, is a 1.25t enough?

Link doesn't work for me?

I brought the Halfords trolley jack and axle stands when they had a half price offer. I don't use them that often, but had no problems.

Wondered if this might be the case, it looks a little short an stumpy! Some of the reviews say it doesn't jack up quite high enough but this can be resolved by placing a block of wood to increase the lift.

Which one did you get?

The whole car is only 1.4 Tonne.
So unless you intend lifting the entire car off the ground on one jack, then yes.

I had the Halfords kit thrown in with my tool box, I can't get the jack under the car and if I use the old trick when jacking a classic of using the towing eye the wheel barely leaves the ground. Works fine on the rear if you put it under the diff but could do with more height to allow you to get axle stands in.

You really need a low profile jack to allow you to get under the front suspension mounts.

No, 1 end at a time to get it on stands will b fine. Thanks Scott :ok:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...atalogId=10151

The low level one at halfords always worked well for us and my boy always has his cars slammed and still gets under.

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/garag...m-trolley-jack

Sorry :ok:

Thanks for all the input. Whilst the aluminium one looks great, it may be a little overkill for my needs and won't see enough use to justify. I'm thinking that this will suffice and is cheaper than the Halfords equivalent...

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/garag...e-trolley-jack

Can't go wrong with the SGS ones - very well made... :ok:

Bargain at that price!!!

Thread is a few week old but wanted to throw this in.....
That jack is rubbish. I got the exact same one and where the wheels connect it bent the metal and cracked it. This was while lifting my Mondeo ST so not a heavy car.... Took it back into halfords and they said tough..... I must have been using it wrong
avoid! i got a low profile one from demon tweaks and its amazing

I would not touch the one you linked above IPond, the tiny little pad is too small and is asking to bend something.

Just my 2c buy once and don't worry about it again ;)


Very happy with the 2.5 Ton Ally version linked below, its been to a fair few trackdays and gets used every other weekend
http://www.sgs-engineering.com/garag...m-trolley-jack

Seeing as the threads been revived I should probably update... I ended up getting impatient that weekend and decided I couldn't wait for Internet delivery as I wanted to use some time I had that day. Ended up at halfords and went for their low level jack as I could walk away with it there and then plus it came with a set of free axel stands, which was a bonus.

It's probably not the world's best but I hav used it a few times now and its done the job. It's not going to get used too often due to my basic mechanical capabilities (I'm much more comfortable driving it than tinkering with it!).

The only downside I can mention (and i doubt any jack would have provided a different outcome to be fair) was that in order for me to me able to achieve one of the tasks I had set out to complete, I needed a much higher lift than a jack and axel stands provided.

If ever in a hurry for jack then i got a few aluminium lightweight low level jacks from machine mart. Not bad for the money, similar to the others mentioned.

I play that game too. Low profile jack ti axle stand to bottle jack then put axle stand up higher. It's a great game! Lol