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Old 03-06-2015, 06:21 PM   #8
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I'd recommend the 68050 (or 60678 @DAEMANO mentioned above, they seem identical) because it's nice and low and extremely long. It's a 2-ton steel jack, but unless you're hauling it around everywhere it's a non issue. It can rarely be found on sale for $99-109, but its typical "on sale" price is 129-139. Still a great jack.

I prefer to jack the front of the car first at the front crossmember. Raise the front, set jack stands in place behind front wheels, set her down. Go behind the car and jack the rear end up at the diff housing, set jack stands in place in front of rear wheels, set her down. Up in the air in less than 2 minutes.

Doing this method, the jack is just low and long enough to reach under the rear bumper to the diff, the handle will still hit the bumper when it's straight up, so I couldn't imagine doing this with any other jack that might be shorter or taller, especially with a lowered car (mine is at stock height). The problem is that the front end being high teeters the rear bumper down to the ground, so muffler and bumper clearance are substantially less. Doing the rear end first would place the front bumper way too close to the ground. The 68050/60678 jack works perfectly.
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