yah. this summer has been terrible. i could count the number of days it hasn't rained on my hands.

its supposed to be clear today, but with showers this afternoon(perfect ) tomorrow is supposed to be clear all day.

 

that's a reason i rent a space at the do-it-yourself shop and use the life. it is much safer that way. for 4.50 an hour, i changed oil and filter and rotate my tires yesterday in addition to coating bare metal parts with a layer of oil to prevent rust.

 

i jacked from the tow hook.. doesn't get the jack points high enough to get the jack stands underneath.. hell i dont even think the tires were fully off the ground. i took it down and then measured the full height of my jack. from the ground to the base of the cup on the jack it measures 14.5"

any one recommend a certain type of jack then?

 

Wow, I thought those 2 ton or 3 ton floor jacks would get the car high enough off the ground so that you could put jack stands at the rear jacking points.

That's exactly what I do with my sears 2 ton floor jack. I use the tow hook to jack up the rear of the car and I could get it high enough so that I could use the two jack stands at the rear jacking points.

 

Put a block of wood on the floor jack and you'll gain as much height as the size of the block of wood. Be careful.

 

thanks for the input.
i had to work on the car today so hears what i did. i took a peice of wood, drilled about a 1" diameter hole in it real quick and jacked from the subframe where the lca bolts up. i drilled the hole because the lca actually is a bit lower than the two parts of the subframe and the hole was the quickest way for that bit of the lca to sit in the wood.

also, i mentioned that i have V shaped jack stands.. and that the V was too deep for the jack point bars to hit the middle before the outside part of the V hit the side skirt.. so i took my zip cut and cut about 1/4 off the top of the Vs.. now i have a perfect jack stand for the jack point bars. and cutting off the tops doesn't affect it structurally cuz its still holding the car in the dead center of the V.

 

...so now you're rockin' and rollin'... Rock on :rockon: