what do you use to jack up ur lowered supra

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I have some 3-tonne (thanks IJ) jack from autozone. gets under most cars but for the supra I have to lift the front end up about an inch and kick the jack into place.
 

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TOMA70E said:
I have some 3-tonne (thanks IJ) jack from autozone. gets under most cars but for the supra I have to lift the front end up about an inch and kick the jack into place.


shouldve mentioned it before...but i want to lift it up from the frame...if not i could use a regular jack on the jackpoints..but they dont look too nice after awhile
 

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im just gonna buy those formula one jacks that are connected to the car and you just apply air and it jacks the car up.
 

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I don't think you want to try to use an F1 jack on a supra, maybe if you weigh like 1000lbs or something. LOL.
 

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why not

im not talking about a floor jack.

im talking about the jacks that are permanately on the car so its more like a permanent lift than a jack lol
 

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*hint hint* F1 cars are lifted up by essentially big levers by people who stand at the front and rear of the car.
 

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Jeff Lange said:
Not always, some of the teams use pneumatic jacks, but either way, they're not mounted to the car.
That's true, I think I remember seeing Williams using a pneumatic setup. I don't know if they are still using it though, as it seemed awfully slow compared to the manual ones.
 

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I think the mud flaps would have to be touching the ground for the stock one to not work. LOL.

It's much easier to use a hydraulic floor jack, only getting one low enough to fit under the subframe is a little daunting sometimes. It's either that or like has been mentioned a couple times drive up on something 1st.
 

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thats funny i've watched a Rolex or some kinda race where the jacks were mounted to the cars and it had a little air nozzle and they just hooked a compressor up to it and these little foot things came down jacked the car up they did their pit work and thenrelease the line and the car drives off. and they even talked about it for like 15 minutes. its attached TO THE CAR