That's quite true.sideshowalan wrote:Looks nice.
This is way better then carrying a jack around on the floorboard. If it's in the passenger area, any kind of accident means you now have a 50# metal projectile flying through the car.
From memory, the pictures showed the passenger side of the tool liner in the spare tire well was cut out and some sheet metal was put in, big enough to fit a small, 2-ton floor jack (aka: trolley jack). Sealed up around the edges with caulking.bigdoug wrote:Ah. A thread from earlier this year and the images already don't work. I could imagine a thread 5+ years old, but...
Would love to figure out how to store my actual floor jack in the car without it sliding around.
I use that same set, i dont keep the stands in the car but I too took out the stuff on the passenger side of the spare tire and that jack fits there nicely. I put a towel under it to keep it from banging up the the metal. I didn't have to break anything to take out that plastic stuff next to the tire it either was either held down by a bolt or popped out, cant remember but I could put the plastic junk back in it I needed toBenWA wrote:From memory, the pictures showed the passenger side of the tool liner in the spare tire well was cut out and some sheet metal was put in, big enough to fit a small, 2-ton floor jack (aka: trolley jack). Sealed up around the edges with caulking.bigdoug wrote:Ah. A thread from earlier this year and the images already don't work. I could imagine a thread 5+ years old, but...
Would love to figure out how to store my actual floor jack in the car without it sliding around.
I'll be stowing my floor jack & stands in my hitch cargo box when I hit he road next month. I got this cheap but nice set ($36 on sale again right now, plus you earn $10 in points!) http://www.kmart.com/ac-delco-2-ton-flo ... 244419001P
I've used the jack quite a bit and it works as good as you'd expect. The stands are about the same quality as Harbor Freight stuff. They are probably the same exact product, in fact; just painted a different color.
But anyway, I could never be able to bring myself to cut up the factory tool caddy unless I had a spare one.
I was just musing to myself how my pic, which contributed little to nothing haha, was still showing but not the actual topic pics.bigdoug wrote:Ah. A thread from earlier this year and the images already don't work. I could imagine a thread 5+ years old, but...
Would love to figure out how to store my actual floor jack in the car without it sliding around.
It's pretty good quality actually, for the price.ImUrOBGYN wrote:And that's a crazy little cheap jack/jackstands combo. Don't know if I'd trust it for anything larger than the Vibe, but should work fine there and as you mentioned, far better than the stock scissor jack. Which I've had fail on me on two separate occasions (not the Vibe's, but two other one's in the past). GL on your trip, btw!
Thank you for sharing. The only concern is the short warranty (90 days).deebiv wrote:The Harbor Freight 2 Ton Compact Trolley Jack will fit in the cargo compartment with zero mods.
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It appears some of the units suffer from "infant mortality", if purchasing I would suggest to leave it under load overnight protected with jack stands to test the seals; this is what I did. Seems normal and will try to use a couple of times a year to keep it fresh.petervivian wrote:Thank you for sharing. The only concern is the short warranty (90 days).deebiv wrote:The Harbor Freight 2 Ton Compact Trolley Jack will fit in the cargo compartment with zero mods.
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