How do you guys get your 360's up in the air?

thats the kind or owner you buy a car from when they sell. THe OCD owner


I have a 4 post lift in my garage so I can clean under her also..

For your question, I would say a low profile floor jack. Place in proper position with a jack stand under her also in proper place. Do 1 corner at a time. Weight should be on jack stand not the low profile jack..

 

If you have a regular jack, one which requires 4" of clearance, drive the front end up on to a 2"x10"x6' plank (get two, one for each wheel.) that will give you enough clearance to get under the car with the jack, then set it on jack stands as others have suggested.

 

Where are the proper locations for putting the jackstands anyway?

So far I've always gotten away with being able to jack up the car and put boards under the tires to raise the height enough to service the car. (oil, trans...) Being able to use jackstands would be handy though in some instances.

 

on eht 360's there will be a circular cut out right in front of the rear wheels ( you can't miss it) and up front you can jack the car up right behind the front wheels or along the frame rail that runs the inside of the fender well.

 

Hi Shaun:

I own Beaux Art Detailing in Nashville...

Until you get your own lift, do you have access, or are you friends with, a mechanic who has a good quality shop that specializes in exotics or foreign cars? Most of those guys have the full on, heavy duty lifts to get the wheel wells up to eye level... makes detailing the wells/suspension/calipers a breeze.
One of my customers has me do a whole underside, wheel wells, bottom of the car, detail of his Stradale rather frequently and I ring my mechanic friend, slide him a few bucks... a hundred dollars should do it.
This is a little safer option for doing the car, also much easier, than a floor jack with jackstands.

You want to make sure to put the wheels back on with a torque wrench and tighten them to Factory spec using, what I call, an opposed "star" pattern for tightening the bolts. After putting the wheels back on, take the car for a short spin and then re-tighten the bolts. Very important, with a Stradale/Scud (and any Ferrari or exotic actually) to recheck the tension of the bolts after an initial few miles on the car.

A quick aside, a little hint, you may know this already,etc.... take great care with the carbon ceramic brakes on the car you're going to do. Those parts are very sensitive to harsh cleansers, they're also VERY expensive. Take care in not letting the cleansers come in contact with the calipers or rotors.
Use P21S Wheel Gel for cleaning the wheels, especially if you ever do one and you don't take the wheels off of it, and P21S Total Auto Wash for cleaning around the wheel well/calipers area.
Wheel cleaner: http://www.properautocare.com/p2wheelclean.html
Total Auto Wash: http://www.properautocare.com/p2toauwa2.html
Both cleansers are incredibly effective yet gentle and won't harm the calipers or rotors if some should come in contact with the sensitive bits. P21S products are expensive but they're the best and the safest option for the car you're working on.
You might want to invest in a Zymol horse hair wheel brush for cleaning the caliper housing as well, they're great for that application.
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/zywhbr.html

Best of luck!

Gary Bohannon

 

A BIG +1!

 

No problem Shaun, always glad to help out. Sounds like you're definitely on the right track.

"The wheels aren't very bad"... that's the (VERY) nice thing about carbon ceramics, the wheels stay quite clean without all that nasty brake dust. Makes detailing them a so much more fun.

Happy detailing to you Shaun and all the best!

 

Guys... one of the earlier posts in this thread suggested jacking the car up one corner at a time.

I heard the exact opposite from a mechanic friend of mine who said it's important not to torque the car's body that way and that you should use two jacks (front and rear) and lift one entire side of the car.

This topic came up because I had posted before/after pix on Facebook of my wheel removal and cleaning off my 993 Cab.

Thoughts on this?

Frank

 

A mid rise lift is only around $1500, will be the best investment ever. See pic.

The traditional way of getting a 360 on all fours would be

(1) Buy a good quality low profile floor jack and jack stands (with round flat top)
(2). Buy 4 hockey pucks
(3). Jack the car up using the rear jack point (circle opening in front of the rear wheel), this is where the Hockey puck can come in handy, place a puck on the floor jack, since the round opening on the jack point is probably smaller than your floor jack cup.
(4). Place a jack stand under the front jacking point. See pic.
(5). Lower the floor jack do the same on the other side, at this point you should have the entire front of the car on jack stands and enough room to remove the engine tray cover
(6). Jack the rear of the car up from the "blade" closest to the side of the car as possible. See pic
(7). Place jack stand on the rear jack point with the help of the hockey puck x 2 each side See pic.
(8). Do the same with the other side
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