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Place the scissors under the side skirt to lift it high enough to slide a floor jack in its place to finish the job. Then rest the car on a

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Old 02-08-2013, 04:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Place the scissors under the side skirt to lift it high enough to slide a floor jack in its place to finish the job. Then rest the car on a jack stand. Repeat for the other side.
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Place the scissors under the side skirt to lift it high enough to slide a floor jack in its place to finish the job. Then rest the car on a jack stand. Repeat for the other side.
i think frame rail would be a better use of words.
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If you don't have any boards laying around. You can use your scissors jack to raise the Z up enough to slide your other jack in to raise it the rest the way up.
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Place the scissors under the side skirt to lift it high enough to slide a floor jack in its place to finish the job. Then rest the car on a jack stand. Repeat for the other side.
You don't want to trust that scissors jack for that. I know my scissors jack will not go up high enough for a jack stand.
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You don't want to trust that scissors jack for that. I know my scissors jack will not go up high enough for a jack stand.
I wouldn't trust them for that either. Just switch it over to a regular jack after the scissors raise it a an inch or so.
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