Car too low for ramps

jvangel · 09-23-2010, 04:41 PM

Bought everything to change the oil, but the car sits too low to drive up my ramps,......hmmmmm. Besides jacking the car up with a floor jack and then putting the ramps under the tires, what are you guy's doing ?

Express · 09-23-2010, 04:41 PM

i usually remove the side door of my house and drive it up that to get on my ramps. ill post a picture.

btw- are you lowered? if not you shouldn't have a problem

i guess i don't have a picture.

wesborl898 · 09-23-2010, 04:45 PM

put a brick or a 2x4 piece of wood under one of your front wheels and drive on.

let the car tire be parked on top of the brick or wood and now you just gained 1.5 inches for your jack

scrufy · 09-24-2010, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jvangel

Besides jacking the car up with a floor jack and then putting the ramps under the tires, what are you guy's doing ?

Too funny, I do the exact opposite- I have a cheapo set of Harbor Freight Ramps ($35.00) that I don't trust (because they are Harbor Freight!) and use them to drive up so I'm high enough to get my floor jack underneath. I then jack it up and put my jack stands under it.

m_thompson · 09-24-2010, 12:23 PM

I drive up on 2x8s so I can get the jack underneath. Then put jack stands on the sides.

zshortyz · 09-24-2010, 11:35 PM

just ask Chuck Norris to hold it up for you?

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jvangel New Member 3 Rep 28 Posts Drives: 2006 325i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Car too low for ramps Bought everything to change the oil, but the car sits too low to drive up my ramps,......hmmmmm. Besides jacking the car up with a floor jack and then putting the ramps under the tires, what are you guy's doing ?
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Express Major General 369 Rep 8,693 Posts Drives: 06 330i Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Promise Land iTrader: (17) Garage List 2006 BMW 330i [8.30]	i usually remove the side door of my house and drive it up that to get on my ramps. ill post a picture. btw- are you lowered? if not you shouldn't have a problem i guess i don't have a picture.
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wesborl898 Lieutenant 40 Rep 555 Posts Drives: e90 335i Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Queens, NY iTrader: (4)	put a brick or a 2x4 piece of wood under one of your front wheels and drive on. let the car tire be parked on top of the brick or wood and now you just gained 1.5 inches for your jack
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m_thompson Major 133 Rep 1,416 Posts Drives: M-Sport 128i, 328xi, 3.0CS Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New England, USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 128i [0.00] 1972 3.0CS [10.00]	I drive up on 2x8s so I can get the jack underneath. Then put jack stands on the sides. __________________ '09 128i - Black Sapphire Metallic\Coral Red\Glacier Silver\N51 DISA\6MT\Navigation\Premium\M-Sport\Heated seats\Xenon\Headlights\iPod\Smartphone\Euro Delivery
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zshortyz Private First Class 6 Rep 107 Posts Drives: Black Sapphire 2007 328i Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arizona iTrader: (0)	just ask Chuck Norris to hold it up for you?
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