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a popular alternative to axle stands amongst the Lotus Elise/Exige fraternity was boxes of A4 paper

I'm guessing this was amongst those who were office based.....

James

I've had my car up on four axle stands a couple of times with no issues. As others have mentioned it's important to keep the car level, which may mean using different settings on your stands depending on where you place them under the car (the rear axle sits at a different height relative to the ground than the front cross member).

If you're doing this on asphalt or really anything other than concrete you will want to place sheets of thick plywood under the stands so that they do not sink into the ground, which could cause them to tip over.

The other useful lesson I learned was that you have to jack from the rear first, then from the front. If you lift the front first there will not be enough clearance to get the jack under the rear of the car.

Probably stolen using a trolley jack, so have to block it to get the jack back out or they'd have to leave it.


Back on topic, no members near you have a second set of wheels I take it?

Cheers Tom

Dear All,

Many thanks all for the very useful replies on the axle stand use and the spinners. I am on a firm concrete floor in a double garage so lots of room to work and level.

Im not planning on doing any work under the car, just sending the wheels off for powder coating so its going to sit quietly for a few weeks.

Noted about jacking the rear first as well.

I think on balance I will go for another set of stands rather than my double sleeper but probably place the sleepers under just in case once its up. The spinner tools looks good but I may have a crack with the leather mallet first etc. Thanks again everyone. I posted and then got called away on work (very unreasonable) hence the rather late acknowledgment. G