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Time for a floorjack upgrade

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Good day all,

I'm in need of replacing my ailing Harbor Junk special floorjack and want something that will work for the 350 and the Mama-mobile also. I remember seeing a post on another Mustang forums for a vendor which made high quality floor jacks, with nylon or delrin casters - and they were pretty spendy. I seem to remember they were imported (not Chinese junk either). For the life of me I cannot find this manufacturer/seller. Does anyone else have knowledge of this website or am I up ish creek?
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interested as well...found out that my beloved floorjack doest not fit by a few mms...
 

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Had my Napa jack since 98. It came with a thick rubber pad. Still going strong. I think I paid ~$200 ish then.
 

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I ended up purchasing a Pittsburg jack after reading about some differences from this site.
http://allgaragefloors.com/top-5-floor-jacks-for-your-garage/

The main reason for purchasing it was the 2 7/8" saddle height. Most aluminum or aluminum/steel jacks have a 3.5 to 4" saddle height which can be too high for some lower cars.

I know it's not the highest quality, but for the price I could by three of these things for what one American made jack costs these days. :shrug:
 

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Never trust Harbor Freight cheap junk if your serious about working on your car. especially under it
 

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I'm a fan of the Costco one as well...
The only concern for this jack is the minimum lift height. With our cars as it is it's fine, but might start to be tight if you are going with the lowering springs.
 

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I have the steel 3.5ton low profile arcan, it was also sold at costco at one point. 3.5-21" lift height
 

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I purchased that Arcan jack from Costco about 12 years ago (or so). It is still going strong. That said, I had a car I lowered using Ohlins coil overs from Stasis (back when Stasis was in business) and this jack would not fit under the car. I had to use my Crapsman....ah I mean Craftsman aluminum jack. I've gone through three of those Craftsman jacks during that time (I will not buy another).
 

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