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I've never liked the idea of those things. Tilting a car that far seems like a lot of stress in places that weren't designed for it. Once or twice maybe, but not all the time!
 
It amazes me that 1 person can lift it but leverage & fulcrums are are at work here. Honestly, even lift give me the willies a bit. Ya never know what will fail when you happen to be under it. People have been using them for years and the odds on on your side, it's just one of those things.
 
Hello Vping,

very handy, but hardly, as Eastwood claim, unique. There are many companies making similar things. Some just use pure muscle to roll the car and others like the Eastwood one has a long screw to jack the car up (Driven by an electric drill)
I don't believe that the stress is all that much as the weight is taken on the suspension arms.
Incidentally the works mechanics used to flip rally minis on their side onto a couple of spare wheels when required. Of course the odd scratch on the paintwork was of no consequence.

Alec
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]...only the battery and vehicle fluids need to be removed...[/QUOTE]

I think I'd rather lay on the ground while working on the underside of my car rather than draining all fluids and removing the battery every time I work on the underside.

Also, I don't think this thing is too convenient for suspension work.
 
For that money you can buy a QuikLift!
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]The rocker assemblies are mad [/QUOTE]

literally taken from their ad..hehe!
 
and you don't wanna make your rocker assemblies mad!
 
tony barnhill said:
For that money you can buy a QuikLift!
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I thought so too Tony!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
 
bugimike said:
tony barnhill said:
For that money you can buy a QuikLift!
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I thought so too Tony!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
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And a few bucks more a real lift.
 
tony barnhill said:
For that money you can buy a QuikLift!
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tony, i agree but just think about it, with several of these youd be able to quadtrouple the number of cars you can put in the "garage mahal" /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Got both a QuikLift & 4-post lift already....now I'm thinking mezzanine.
 
tony barnhill said:
Got both a QuikLift & 4-post lift already....now I'm thinking mezzanine.
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/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif "ding ding" mezzanine - mgt's, mga's, mgb's parts to you left, whole cars straight ahead, projects,novelties and electronics to your right, watch your step, thanks for shopping with us and have a nice day. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
piman said:
Incidentally the works mechanics used to flip rally minis on their side onto a couple of spare wheels when required. Of course the odd scratch on the paintwork was of no consequence.

Alec
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Somewhere in an old issue of C&SC there's a photo of a then-new works Brabham F2 car resting on the sidewalls of it's tires. The photog wanted an overhead shot, and that was the easiest way to do it!

-William
 
Is there a website for the quicklift?
 
They want over $1000 for those things now? Yikes! Space allowing, I think I'd go for a 4-post lift if I were going to spend that kind of money. A decent 4-post can be found for $1600-$1800. The good ones are more though, closer to $3000.
 
There's a guy here in Northern Wisconsin that was selling the same type of set-up for around $400.00 a few years back. The brackets bolted to the wheel studs...pretty secure. One man could tilt the car pretty easily.

He was at our Iola show for several years and would tilt an early Mustang that he brought along for a demo. It really worked slick for sandblasting and rust repair. Easy to weld floor patches, etc.

I lost his contact info...I was impressed enough to want one...
 
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