Car transportation

toastyanana · 14-06-2006, 04:42 PM

Hi all just a question on regards to transporting of cars i am about to have mine transported interstate and being a XR8 it is fairly low (standard) i have been told if i cant drive over a coke can standing up i need to get it raised as it could be damaged. They mentioned something about jacking blocks anyone know anything about them and how much it would cost whats involded in fitting them
Cheers

**Whoosha** · 14-06-2006, 05:09 PM

with car transportation for low cars all you need do is jack each corner & place a small of block of wood 30.. 40 mm x 100 mm between the coils in your springs two in each of the front springs should be enough to clear most car carrier ramps the rear is not usally nessasary this practice is used by both HSV & FPV to aviod front skirt damage
Cheers ..Whoosha . ( driver of a big car carrier lol) :thebirds:

agony · 15-06-2006, 12:22 AM

dont know about that mate, mine is 65mm off the ground and alot longer than a XR8 and we put it on the top of a TNT semi without a problem, no jacks no mucking around just drove it on.

Kryton · 15-06-2006, 12:38 AM

i watched an R8 ute being driven onto a car carrier and it scraped the bumper. he reversed it off and ripped the front bumper clean off of it.
i would suggest to raise it if you can just to be safe. not going to hurt to be cautious.

agony · 15-06-2006, 10:22 AM

you can always use this sort of transporter then it doesnt matter how low your car is!