alanr wrote:s there a tendancy for the car to 'slide' at all when heaving on a bolt or something?
I am not using the lift points but I've had no rocking of any vechile on them.
I used them while changing the drive shaft in my bmw, that has 6 very high torque rated bolts. A long breaker bar and long spanner with all your strength type job. Car was rock solid, even when bracing against the lift.
alanr wrote:Any thoughts on the 3inch height increase that Quickjack say they are launching?
More lift is always helpful, I find the current one is high enough thou. I'd suggest looking carefully at any increase in length when down. There isn't a lot more length in the wheel base for something much longer than the bl5000.
alanr wrote:Do you also position axle stands when using the Quickjack for safety?
No. It has in built safety locks. Would be hard to place stands anywhere useful on the car any way.
alanr wrote:and maybe you would care to comment on how safe you feel if crawling underneath?
I feel pretty safe, a lot safer than with axle stands. Your still aware you under as car thou. The likely hood of a car coming off it if lifted correctly is very low and much hard to lift it incorrectly than using a Jack and stands.
I think it's order if magnitude safer for you and the car than Jack and axle stands.
The major risk would be a major failure of the lift which is very unlikely. I use it regularly with 2 ton cars with no issue. The lotus is really not stressing it at all.