I found that my low profile Craftsman jack does not fit under the GP jack point adapter blocks, at least at the front jack point. The car is too low by about a 1/8". I had to carefully jack the car up a little, at the front jack point without the adapter block, and slowly let it down to get the car raised slightly so that I could get the jack under the jack point blocks and lift the car properly.

I plan on lowering my GP, so the tall jack point adapters will really be a problem when the car is another 1/2-3/4" lower.

The jack point blocks seem to be needlessly tall. My thought is to cut (shorten) the blocks by about an inch. Has anyone run into the same problem? What was your solution? Any problems with cutting (shortening) the blocks?

 

How about just running the front wheels up onto a chunk of 2X4 before you jack the car up?

Simple, effective, and more than likely free.

 

Welcome to the world of lowered MINIs. Once I lowered my MINI, I bought a low-profile jack. None of my other jacks fit. There are some aluminum racing jacks that go really low and are light enough to go places if they need to. Most are 3 1/2" - 3 3/4" high in their lowest point.

Steve

 

Texas Speedwerks also has machined billet aluminum jack points that are 3/4" shorter than stock:

http://www.txwerks.com/servlet/Detail?no=27

 

My frustration is that my low profile jack does fit under my 2003 lowered Mini but not under the jack point adapter blocks on the 2006 GP. As Spunky the Tuna suggested, I can always use a 2x4 but that means always having the 2x4 with me when I want to jack up the car, such as at an track event. Just a dumb block design in my opinion.

 

Just ditch the blocks.

 

I am using the low profile jack from Harbor Freight on my GP and it works great. Also is very light to take to track days. Hope this helps, Steve

 

Thanks to the magic of inclination angle and caster, simply turning the wheels full lock should raise the front of the car more than enough to fit your jack (just straighten them back before jacking). Well at least until you lower the car even more...

 

Yes, I cut one block down enough to allow about 1/2 inch to protrude. Now my racing jack will fit under it. If you use the front jack point the whole side of the car will come up allowing you to change both wheels. Orderd 1 replacement block to have complete set of 4 stock blocks for garage lift use.

 

Thanks for the idea of buying a fifth block.

 

You can get shorter jack blocks at bmw. They use the same style with two other sizes for various models. I think they are about 5 bucks each. They are about half the size of stock at 3/4". Part # should be 7 001 650. If that doesn't work just tell them you want the e46 short blocks.

 

You can see the full part number here (part #9): http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...=51&fg=80&hl=9

Note that the one referenced is actually an E38/E39/E53 lifting pad.

Neil
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