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Axle Stands

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  • 09-09-2008 3:50pm
    #1
    irish.rugby.fan
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    Bit cheeky I know but does anyone have a set i can borrow for the weekend.

    Im getting the alloy refurbed.

    Thanks


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    -Chris-
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    Where are you based, when are you free? PM me and I'll give you mine, but I'm only around tomorrow then I'm away for 3 weeks.


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I wouldn't leave a car up on axle stands for a weekend if I were you. You never know what might happen.
    Whereabouts are you?


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    VH
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    have you not got a spare tyre/wheel - you can leave it on that


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    DublinDilbert
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    If your around Dublin 7/15 you can borrow mine...


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    irish.rugby.fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 192 ✭✭irish.rugby.fan


    Getting all four refurbed hence the need.

    Live in gated house so should be okay.

    Thanks for all the replies.


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    Pete67
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    In case nobody is close, Lidl were selling axle stands on Sunday last, around a tenner a pair I think. Looked good quality, and were German TUV approved. They also had a hydraulic bottle jack for 9.99


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    JoeySully
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    what i have found very good is a bale of newspapers - if you can get them. they are very stable to put your car on.


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    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Pete67 wrote: »
    In case nobody is close, Lidl were selling axle stands on Sunday last, around a tenner a pair I think. Looked good quality, and were German TUV approved. They also had a hydraulic bottle jack for 9.99

    I've a set of Lidl axle stands. No problems so far with them.


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    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    JoeySully wrote: »
    what i have found very good is a bale of newspapers - if you can get them. they are very stable to put your car on.

    What if it rains?

    +1 for Aldi or Lidl stands. Have them for a couple of years and they are fine. Trolley jack too actually.


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    blastman
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    MarkR wrote: »
    What if it rains?

    +1 for Aldi or Lidl stands. Have them for a couple of years and they are fine. Trolley jack too actually.

    +1 here, too, for the stands and the jack.


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    Dolph Starbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,536 ✭✭✭Dolph Starbeam


    kbannon wrote: »
    I wouldn't leave a car up on axle stands for a weekend if I were you. You never know what might happen.
    Whereabouts are you?

    I had my car up on axel stands for around 3 months 5 feet up, though there was no engine in it which took a lot of weight off them i guess...


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    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,379 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    JoeySully wrote: »
    what i have found very good is a bale of newspapers - if you can get them. they are very stable to put your car on.

    Broadsheets or tabloid?? :D
    kbannon wrote: »
    I wouldn't leave a car up on axle stands for a weekend if I were you. You never know what might happen.
    Whereabouts are you?

    It no where near as bad as what i saw one day. I was walking into my old apartment complex on eday, i noticed a car jacked up fairly high, a small Daewoo Matiz.

    As i got closer i noticed there was a guy swapping the engine in one of the parking spaces. He'd disconnected everything from the old engine and effectively jacked the car up off it! The best bit was that he had a cheap hydraulic jack, on top of a car spare wheel holding the whole front of the car up! :eek:

    I should of gotten a picture of it... To be honest if someone had of told me this i wouldn't of believed it.


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