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Green-Jimmy
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aluminum jack - which one to get

Post by Green-Jimmy » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:19 am

Been thinking about getting an aluminum car jack. Any recommendations? Anything to stay away from? Like something with low profile as possible, I have a sears branded iron and it weighs a ton and doesn't fit under the car without first using my smaller jack.

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Re: aluminum jack - which one to get

Post by MeanMussy » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:05 am

I haven't found an aluminum jack that is worth the money (or maybe I'm just too frugal). I have this jack:
http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive ... 68048.html

It was branded "Central Pneumatic" when I bought it, but it appears to be the same jack. It gets under my GT, which is lowered 1", pretty well. It is steel, but its easy enough to carry around.
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Re: aluminum jack - which one to get

Post by decipha » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:34 pm

we got an aluminum jack from the snap on or maybe mac guy at the machine shop, that thing is nice i wanna say its a snap on?? but it sure does make life easy, i wana say itsblike $160 though so its kinda steep, definitely worthwhile if u intend on using it frequently

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Re: aluminum jack - which one to get

Post by dualdj1 » Tue May 01, 2012 10:58 am

stay away from the jegs ones. they're junk. I've had 2 now, sent one back for repair/replace, and the replacement failed after 6 months. used for race car.
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