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SS--SS
22-09-2005, 01:16 PM
Was going to get a set of car ramps for home & thought I'd ask if anyone has had scraping problems getting their car up on these ? I've got a VX SS & although the car hasn't been lowered the front spoiler sits fairly low .
VY sv8 CLUBBY
22-09-2005, 01:27 PM
We need to use a piece of timber to drive onto car ramps. Std ride height but front bar low :(
RED R8
22-09-2005, 01:53 PM
We need to use a piece of timber to drive onto car ramps. Std ride height but front bar low :(
same here cant get it up without timber. :confused:
clixanup
22-09-2005, 02:07 PM
Yep. I use two 4' lengths of 8" x 1.5" hardwood leftover from house renovations. Seems strange that nobody is manufacturing ramps better suited to modern cars.
alexcs
22-09-2005, 02:10 PM
superlows on vz ss = no way :) i use car stands and a big jack.
VX2VESS
22-09-2005, 02:14 PM
after my fun time last weekend and deciding i really need ramps for the job.

to remove the front bar take a whole 5mins :)
jontall
22-09-2005, 03:53 PM
Was going to get a set of car ramps for home & thought I'd ask if anyone has had scraping problems getting their car up on these ? I've got a VX SS & although the car hasn't been lowered the front spoiler sits fairly low .

Try Race Ramps:http://www.raceramps.com/
warrick
22-09-2005, 04:35 PM
they look great Jontall.i wonder if they have agents in australia or if they ship os?i have sent them an email asking for shipping costs etc,will post there reply.
many thanks
warrick
jontall
23-09-2005, 06:19 AM
The guys over at the Corvette forums love Race Ramps. It's the only ramp that lifts Corvettes without scraping. I think they are getting ready to do a group-purchase, try to hook-up with them to save money. The guy uses Brute as his name, here is the thread:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1180422&highlight=race+ramps&forum_id=74

Email him and see if he can help you.
Jon
kryten2001
23-09-2005, 11:08 AM
same here cant get it up without timber. :confused:

As the actor said to the bishop.
warrick
27-09-2005, 01:01 PM
well i got a reply from the race ramps people.very helpful but WOW!price to import......The Fedex price was $575 USD Fedex priority INTL or $380 Fedex Economy Intl!!.these really do look to be the perfect solution but youch!they are looking for an australian distributor so if your interested give them a call.
guess i'll just have to keep looking........damn!
cheers
warrick
Speedy Gonzales
21-02-2006, 05:30 PM
Yep. I use two 4' lengths of 8" x 1.5" hardwood leftover from house renovations. Seems strange that nobody is manufacturing ramps better suited to modern cars.

So the exact dimensions is a 4" length by 1.5" thickness piece of wood? Just confused on what you posted.

I have a set of ramps I got from Repco for $50, awesome for changing diff oil and fuel filters but have yet to put it to use on the front end, am getting lazy and dont want to use the trolley jack and stand :)
clixanup
21-02-2006, 05:47 PM
So the exact dimensions is a 4" length by 1.5" thickness piece of wood? Just confused on what you posted.
That's 4' which is 4 foot. One little mark (') means feet. Two little marks (") means inches.

And it's roughly 8 x 1.5 inches...
possum22
21-02-2006, 06:20 PM
Or 1.2m x 200mm x 38mm in metric.
JezzaB
21-02-2006, 06:51 PM
I just use cheapie ramps and pull my front bar off. takes about five mins. But then again I have heaps of timber (beinga chippy) and I am too slack to grab some off the stack but will rip the front bar off. Hmm I gotta start looking at methods of doing things....
APCLB
21-02-2006, 06:52 PM
well i got a reply from the race ramps people.very helpful but WOW!price to import......The Fedex price was $575 USD Fedex priority INTL or $380 Fedex Economy Intl!!.these really do look to be the perfect solution but youch!they are looking for an australian distributor so if your interested give them a call.
guess i'll just have to keep looking........damn!
cheers
warrick
Should look into USPS surface rate.
I would think a local sheet metal shop could knock these up no probs,get a big order going = cheaper ramps.What about that bloke that makes the brake booster brackets,maybe he could do it?
brettarmst
22-02-2006, 02:38 PM
I bought a crappy pair from Super Cheep and welded a longer ramp onto the front, this still didn't clear the nose of the car so I weled yet another ramp to front, now the car goes up the ramp in three stages so that the nose clears the ramp.

Another trick I did was to drill two holes in the garage slab and drop a bolt through the ramps into the slab to stop the ramps sliding, if you happen to brake to hard on the way up.
warrick
22-01-2007, 06:08 PM
i am getting some ramps for lowered cars from within australian shortly.if they work out i'll let you guy's know.they are made of alloy.price is undetermined at this stage as i am going to be the guinea pig.hence dont want to put too much info up & be advertising.this is not my business.
cheers
warrick