Thread: Hi lift jack points - D4

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Yes, but an additional $135 to ship to Melbourne!

Shipping included in $59 but Checkout defaults incorrectly to the prices for shipping wheels (hence the $135). I've let Andrew from Tuffant know.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Yes, but an additional $135 to ship to Melbourne!

Are you looking at the adapter or a wheels package ? The adapter price includes shipping in Australia. Wheels are a different story.

Scott

Originally Posted by Hoss

Shipping included in $59 but Checkout defaults incorrectly to the prices for shipping wheels (hence the $135). I've let Andrew from Tuffant know.

Thanks.

Thanks for all the feedback.

I've already got a shovel, maxtrax's and a compressor.....

and now passing on the hi lift.

cheers

Originally Posted by Tombie

Yeah! I don’t even carry my scissor jack after it failed, dropping the D4 to the ground on the LHR (I jumped back as it went, just missed my leg).

The scissor jack was bent like a banana at the threaded rod.

I now raise the suspension and place a block under the arm and tell the vehicle to lower. Instant wheel off the ground.

Great idea.
With tbat method you have no need of a jack and more importantly NO risk of personel injury, Well done Mate

Originally Posted by weeds

Not knocking your price and understand the scales of economy.

Either way 59$ delivered....with grub screw is probably a good good price.

No problem

Hi All,

Really appreciate the efforts of the quizzical and ingenious types that find smart/better/cheaper/safer ways of doing things on our cars.

So a question slightly off topic but still related since this thread is essentially about jacking the car....

Yonks ago when guys were looking at alternates to the scissor, the MB Sprinter type bottle jack was identified. Haven't kept up with the investigations as I'd always been lucky by being in a situation with the very few punctures I've had where I could create/get to a flat spot in order to use the scissor jack. At home I'd been using a trolley jack which is very easy if you find one with a long enough arm or a high pivot starting point.

Trolley jack has pooped itself so started looking at these threads with interest since I can kill two birds with one stone. I've looked at the Omega jack through the supplied links, etc. A couple of questions pop to mind. Have owners found practical storage points in the car or does it become necessary luggage on trips? I vaguely recall limitations on the storage orientation of bottle jacks...they must be stored upright? Is that correct?

Cheers,

Kev.

Funny you should bring this up Kev.

I used my trolley jack to swap all my wheels out the other weekend, and strangely had some problems.
May new jack is actually quite wide and I had dramas getting it to sit under the arm safely. Ended up, I cut up a small block of wood which sat in the dimple. Steel on steel is very slippery, hense the wood block.
So now I’m left with the small dilemma of what to do exactly. The trolleys great anyway with various stuff I need to do on other vehicles, so I’m good with that, but now, I think I’ll go down the bottle jack path. Initially had a spot earwigged for the trolley, but now need to find somewhere for the bottle instead,, as an aside, the good thing is it’s smaller and much lighter.

Laying it it down is not overall a good idea because it can leak, either through the filler cap, or if your seal lets go, you’ll end up with oil in the car.

So yes, where do there store theirs in the car?