Sweet! I'm definitely going to have to save up my pocket change to get these! That looks slick as hell.
Sweet! I'm definitely going to have to save up my pocket change to get these! That looks slick as hell.
Brock
1984 Mustang LX Convertible 3.8L V-6/Auto (SOLD)
1984 Mustang GT Hatchback 5.0 V-8/5 Speed
I'm an FEP Supporter and proud of it. Are you?
Jason, thanks for the detailed pics. Looks like a good piece of equipment.
Bob in Lebanon, TN
79 original owner six cylinder coupe
MCA Gold Card judge for 3rd Generation cars
Damnit Bob...I didn't want you to see my undercarraige It's pretty knarly compared to the level of detail you spend on yours!
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
It took me a total of 5 minutes yesterday to pull the ramps out, slide them under and into position, connect up the hoses and press the button. So much better than dealing with jacks and jack-stands. I'll probably still use spare wheels under the tires as a "double safety"...but still so much easier with these things. Now I'm thinking about taking them with me next year to the Shelby Spring Fling so the Concours judges can easily get under the 4-5 cars they have to judge.
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
I think this will be on my list before any big mods or fun purchases (though any and all of those will be on hold for a long, long, LONG time).
It's nice to learn about something that actually works.
You want yours to look 1/2 as good as mine? I want mine to look 1/2 as good as Bob's
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
I have been kicking the idea of this around for awhile, the thing I think is pretty awesome is its portability, something I could throw in the car trailer and take with me to shows and what not, it would certainly make things easy at the race track or cleaning for shows...
Indeed! And the rubber blocks means no damage/markings on the under-body.
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
Man, I'd load em up and take it to the car wash. Actually be able to clean my oilpan enough to find my leak . Very nice.
2 1986 cougars (both 4 eyed and 5.0)
1 1987 cougar
Where did you end up buying it through? Directly from Ranger Products? or through a reseller like Summit?
Thanks guys for the kind words. But of course you realize the other side of having a detailed undercarriage: I bet you don't cringe when you end up driving in the rain, as I did coming home from AutoRama last Sunday night. Another undercarriage cleaning project!! (in addition to a few other undercarriage detailing projects yet to be done)
Bob in Lebanon, TN
79 original owner six cylinder coupe
MCA Gold Card judge for 3rd Generation cars
Jason, thought I would share this with you. I just ordered up some 4-3/4" WIDE 6-1/4" LONG 3" TALL solid rubber blocks to use with my Quickjack; its the ebay item link below.
I had been wanting something solid as I have jacking rails installed and the "v" cut in the supplied blocks was starting to tear a bit because of the way I was stacking them on top of each other to get the most from the lift's travel. I looked for awhile before I came across these which were by far the most reasonably priced ones I could find. The same seller has shorter blocks that are also nicely priced.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191092486036...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
'85 GT
Nice find!
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
How have your Quick Jacks been holding up?
Looks like Quick Jack has added some additional models and changed the designations a bit... Is the model that you have the 72.5" frame length or the 75"?
Mark
1986 GT Hatchback (2R): 5spd, TFS FAC 170s, TFS Stage 2 Cam, Vortech SQ S-Trim, MM Suspension, SN95 5-lug conversion w/Fox 5-lug rear axles, 3.73's, 13" / 11.65" brakes, Moates QuarterHorse
'88 LX 5.0
'22 GT500
Double post
Mark
1986 GT Hatchback (2R): 5spd, TFS FAC 170s, TFS Stage 2 Cam, Vortech SQ S-Trim, MM Suspension, SN95 5-lug conversion w/Fox 5-lug rear axles, 3.73's, 13" / 11.65" brakes, Moates QuarterHorse
'88 LX 5.0
'22 GT500
Mine was the longest they made at the time....now they are making them even longer. I would go with the longest they make, which appears to now be 75". Going from memory but I think mine was 69 or 70". It works pretty well on a a fox, but having even more length would be a plus for spreading out the weight on the sub frames....especially if a convertible.
I have only had a problem with one of my quick-couplers leaking. I was out of warranty but they sent me a pair with 50% discount so can't complain much about that. If it happens again they are plentiful on ebay for much better pricing than their parts dept.
