What Jack ?

[cre8toruk]

Hi,
thinking of changing my tyres after my day with Walshy.. I note from the owners manual that there's no Jack in the car.

Since I'll be sourcing the tyres myself and going to my nephew's garage to get them changed over and since I don't trust a Nissan garage monkey to know what to do with my baby, I figure I'll just take two at a time.

So the question is what Jack can / should I use to lift the car (at point A I believe).
Where's the best place to purchase one from...

I've tried searching various places but I seem to get a lot of stuff about jacking points and stands and not a lot about actual jacks.

thanks for any advice.

[ad111s]

low entry jack is needed

something like this
http://www.costco.co.uk/view/product/uk_catalog/co...

Edited by ad111s on Thursday 17th January 09:47

[kambites]

The standard S2 Elise is not a low car unless it's been modified. You can use any trolley jack that's specified with a minimum entry height lower than the sill height, which is about 130mm. Which will be all of them.

I think my Elise has more ground clearance than the OH's Octavia.

[Staz88]

This one:

http://www.eliseparts.com/products/show/37/258/lig...

[KD88]

We bought the Costco aluminium one a few months ago and would highly recommend it.

Much better quality than the Clark type and similar for about the same price.

They don't always have them in stock so ring head office to see when they are getting their next delivery.

[pmyhill]

I just use a standard jack and put one of the wheels on a plank of wood forst to give it a bit of extra height

[cre8toruk]

I'm thinking of buying this one...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00521RGXG/ref=...

[Riff Raff]

I bought one of the Clarke lightweight aluminium trolley jacks quite a few years back at one of their VAT free days. It's given faultless service since, and I use it in preference to a big 2 ton jack, simply because it's so much lighter to move around. You can just pick it up using one of the handles on the side. If you tried that with the 2 ton job, you'd do yourself a mischief. Because of its low profile, I can also store it underneath one of the floor units in the garage, which is a bonus, because I'm a bit short on floor space in there.

[GTRene]

that's cheap for such low jack...