this past summer i got a chance to try a kwik lift. any one have one ? it's a ramp lift you drive up onto then you use your floor jack to pick the back up and bam!!! done . it's very nice and comfortable when on a creeper. i was under a 66 stang and it was perfect . no stretching . you can pull wheels too with the sliding bridges and a jack . just thought i'd check to see if anyone else had seen these . "kwik lift" .

 

Looks neat.

 

That would be great to have, wish they had a entry level homeowners priced one.

 

I thought nobody else at NAM had ever heard of this!

I've got a Kwiklift in the garage - those in the Corvette forums swear by these, and I did a lot of research on the other forums. If my garage was tall enough to hold a two-post lift, I would have gotten that instead - it would be much easier to remove the wheels.

Never used the centerbridge, though, since there are no lift points that I am confident about under the car. I just use a scissor jack to raise the sides and slide some jackstands under the jackpoints. Definitely makes it easier to work under the car on a creeper when your face isn't scraping the bottom of the vehicle.

The other setup I considered was a AC Hydraulic DK13HLQ jack (min height: 3.1", max height: 29.2"), but I thought the Kwiklift was sturdier and faster to operate.

 

I've used one before to put an exhaust on a old VW. And, i have to say it was the greatest thing to use, made me really want one, i just don't have the play money to buy one. would be nice to have though.

 

I'm not too impressed with them. I have a Bend-Pak MD6-XP scissors lift that I really like. Between $15-1600 shipped so not that much more than a Kwik Lift, and no supplemental jacking to do wheel work...

 

^^^thats frikkin' awesome!

 

pretty nice ; my neighbors have a scissor lift . exhaust work is tough though .

 

theres a how to or something on here that shows some good lift points just to the front of the front lift blocks and inboard a bit . the floor kinda bumps down right there . the nice thing about the mini is you only have to place the jack up front to innstall both stands .

 

Hey Modshack, thats a great setup. A scissor lift in on the wish list.

 

Yeah, working down the center is a little tough, but most of the stuff you end up working on is at either end, so minimal hassle. When I put headers and exhaust on my Corvette, I blocked the car and dropped the lift down...Not too much of a problem....

 

Never had a problem just using 4 jack stands...especially for just $60.

 

I've come to the awful conclusion that I don't have enough toys to play with you guys.

 

How do you remove the wheels once it's on the KL?

 

I saw a Kwiklift at the Denver Auto Show and I really liked it. They claimed it was portable, but at like 600 lbs I would call that a stretch. They had a 55 Chevy on it and the center bar to show how to change wheels.
Very nice set-up, completely open underneath and very stout. Reasonable price too.

 

I think we need to add that to another weekend project!...

 

sure....only if u buying... but i dont think we can get our cars on there though...err... maybe u can (since yer still 4x4)

 

I have a Bend Pack scissor lift as well. It's acutally not to bad for exhaust work - or at least not as bad as I expected it to be... Is it as good as a -2post of even a 4-post? No, but I don't have the height for a 2-post and a 4-post requires additional lifting to get the car off the lift.

The scissor lift comes with 3 sets of lift-blocks. I use the lowest set to lift the car up to put some spacers under the tires, then lift it again using the mid-height blocks, whcih gives me pretty decent access to the underside of the car. I installed a couple of Helix SSK's last month and it wasn't bad. Being able to sit under the car made the job a bit nicer than rather than being on my back with the car on stands as I've done in the past.

I have a ramp set up similar to Modshack's, although I made mine with a lap-joint in the middle to make storing the ramps easier when not in use. When not in use, I roll the lift into a corner of the garage (in front of Jerseygirl's Volvo under the cover in the pic below), thus allowing normal use of the bay for parking (Jerseygirl's MCS doesn't like being outside overnight ).



That's our friend Rob checking out the totally shot LCA bushings on his MCS... The lift will raise the car a bit higher - about 4' total to the safety catch, which put the car just under the garage door. For suspension work, I usually have it a bit lower.

For doing oil changes, I bought a 8 gallon under-lift set-up and skipped installing the extension tube and just have the funnel sitting in the jug.

Eventually, I hope to add a 4-post lift to the tool collection so we can stack the Spitfire and the Volvo in the right bay.

 

Whateva!...Nice signature @$$ ******!

 

LOL, Hilarious!!

 

thx! i try....

 

what a goofy day on NAM

 

Oh crap when did you get a MINI, Steve? Im glad to see you're still supporting the TT groups over at audiworld...

For you folks that dont know Steve Schwing....he was and probably still is very well regarded in the Audi community among others. This is definitely a HUGE plus to the MINI world...I cant wait to see what you come up with Steve...and welcome!

 

It can definitely be a pain to remove the wheels while having the car up on a Kwiklift, but on the other hand, it is certainly easier to get under the car to torque down suspension components with the suspension loaded. Always compromises... I tend to need to remove the wheels more often than tighten suspension bits, so looking at the scissor lifts makes me want to trade the Kwiklift for one of those (that is, until I get a garage tall enough for a two-post lift! ).

 

Thanks for the welcome Cole! Yeah, still trying to keep those Audi guys straight. 46K+ posts over there now...I'm trying!

Gotta learn this mini and do some inventing...