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I'm looking to pick up some ramps and wanted to know what brand people are using and whether or not you scrape on them. I'm lowered on swift springs so

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Old 12-14-2012, 09:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I'm looking to pick up some ramps and wanted to know what brand people are using and whether or not you scrape on them.

I'm lowered on swift springs so I think I'll probably have to use 2x4s to get onto whatever ramp I end up with.

Currently looking at Hopkins rhinoramps
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I have Race Ramps with the extension. Also lowered on swifts. Works like a charm, but more pricey than Rhino ramps.
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Race Ramps. 67" with XT-2 extenders. My 370Z was lowered on Tein MonoFlex. They now have 2 piece 2-angle ramps that do the same thing and are less expensive than buying the extenders separately. Fred at Reverse Logic will set you up.
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Homemade ramps out of 2x12s. Costs me less than $75 and the made to specs I needed
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I have a set of 2"x12" cut roughly 18" long. Beveled the edges. If you stack/stagger 2"x12" boards and attach them to one another AND cut one end to overlap a basic set of plastic ramps, you can make that work too. I use this set up for my vehicles at home.
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Thanks for the input guys. The rhinoramps are super attractive because they're only $45!
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Thanks for the input guys. The rhinoramps are super attractive because they're only $45!
I got 4 of those from Walmart, work great
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I got 4 of those from Walmart, work great
Are you lowered, and do you scrape at all?
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I couldnt use em. Mine are basically as long as the car to get the height I wanted and the low angle needed to avoid scraping.
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Are you lowered, and do you scrape at all?
Curious if anyone with a Nismo uses these also... Nose is long on them...
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Race Ramps. The cheapies are just cheap IMO.
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Are you lowered, and do you scrape at all?
No I'm not lowered. I've only driven up on them a handful of times. You need the wood plank assist even with stock height.
I mostly use them for a 4 wheel lift for engine oil changes, diff oil changes, transmission oil changes.
I jack up from the front jack point, put the ramps under each front tire, then go side to side for the rear wheels. I can't use the rear center jack point because of the FI exhaust mufflers.
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Someone had posted these somewhere on this forum
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This is the one I made withs scraps laying around the house. Angle was set so it would just touch the deflectors in front of the wheels.
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