Maloo side skirts

[panhead]

Jack pad inserts come in many thicknesses.

Most of my cars suffer from being too low and required low profile floor jacks for some work, but I've owned a couple of cars with low skirts and all I did was cut some 2 inch thick timber to sit between the jack pad and jacking point.

Being a bushie I just used something laying around the shed, but I did one day split one of the timber pads, so I don't recommend you doing it, but the stuff you buy is more suited to the job.


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[RevNev]

Most of my cars suffer from being too low and required low profile floor jacks for some work,

I've got a couple of OEM VZ scissor jacks for the low VF's and use that under the rocker panel to get them high enough for the trolly jack to fit under the front. My trolly jack an old twin piston Snap On jack was low profile 18 years ago but probably not too low profile today!

 

[07GTS]

when ever mine is in the shed the front goes up on those aeroflow ramps just so i can get a jack under the front if i need too, otherwise its PITA to get the scissor jack under as i have to reach in to the chassis rail then get a big socket with extension bars to the fitting just to wind it up to then get a jack under it

 

[lmoengnr]

when ever mine is in the shed the front goes up on those aeroflow ramps just so i can get a jack under the front if i need too, otherwise its PITA to get the scissor jack under as i have to reach in to the chassis rail then get a big socket with extension bars to the fitting just to wind it up to then get a jack under it

Similar. I have steel extension ramps that attach to normal ramps.
Use the extension ramps to lift the nose of the Maloo so I can get the trolley jack underneath the front.

 

[lmoengnr]

Nope, can't do .... as I said the skirts are lower than the jacking points and they also block them preventing the rubber pads of the hoist arms from getting underneath them without crushing the skirts .... I was hopping somebody who owns a maloo could point me in the right direction

Here's the hoist point locations for an E series Maloo. From the handbook.

If your aftermarket 'Maloo style' skirts cover up the hoist points on a sedan/wagon, you might want to get your money back...

 

[RenfieldFive]

Here's the hoist point locations for an E series Maloo. From the handbook.
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If your aftermarket 'Maloo style' skirts cover up the hoist points on a sedan/wagon, you might want to get your money back...

Thanks for that. Wagons, unlike utes don't have chassis rails.

 

[RenfieldFive]

Jack pad inserts come in many thicknesses.

Most of my cars suffer from being too low and required low profile floor jacks for some work, but I've owned a couple of cars with low skirts and all I did was cut some 2 inch thick timber to sit between the jack pad and jacking point.

Being a bushie I just used something laying around the shed, but I did one day split one of the timber pads, so I don't recommend you doing it, but the stuff you buy is more suited to the job.


https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364373238382?chn=ps&_ul=AU&_trkparms=ispr=1&amdata=enc:1ApUCR1PyQrKY9mgbHfEiJA43&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-166974-041499-5&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=364373238382&targetid=2202491362987&device=c&mktype=pla_with_promotion&googleloc=9072191&poi=&campaignid=20592562201&mkgroupid=153966401237&rlsatarget=pla-2202491362987&abcId=9322813&merchantid=663974761&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhODC_bekhAMV4qlmAh0M7g3fEAQYBCABEgJvY_D_BwE&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=705-53470-19255-0&campid=5336838524&toolid=10001&customid=lsi5fz0841000dyj007ht




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Thanks for that ... I think it might be the answer.

 

[panhead]

Thanks for that. Wagons, unlike utes don't have chassis rails.

Holden Utes haven't had full rails since the Kingswood era.

They are built on the same platform as the sedans with a fraction longer wheel base.



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[panhead]

I've got a couple of OEM VZ scissor jacks for the low VF's and use that under the rocker panel to get them high enough for the trolly jack to fit under the front. My trolly jack an old twin piston Snap On jack was low profile 18 years ago but probably not too low profile today!

when ever mine is in the shed the front goes up on those aeroflow ramps just so i can get a jack under the front if i need too, otherwise its PITA to get the scissor jack under as i have to reach in to the chassis rail then get a big socket with extension bars to the fitting just to wind it up to then get a jack under it

I use a twin piston low profile jack that drops to 70mm that I bought about 15 years ago.

I also have a newer 75mm that also works.

Prior to that I'd tried scissor jacks until my old man gave me a tiny hydraulic jack he's used in a press, it allowed me to get the car up high enough to slip a conventional floor jack under the jacking points.

When I drive into a tyre retailer, the floor jacks automatically come out, they are used to low cars and can tell straight away if a car won't drive onto a hoist.

My best story is in the mid 1980's I drove my HZ sedan into an automatic carwash in Dubbo, it got stuck on the tracks and had to be manually lifted to get it out.

There was a lot of water, swearing, heavy lifting and downright rude attitude from the owners, me, I was only worried about not damaging the undercarriage of the car.

Luckily I didn't live there as I got a lifetime ban, not that I would use one today as I've learnt a lot more about car care since then and wouldn't punish the paintwork with one of those machines.






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[lmoengnr]

Holden Utes haven't had full rails since the Kingswood era.

They are built on the same platform as the sedans with a fraction longer wheel base.



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Yes, 96mm longer wheelbase.