My tib's been chilling on jackstands since we moved in. Always bump test and generally never had a problem, aside from the occasional scissor jack crater. But really? Rims under the car? Never done this but its not a bad idea.

 

I use jack stands and shake the living hell out of the car before I'll ever get under it. I had a blazer on some cinder blocks and 2x6 boards once and it fell over burying the brake rotor into the ground. I was under that rotor just a couple of minutes earlier but had gotten out to get a drink.

 

Just last night I was working (security officer at a apartment complex) and a Guy I know was swapping a tranny. I would check up on him every round and one round I went out there and he said the car fell on him. he had one Jack stand and the tire with a block on it on one side. car tipped and he dropped the tranny on his arm and the car landed on his face with just enough clearance not to kill him some guys around lifted the car and he slid from under he was so close to death. Just ended up hurting and a chipped tooth. Always use stands!

 

I don't know why they stopped, but over here, in realy old garages there used to be pits, approx 4-5 fett deep. My Nan's house is 70 years, old, garage has a lovely pit. Last time I did an exhaust change, I went round there. Park car, jump into pit, job done.

 

Yes, the next (first?) garage that I build shall have an obscenely deep pit.







Also sunken living rooms are pretty cool.

 

"I love sunk-in living rooms"



Pits are convenient for exhaust and oil changes, but they aren't the best for some jobs (changing an axle comes to mind).

 

Til the river runs over

 

You should always make sure the jack is level to at least side to side. I used a jack to raise the car in the center so I could change both wheels on one side at a time. The car was on a slight incline and the floor jack I had tipped over.



And when using a floor jack make sure when you are jacking the car up that either the jack is moving or the car is when you raise it.

 

Wes @ G&M Performance was under another member's Genesis Coupe and was saved by jack stands when the OEM scissor jack decided to fail.