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I have a set of Quick Jacks (5000SLX if I remember right). It's worked great for most of my cars. Has anyone used it on the LC500 (convertible in my case).
I have the quickjack 5000tl and had to buy the extensions for the LC500. I love them and about to use them next week to do my oil change and install some spacers on a coupe.
Does the 3 inches on either side really make that much of a difference? Even for a unibody vehicle? I've used my quickjack without extensions for my Kia Stinger... it's close but not on the exact lift points and seems to work fine.
Yeah, huge difference. The pinch weld points are very specific on some cars (definitely the LC), and the standard platform wont allow the blocks to reach them.
For vehicles that have the exposed pinch rail the whole length of the car it's probably not a big deal and you can be slightly off, but for cars like the LC that have a bunch of lower shields and coverings you don't have much wiggle room for where the blocks can be placed. I found that the blocks are the perfect width for the exposed area.
Side note for others: I'd never use the quickjack on anything but the pinch welds (and blocks that have grooves in them).
Yeah, huge difference. The pinch weld points are very specific on some cars (definitely the LC), and the standard platform wont allow the blocks to reach them.
For vehicles that have the exposed pinch rail the whole length of the car it's probably not a big deal and you can be slightly off, but for cars like the LC that have a bunch of lower shields and coverings you don't have much wiggle room for where the blocks can be placed. I found that the blocks are the perfect width for the exposed area.
Side note for others: I'd never use the quickjack on anything but the pinch welds (and blocks that have grooves in them).
Thanks for the info. Just ordered the extensions. I guess I could use them for my stinger as well.
Well, got my QuickJack Extensions and did an oil change on my LC. They JUST fit underneath which is a blessing in disguise as it make lining up the jack pads easier.
I'm also glad I did the oil change. When I took delivery I could see the oil was overfilled by almost a quart. I imagined that the last oil change done was simply a quick one and they didn't change the filters so it was overfilled. I was right. Oil was clean, filter was dirty, and they had messed up the screws between the drain plug and filter panels. So even Lexus mechanics are just run of the mill I guess. haha.
