fishpick
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For $120 I figured having jacking rails was probably worth it for when at the track. On the 2021 Handling Pack car - Ford actually did a pretty nice job cutting out the underside of the plastic side skirts where the jack points are anyhow - so TBH - these are probably not needed if you are always going to jack a single corner or have a lift. And - the jacking rails don't even go all the way from pinch weld to pinch weld anyhow - so when I put the car on my lift - I'm not even using these damn things... BUT - if you want to "track jack" the car with a single jack in the middle to raise the whole side for quick wheel / brake changes - then these are a must. And they will be worth the investment.
I got the cheaper but longer set... sure a pounds or so more - but come on...
Installation requires rolling around on the ground and reaching under your car... Even tho they don't really engage when you raise the car on the lift - they do just enough that this needs to be an unimpeded installation. I looked at it as the only time I have to work on this car laying on concrete - ever... and that's a good thing
Only notable note of noteworthyness - RTFM... Like step one line one - which I didn't read until I was 30 minutes into being convinced everything was garbage and Steeda people were out to screw me personally... the jacking rails are slightly different lengths - and the shorter ones goes on the passenger side. And - they do in fact mean the longer one will not fit the passenger side no matter how hard you try to make it... no matter if you bolt the front or the rear first - it will not work... trust me on this point alone.
Here's an action shot of me attempting to install the wrong rail on the passenger side... it was an exercise in another one of my life's modicums... I was simply unable to find the hole.
The kit comes with 4 bolts per rail - but you remove 3 longer bolts to install on each side - so I reused the longer stock bolts and just one of the included ones. Dunno - all my life people told me longer was better - so I just stuck with that notion.
You do need a putty knife to scrape some of the frame sealant / glue / stuff off near the front attachment point on both sides of the car... that part I would actually, if doing another set, raise the car on the lift - clear that area with a putty knife - then lower in install the rails.
That's it - mod done. Now I'm free to jack my car whenever and where ever and as hard and as high as I want.
I got the cheaper but longer set... sure a pounds or so more - but come on...
Installation requires rolling around on the ground and reaching under your car... Even tho they don't really engage when you raise the car on the lift - they do just enough that this needs to be an unimpeded installation. I looked at it as the only time I have to work on this car laying on concrete - ever... and that's a good thing
Only notable note of noteworthyness - RTFM... Like step one line one - which I didn't read until I was 30 minutes into being convinced everything was garbage and Steeda people were out to screw me personally... the jacking rails are slightly different lengths - and the shorter ones goes on the passenger side. And - they do in fact mean the longer one will not fit the passenger side no matter how hard you try to make it... no matter if you bolt the front or the rear first - it will not work... trust me on this point alone.
Here's an action shot of me attempting to install the wrong rail on the passenger side... it was an exercise in another one of my life's modicums... I was simply unable to find the hole.
The kit comes with 4 bolts per rail - but you remove 3 longer bolts to install on each side - so I reused the longer stock bolts and just one of the included ones. Dunno - all my life people told me longer was better - so I just stuck with that notion.
You do need a putty knife to scrape some of the frame sealant / glue / stuff off near the front attachment point on both sides of the car... that part I would actually, if doing another set, raise the car on the lift - clear that area with a putty knife - then lower in install the rails.
That's it - mod done. Now I'm free to jack my car whenever and where ever and as hard and as high as I want.
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