The quickjack is still my best tool in the garage
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
I might have to pick myself up a set of these, they look super handy.
-Randy
'83 Mustang GL notchback - 351w - T5Z
'84 Mustang GT350 20th Anniversary Hatch #2808 - 302 - T5
''92 Mustang LX Hatch - 2.3t - IRS (in progress)
Indeed they are! It makes life SO easy when doing wheel swaps, working on brakes, detailing suspension/wheel wells and under-carriage. So much easier and safer than the time it takes to get a car off the ground with jacks and stands. Heck...I'm about to finish detailing the '92 Calypso LX I brought home back in April....can't wait to get that thing in the air so I can polish the sides without bending over between my legs to work
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
^^ good point on the detailing. Worth the price of entry just for that!
-Randy
'83 Mustang GL notchback - 351w - T5Z
'84 Mustang GT350 20th Anniversary Hatch #2808 - 302 - T5
''92 Mustang LX Hatch - 2.3t - IRS (in progress)
I had one, too heavy and too slow imo. With MM sub connectors you can 1/2 the car up at a time, put 2 jack stands under it, slide the jack further to the other side and jack it up.... Cheaper too... Just my opnion
Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk
1986 Ford Mustang GT-
Not much stock stuff left
347 NA power, CNC ported heads, Extrude honed Trick Flow Intake, Custom Cam
Suspension, custom k- member, TQ arm/pan hard rod... Much more
Restored and ready to race, made to go fast while cornering
1981 Mustang GT-
Old SCCA A-Sedan National Champ car
In the middle of rebuild
1986 LX Sedan-
Plans to be determined...
"Every day I learn how much I don't know"
Well...to each their own I guess. I don't consider 75 lbs too heavy....plus they have wheels on one end. Not sure about the too slow part either....I can press a button and watch my car raise up in about ~20-25 seconds. Unless you have a NASCAR style jack I don't see that being beat. I also don't consider jack stands nearly as safe for crawling under the car than these.
However I agree with your point about how easy it is to jack up a car with sub-frame connectors....piece of cake for sure! However with bone-stock cars like mine I don't want to scratch up the sub frames or the pinch welds, so this is the way to go IMO.
Jason Smith
MCA #65481
'82 Capri RS Resto-Mod
'88 #400 Saleen Coupe "Mean Machine" Legal Guardian
'93 LX Yellow/Black Summer Feature - 2,800 Mile Original Survivor (Foxtoberfest 2019 Best Original 87-93)
'05 S-281 Mineral Grey
Thanks Jason and others for sharing your feedback, it's always good to have feedback from both sides of the fence. From my perspective, I've been using a hydraulic pump jack and throwing jackstands around for 20+ years and I think the QJ will be a big time saver and extremely easy to work with in comparison.
Looks like the longest frame that QJ has now is the BL-7000EXT, which is 76" long. https://www.quickjack.com/quickjack-...ing-guide.html I just took a tire tread span measurement from ~3" off of the ground and it was just about 79". Based upon QJ's instructions, they say to subtract 2" from that number so it seems that the 76" long version will work on our fox cars. Does anyone feel otherwise? I'd like to go with the longest version as I have my 1/2 ton Sierra and a long wheel base car that the 76" version will be perfect for.
Last edited by Quikk86; 07-29-2017 at 06:18 PM.
Mark
1986 GT Hatchback (2R): 5spd, TFS FAC 170s, TFS Stage 2 Cam, Vortech SQ S-Trim, MM Suspension, SN95 5-lug conversion w/Fox 5-lug rear axles, 3.73's, 13" / 11.65" brakes, Moates QuarterHorse
'88 LX 5.0
'22 GT500
Double post... again...
Last edited by Quikk86; 07-29-2017 at 06:17 PM.
Mark
1986 GT Hatchback (2R): 5spd, TFS FAC 170s, TFS Stage 2 Cam, Vortech SQ S-Trim, MM Suspension, SN95 5-lug conversion w/Fox 5-lug rear axles, 3.73's, 13" / 11.65" brakes, Moates QuarterHorse
'88 LX 5.0
'22 GT500
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