Will this Jack fit under stock ride height Supra??

[BayAreaMK5]

I’m trying to find a low profile floor jack for my stock ride height car it seems jacking the car up is such an issue with stand adaptors and etc I just don’t have any ramps or wood at my disposable and would like a jack that’ll work without assistance. Thanks for the help

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Maasdam...h-Quick-Lift-in-Blue-MPL4699-BL-DIP/314137064

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[iLaugh]

If you're asking if you can jack it up from the sides, that jack should be fine. From the front, at stock ride height it might be okay. I'm lowered on HKS HAS and I have to lift the front from the sides, put the car on low profile ramps, and then jack up the front

https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-low-profile-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-slate-gray-70485.html

This is the one that I use

 

[BayAreaMK5]

If you're asking if you can jack it up from the sides, that jack should be fine. From the front, at stock ride height it might be okay. I'm lowered on HKS HAS and I have to lift the front from the sides, put the car on low profile ramps, and then jack up the front

https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-low-profile-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-slate-gray-70485.html

This is the one that I use

so with this jack your able to access both front and rear jack points from the sides?

 

[iLaugh]

so with this jack your able to access both front and rear jack points from the sides?

Yes but the front of the car, I lifted on low profile jacks.

 

[MikeyG_U2]

OP, do you mean the center jacking points? Or the jacking points on the sides with the rectangular receptacles?

I have a different Harbor Freight jack than @iLaugh mine is a Daytona 3-ton Long-Reach Low Profile:
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton...l-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-green-64785.html

My car is at stock height.

I use this jack along with a Burger Motorsports jackpad adapter (URL below) when changing my Summer/Winter wheels.

I have also used it help lift the entire car for an exhaust install. I have not tried jacking the front of the car from the center jacking point with this jack, but I used low-profile ramps to drive the front up (I believe I would be able to use my jack on the center-front jack point from the front of the car, but I have not actually done it), and then use this jack to raise the rear of the car from the differential onto jack stands (it fits even though the car is now tilted from the front being on ramps). I have done this from the rear of the car, not the sides. If doing it from the sides the wheels/tires would be in the way and you would need to angle the jack. The Long-Reach models help here, but I'm not certain it would actually reach.

For reference: the low-profile ramps I purchased are these from Summit Racing, they are much less expensive than Race Ramps, and work with a stock-height Supra, but they also have an ASME-PASE 2014 certification so I worry less about them collapsing than some of the cheaper low-profile ramps found elsewhere: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-905229

I also have these adapters for the rectangle side jacking points from Burger Motorsports that work with my jack or jack stands for lifting/holding the car up from the sides: https://burgertuning.com/products/b...1&_sid=71a8a9d2f&_ss=r&variant=18340353114227

 

[MikeyG_U2]

I forgot to ask. How are you planning to support the car after jacking it up? If using jack stands, you will still need at least 2 of the BMW jack stand adapters, or another option like the Verus jackpad replacement which replaces the plastic rectangle with an aluminum puck you can place directly onto a jack stand without an adapter.

If just changing wheels/tires you don't need to use jack stands to support the car (because you won't be underneath it), but if you are going to put any part of your body under the car please, please, please make sure you are putting it on stands. Jacks are for lifting, not for holding.

 

[MikeyG_U2]

One more idea, but it is the worst one...

You can buy a scissor jack from Toyota that fits into the rectangle receptacles without any adapters, but nobody likes using a scissor jack.... I built out a spare tire kit that straps into the trunk and this is the jack that fits into the foam tool holder:

Toyota Part Numbers:
Jack: 09111-WAA01
Handle: 09113-WAA01

 

[BayAreaMK5]

Mikey, firstly thank you so much for that detailed and thoughtful write up. This is going to be for an exhaust install so yes definitely will be on stands and yes I have 4 of the bmw adapters for the stands. I’ve always been big on safety even decades ago when I started working on cars in high school while my friends were playing with their lives getting under the car with a single floor jack. Yikes.
Anyway, I wanted to avoid needing low profile ramps but sourced some any how. Im doing the install soon with a friend so I didn’t have time to wait on anything being shipped. And yes, I did mean the center jack points. The Daytona jack you linked I was looking at. Wanted to see if I could save a $100 or so by getting that other low profile one at Home Depot. But you know what, I don’t want any problems, and may go with the Daytona, as a long reach may come in handy in the future.

i basically have everything I need besides the floor jack. I just didn’t expect getting the a90 off the floor would be such a mission. Nothing like this with my past cars, which included evos. Those were so easy to get under lol

again, thank you for the thoughtful reply

 

[MikeyG_U2]

I hope it was helpful. Good luck on your install!!

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