ramps for oil change?

[stevethepirate]

im 400 miles past when i was meant to get my oil changed, and i cant be bothered to take it back to the stealership and have them change it. do i NEED ramps to do it? my car has the factory gfx, and sits fairly low.

[cam98aro]

no, you dont need ramps, you can use jack stands if you want to.

[stevethepirate]

i dont have ramps or jackstands... which one would be easier/safer to use?

[StrtRacer98]

Do you have a hydraulic jack?.

with factory GFX it would be sort of a pain, mainly getting an oil pan under the car that is big enough to hold all 5 qts.

The oil filter, and the drain plug would be pretty simple though w/out jackstands.

[stevethepirate]

i have NOTHING. i have the jack that came with the car [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[HokieBird]

If you get ramps they can't have too drastic of a rake because you will scrap your front end. I stacked a couple pieces of wood infront of my ramps then drove up and still touched a little.

[NCState98]

Yup, rhino ramps and a couple of 16 inch or so 2x6s would be your best/cheapest bet.

['94 Camaro RS]

if you dont have any jacks or ramps and you want to do it yourself then your going to have to go to sears and buy a jack and some jackstands. i use a jack and stands and it works out fine

[stevethepirate]

thanks guys

[nikon]

or the cheap way, dunno if you have any sidewalks or high curbs around you but drive on wheel up the the curb, that'll create enough clearance for you ;)

[BobbyZ72]

lol...good idea!

[stevethepirate]

hmmmmmm

[OneManArmy]

hah, we used to do that all the time at my friends house. we would straddle our cars over the drain ditch in his front yard and get to it that way..

good times...

[hockeyman]

Get a set of Rhino Ramps. You won't regret it! I use mine all the time.

[NCState98]

Yeah i don't know about your car, but I couldn't imagine driving mine up on a curb. Not enough clearance