What do you think since you have used the sliding scissor jack. How much pain would it be use a bottle jack or a small scissor jack to lift in the center of the car and then use jack stands. Sliding jack is a bit expensive.... Thanks for the pics.
Before I answer about the sliding scissor jack:
I purchased a four post lift because I couldn't fit a two post in my garage at the time. It turns out that it is my preferred lift for the way I use it today. And I say that because as a professional MB technician years ago a 4 post would have been undesirable for the daily use I used to put on a lift.
Today I work on my own cars weekly sometimes monthly and rarely more than 3 times a week. I'm older and bending down to set the arms is difficult. Being that I don't do it for a living I can afford to work slower. Today the four post lifts utility far outweighs the speed and access of the 2 post.
That being said if I were to purchase a second lift to go along side my 4 post it would be a two post. But I would be more than likely to use the 2 post more often.
So getting back to the hydraulic sliding bridge jack. As I said I work on cars mostly weekly and rarely more than three times a week. But I do everything. Not having the sliding bridge jack would piss me off for the amount of time I spend working with this lift.
Now if I only used my lift to store my cars, change oil and do the occasional break job then using bottle jacks or air bags would be just fine.
Yes the cost of the 4 post lift and hydraulic bridge jack was more than a 2 post lift about 10 years ago.
Sorry I don't recall where I got it. But I do remember the ones that offered free shipping cost more.
