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BlueOvalFan
Member
Pffft...Way overpriced for a rubber pad... YMMV
Talk about overpriced...look at what we drive around. You can catch these on sale once in a while. I bought one and they seem to be well made and work well. YMMV...
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Nonsense. $100 for a set... try a hockey puck for a better solution.
A fool and his money are soon parted... Proverbs 21:20 King James
HankLloydRight
No Roads
You folks might think I'm nuts, but I lost my Murphy's Law jack pad. So when swapping wheels each season, I just use an old paperback book between my RAKJACK and the car. Works just fine.
The paperback book is where the jack pad is in this video:
The paperback book is where the jack pad is in this video:
dark cloud
Active Member
very nice, but something about the title “homemade jack pad” to me implies not using a several hundred dollar jack
I think you would win any speed jacking contest though.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
very nice, but something about the title “homemade jack pad” to me implies not using a several hundred dollar jack
LOL, true. I just looked and they are a lot more expensive now (about $450) than when I bought one a few years ago (closer to $300). I was also considering the QuickJack, but they are $1700 and they didn’t have a model for Tesla back then, which they do have now.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
Here is a cheaper solution, definitely homemade. In addition, with two jacks, one can jack one side or end of the car evenly, not on a corner. The Manual does not recommend jacking one corner, I know everyone does it anyway.
For 70 ish USD, two portable AC Delco Jack's, two oak planks with 3 locating oak dowels, and two oak supports that function as a jack stand.
Even if you do not need to go under a car, you don't want to leave the load on a cheap jack for hours. The supports allow you to unload the jacks as you go to the tire store to get tires changed.
For 70 ish USD, two portable AC Delco Jack's, two oak planks with 3 locating oak dowels, and two oak supports that function as a jack stand.
Even if you do not need to go under a car, you don't want to leave the load on a cheap jack for hours. The supports allow you to unload the jacks as you go to the tire store to get tires changed.
