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Old 02-28-2006, 09:28 PM
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proper way to install SFC

if i jack up one side of the car wit it on a level surface then put something under the wheels that will be the same height on both of them will this keep the car strait enough for the frame to be strait or do i Have to put it on a roll on lift? the only roll on lift i can find in my area is a shop that wants $300 to install a set of SFCs. but i know a guy who does awsome welding (he fixed my frame where it was broken for the steering box) and he said $100 to do it but he said he would just jack up one side of the car at a time to do it.

just thought about some thing. is it posible to lift oneside of the car put a jackstand under the front A-arm & the rear axel then lift the other side and do the same? or will the side done first slip off of the stands?
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Re: proper way to install SFC

Originally posted by xplane
just thought about some thing. is it posible to lift oneside of the car put a jackstand under the front A-arm & the rear axel then lift the other side and do the same? or will the side done first slip off of the stands?
Safer to jack up the front and put 2 jackstands under the a-arms. Then lift the back and put jack stands under the axle. Front first 'cause the p-brake will help keep the car from rolling, use wheel chocks or a block of wood behind the rear tires..
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thats cool i just talked to my welder dude yesterday and thats what he said he had planned on. i guess i didnt need to worry. thx for all your help tho.
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can you not put the front on ramps and the rear on stands??
or does both front and back have to be on ramps?
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Originally posted by 4RCEPWRD
can you not put the front on ramps and the rear on stands??
or does both front and back have to be on ramps?
Just got done installing my SFC's 2 days ago. So long as the suspension is loaded, and the car is level....that's ideally what you want.
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