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What is everybody using to lift their Mustang off the ground?

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From what I've found on the S550 at least, you can see where the pinch weld is reinforced 2 layers and towards the end its only 1 layer. Not sure what the seams look like on the S650 but I cant imagine its too much different. As long as you use the reinforced section with the adaptor it should be fine

But also jack rails give you the insurance of not having to worry about lining it up perfectly. Theres no downside unless youre chasing the last few pounds of weight saving.
Getting under it today to look at brakes and figure this out lol
I have BMR, not Steeda, but yes. I suppose they're not necessary and do add some weight but they make lifting the car a little easier/quicker.

Yeaaaaah, that's a different story. Pulled a tire trailer for maybe two events and then ditched that idea.
Last event leaving saw a guy in a nice Z06 pulling a trailer with his stuff. Did not look like the best solution but if you only have one car it works ?
 
Quickjacks 7000 lb version, works great on the mustang and the F150. I use ZL1 addons Jack MagPad with their slip on puck for lifting on the pinch weld. Works on the Caddy ATS4 too. Oil changes and tires rotated easily.
 
The only caveat i see is the QJ uses 110v and the other uses a drill. If you want to bring it to the track that would be a consideration. Otherwise for the same money the QJ is the way to go
 
I don't think they sell the QuickJack anymore. Nothing comes up on the Costco web site.
I got the 3500 series off of Craig's List for $900. If you keep your eyes open, they show up from time to time. It's money well spent. I also have the jacking rails.

They have locks on them, but I put a jack-stand under each as well to make sure nothing silly happens while I'm underneath.
 
There's a guy on here that builds awesome jack plates, I have had them on every mustang I own. Of course I don't remember his name, it might be on project superbeater. If you use jacking rails the race organizers, or autocross or whatever, may view them as " frame stiffeners" and bump you a class. Now I don't really think they do much, but the SCCA is one of the groups that have historically had a dim view of jacking rails.
 
The ZL addd ons set screw jack pads are great they fit the aero cutouts on belly tray on dark horse. The lightweight ones are perfect and no drilling. Sounds like it’s a pain to drill the later models out
 
There's a guy on here that builds awesome jack plates, I have had them on every mustang I own. Of course I don't remember his name, it might be on project superbeater. If you use jacking rails the race organizers, or autocross or whatever, may view them as " frame stiffeners" and bump you a class. Now I don't really think they do much, but the SCCA is one of the groups that have historically had a dim view of jacking rails.
@06mach1 is your guy.
 
I've got the 7000lb version of QuickJacks. One of my better purchases. They're quite easy to use, and they don't get in the way very often. I've got jacking rails on the Roush for when I'm at the track, too. If you're wanting to lug a set of QuickJacks around, I'd get lighter ones, but these are great for sitting in the shop.
 
Alright, so, if you are going to install jacking rails, how do you lift your car to install them? Just very carefully with some pads to protect the pinch welds?
 
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