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Old Oct 5, 2024 | 11:45 AM
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Good morning,

I just purchased a 2014 GS350 AWD FSport. I do all my own maintenance. This car is a bit lower than my previous vehicles. Has anyone used a Quickjack on these cars. Not a lot of room under there. I love this car BTW. It has been a certified used all its life and appears to have been maintained very well according to Lexus Drive and the dealer.

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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ack-users.html

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...spacers-2.html

That should be a start and congrats on the acquisition!

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Old Oct 5, 2024 | 12:43 PM
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Thanks East. I haven't got the search method down yet. Well I may go back to my idea of putting a 2X6 under the front tires so I can drive it up my trusty ramps. And jack stands for brakes etc. The QJ might work and the issues are all the same that I have seen about QJ. The GS has all that FSport coolness and plastic down low. LOL


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Thanks East. I haven't got the search method down yet. Well I may go back to my idea of putting a 2X6 under the front tires so I can drive it up my trusty ramps. And jack stands for brakes etc. The QJ might work and the issues are all the same that I have seen about QJ. The GS has all that FSport coolness and plastic down low. LOL
First and foremost CONGRATS! My perspective as I went down a similar path with the QJ’s. Really wanted them to start but the cost got to me. The route I went was Racce Ramps Wheel Cribs. I got the 12” and a low profile creeper off Amazon and I haven plenty of clearance. Cost was a fraction obviously. I loved the QJ’s but they do impede a lot of space maneuverability. Ramps aren’t cheap but multiple projects later I love them. Just an alternate option to consider.
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Thanks Chris. That was another option I was looking at. I appreciate the advice from the group.
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Chris, The 4 jack points on the car are very small at a pinch weld. They are a bit beat up I am assuming from the dealer. How do you raise the car to get the wheel cribs in. A floor jack, short piece of 2X2 and luck. LOL!
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There is also available the two jack points outlined in the owners manual. One for the front (lifts the whole front) and one for the rear. Here's from a 2018 manual, not sure if 2014 is any different.
​​​​​​It's easier to do if you drive the car on wood, but doable without it.






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Thanks Chris,

The car did not come with the owners book but I downloaded one and will look through the "new" one I found on EBay. I am totally OCD about maintenance hence probably why my beater Subaru has 310,000 Miles. I'll get that little girl up in the air somehow.

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