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[VXT Tim]

I need some, there are the usual steel frame with the extenders but I found these.

Seem a bit pricey but look alright.
http://www.amazon.co...ywords=Car ramp

Still don't think the front will drive up but the rear should, what do you think?

[Rickwoo118]

They look ok but expensive for what they are. Just use a normal metal ramp with some wood in front.

[techieboy]

I've got the ProAlloy ramps. Not really of much use but look nice.

[VXT Tim]

I've just spent 30 minutes getting fcuked off and giving myself a headache. I did a level maths ffs. I've been working out the angles and length of the slope and refused to use the 'online calculators' Pro alloy ramps

[VXT Tim]

£135 They do look nice

[Zoobeef]

Make some of these http://www.pistonhea...ic.asp?t=842247

[smiley]

And remember kids, no drinking and ramping.

 

[techieboy]

£135 They do look nice

 

Freebies.

[myles]

Gulp! I did that with the Mrs' 206. I NEVER use ramps now. Hopefully the VX220 is set up to use axle stands!

[techieboy]

To be honest, I use my homemade chipboard ramps more often as they're higher and with an even more gradual slope to them. But I mostly just use a trolley jack as most things that need the car off the ground also need one or more wheels off.

[VXT Tim]

F***er So did you actually want them for anything specific?

[techieboy]

Other than getting the car off the ground? Not really.

 

I have used them plus my homemade ramps to get all four corners off the ground but I usually jack it up and stick how ever many concrete blocks are needed, under the tyres. There's no way I'd ever reverse up one of those ramps as pictured above, in any of my cars - they always look terrifying.

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Get these 230873563274 (On phone, can't do link)

[techieboy]

I almost bought those 3 or 4 years back. Until I realised I'd need to fcuk about with the front of the car to even get onto them in the first place.

[myles]

I tried phoning that number but got no answer. Looked a little long!

[Sylph Hunter]

I'm selling a pair of long ramps - 25cm height over 180cm length - looking for £75 collected from Cirencester/Swindon area.

 

More info here..... http://mr2championsh...amps-t2372.html

 

 

[Nev]

Tim, you are best off making your own, they would be a lot cheaper, and can be sized/angled to fit your car exactly.

 

I made my own from a single sheet of 18mm ply from B&Q (for approx. £25). They even cut the sheet into long strips for me for free. Then I simply screwed a few strips together and planed the stepped angle smooth, and screwed on end stops. Took about 1 hour or so. Rewarding, cheap, functional.

 

I now leave them permanently in the garage and drive the car up onto and leave it parked like that in case I want to tinker at any time. As the angle is so slight going up and down them is no bother. Mine are only about 5 inches deep and are there to allow me to get a jack under the car, you could clearly make you own to suit.

 

 

 

Edited by Nev, 27 June 2013 - 09:52 AM.

[VXT Tim]

After sleeping on it last night (after I'd calmed down from my trigonometry induced rage) making my own is the way forward .

[Nev]

Nothing like a good bit of rage (and venting it verbally (or better still, physically))!

 

I spend half my working life enraged by incompetence of others in the workplace. Where I work, the lowest and slowest possible standard and "brushing problems under the carpet" are the de-facto standard, which conflicts with my nature

 

Edited by Nev, 27 June 2013 - 10:07 AM.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

PIC

 

 

 

 

 

really like the look of this, do you have them fastened to the floor to stop them slipping? Wood on concrete is quite slippy.

 

When I get my garage I will do something like this I think