Best way to look under car without jack?

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant)
06/26/2015 at 08:50 • Filed to: None

Without doing that shown to the left.

I’m home alone, no one to assist in my first time putting a car up on a jack, which can result in a few tragic situations if I’m not careful.

I’m curious to know about my muffler setup, it sounds to me like the quieter series Flowmasters (Maybe 50 or 70) but it could be the stock ones. Video coming soon. I tried pushing the iPad under the car while recording a video, but that didn’t work.

On a side note, free peppermint!

EDIT: Another look, and I'm pretty sure they're the stock mufflers, but I'll wait until someone assists me to put it up on the jack.

DISCUSSION (16)

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 08:54

You’re pretty much restricted to ramps and jacks. A good floor jack, jack stands and ramps are good investments anyway.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 08:54

I parked my car facing the curb with the front wheels up on the curb. Handbrake on and in gear I could get a good look under it.

GTI Sprinks > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 09:02

Rhino ramps are lesan $50. I’d spring for a pair of those and back the car up em.

crowmolly > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 09:02

See if you can snap a quick phone pic.

Flowmasters have a pretty recognizable shape vs. stock mufflers. Only thing I’d mistake one for is a Jeg’s chambered.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
06/26/2015 at 09:03

Second on the ramps. They make things so much easier. My jack makes all sorts of uncomfortable moans and groans any time it gets more than 10 lbs of load on it.

So if I can ramp it I will.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
06/26/2015 at 09:04

That’s what jack stands are for. YOu shouldn’t leave it on the jack.

Alfalfa Romeo > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 09:05

Ramps. But as Car Guy said, utilizing a curb can work in a pinch.

Alfalfa Romeo > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
06/26/2015 at 09:05

I used to do this fairly often.

Brickman > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 09:09

Inspection camera. Here’s what I use.

http://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-ARZ604…

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
06/26/2015 at 09:18

I might get some ramps soon. It's just 5 seconds of slowly reversing vs 5 minutes of digging out the jack + lifting the car up + being scared that it will fall, or so I assume.

spanfucker retire bitch > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 09:18

Dig a trench in your yard and drive you car on top of it.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
06/26/2015 at 09:30

Oh I always switch to stands right after its up. However getting it up is always a sketchy sounding ordeal.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 09:35

Take a look at your owners manual. It should show the proper jacking points. You can jack the car up unassisted, just don’t crawl under it without a jack stand. Jack up the rear of the car using that scissor jack (make sure the car is in gear so it won’t roll, and chocking the front wheels with bricks isn’t a bad idea, either), and you should be able to get a good view of the mufflers without getting underneath the car.

kanadanmajava1 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 11:03

A mirror taped to a stick and some flashlight pointing?

brianbrannon > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
06/26/2015 at 13:39

Put two wheels up on the curb

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > brianbrannon
06/26/2015 at 13:49

No curbs around here.