Car Jacking

[Big Col]

Lightbody has got me all worried in another post. He's said that using a BMW dealer to get tyres is a good thing as "they know how to jack the car". Is there anything I should be telling the guy that's doing my tyres tomorrow as he aint a BMW dealer...

Edit: moved to correct forum

[Willie M]

Most standard trolley jacks don't fit under the MINI as it sits quite low to the ground. A simple solution is to drive the front or rear wheels, whichever you're attending to, onto a wooden block, slab or suchlike, thus raising the ground clearance :approve:

Alternatively use the MINI jack ;)

[Julz]

Nothing fits under my car except a sheet of paper, I require 3 blocks of wood, 14 concrete blocks and a roll of sellotape!!:p

[Big Col]

or Yoda...

[Wul]

quote:Originally posted by Big Col
or Yoda...


Hmmmm...car to the jack I see up you're going!:p

The reason trolley jacks have problems is that the MINI's jack points have a plastic surround and the scissor jack supplied fits neatly inside these to touch the chassis.

Cut a small block of wood which fits inside the plastic surround and sticks about 10mm below the edge to allow a trolley jack to get a good flat bit to jack on!

[Scottie]

Well I ended up buying a Sealey low entery trolley jack 80mm my car has a clearance of 90mm.

Got it a trade.

Solves a few problems. Was fed up with bits of wood.

[Big Gordy]

See I told you Wul knew more than just about Maguires stuff :p:D:approve:

[Wul]

Sometimes i even work for my employer...sometimes!!:D

[X30YES]

Jacking ,Polishing , wings , whats going on here

[lightbody]

My comment about 'knowing how to jack up the car' was from experience of owning Classic Minis. They suffer damage to the floorpan if jacked up by an inexperienced mechanic shoving a trolley jack underneath willy nilly.

[broken_brian]

yup last time i went to get tyres the numpty jacked the car up on the floorpan instead of the subframe and he wondered why i was anoyned at him :evil:

so i now get my mate to change my tyres for me and it only costs me a beer or two :D