Ramps

[Guest sritony]

I am looking for a pair of ramps as jacking the car up can sometimes be a bit of a pain and don't get much hight on it, I had some ramps some years ago when I had my first corsa and damaged it and was much easier to work on but no idea where they went or what size they were.

 

I have seen some in yellow paper for a tenner 20.5cm high and 88cm long steel ramps, will this give me the room under the car to work in or should I be looking at more higher ones?

[fry61]

If you find & fit 2050mm ramps you'll be able to WALK under your car!!!

[Andi]

Most ramps for the back end are ok.. Caution for the front though

[Guest neil stobbart]

Tony,

 

20cm high is a fairly typical height for standard ramps. A tenner sounds good but make sure you do a thorough visual to check for defects before you purchase and make sure they have end stops to prevent you driving off the other end!

 

Neil

[Guest sritony]

so just check for cracks etc in the frame work?

 

Need to get under car soon to get alt off so I can get it reconditioned just waiting for the rain and wind to stop haha!

[Guest neil stobbart]

Ideally they should have been manufactured by a company, rather than home made as you can be more certain of what you're getting (though I'm not criticising home fabbed efforts as they can be more robust / heavy duty!). Do a good visual inspection, looking for cracks / damage and paying attention to welds - if they've just been painted walk away as you can't be sure what's been hidden - can't afford for them to fail while you're under the car!

 

The extra height will certainly improve access to that damned alternator!

 

Neil

[Guest sritony]

Thank you for the info I will have a good look at them, prob won't be before end of week before I can get there to look.... cuz I want that alt off and out of the car lol........been boring many people at work today about my weekend stuck on a hill