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Yep. Weight-wise it's all fine.
Car is 60/40 weight ratio. 1.5 ton is 3,000 lbs. Acura TL 3G weighs ~3,500 lbs.
So more or less 2100 lbs front/1400 lbs rear. You can also jack front left/right separately to make it even "easier".
An issue that often pops up is the jacking height depending on where you want to place the jack stands and how tall your jack stands are.
Most 2 to 3 ton rated jack stands will be around 11-12 inches in height at their lowest, so you can see how having a jack with only 14 inches of travel won't leave you with a lot of possibilities regarding where to place your stands. Don't forget to use wheel chucks when jacking your car.
Yep. Weight-wise it's all fine.
Car is 60/40 weight ratio. 1.5 ton is 3,000 lbs. Acura TL 3G weighs ~3,500 lbs.
So more or less 2100 lbs front/1400 lbs rear. You can also jack front left/right separately to make it even "easier".
An issue that often pops up is the jacking height depending on where you want to place the jack stands and how tall your jack stands are.
Most 2 to 3 ton rated jack stands will be around 11-12 inches in height at their lowest, so you can see how having a jack with only 14 inches of travel won't leave you with a lot of possibilities regarding where to place your stands. Don't forget to use wheel chucks when jacking your car.
Ok thanks! Would you know where the front jacking point of the car is? I know the rear is the rear tow hook correct? I'm thinking if one wants to put the car on jack stands on all 4 side jacking points you'd need to raise the car from the front and back since you wouldn't have enough room to jack the car and place stands from the side. And if your jack only raises 14 inches that would be another issue.
Now assuming the 3G is the same as the 4G.... if you were going to change a flat tire using the provided jack kit under the trunk it only jacks one corner of the car. Those jack points are directly behind the front wheel and directly in front of the back wheel. Theres a little metal 'shelf' looking thing that is the jack points. What I do is I put a block of wood that's roughly the shape of the cars frame on my jack then I jack from the middle of the car, lifting with the jack and the piece of wood on the cars frame. Then put the stands under those little metal 'shelf's' and let it down on the stands..
I don't believe you can even get the rear wheels off the ground using the rear jacking point with a 14" lift.
Before I bought a high lift jack, I would just use a 13" jack to lift the front of the car and place jack stands under the compliance bushing because it couldn't lift high enough to get jack stands under the side points. The jack stands wouldn't even really touch the car either - it was just there so in the event the jack fails the car wouldn't crush you. Bad practice, I know. To be honest I don't think the wheels lifted off the ground in the front either.
If you have the jack and jackstands on hand, go outside, place the jack under the tow hook and start pumping the handle. It'd take less than 2 minutes to figure out
My advice: pick up a jack with at least 18" lift.
Last edited by guitarplayer16; Jun 24, 2018 at 11:35 AM.
I don't believe you can even get the rear wheels off the ground using the rear jacking point with a 14" lift.
Before I bought a high lift jack, I would just use a 13" jack to lift the front of the car and place jack stands under the compliance bushing because it couldn't lift high enough to get jack stands under the side points. The jack stands wouldn't even really touch the car either - it was just there so in the event the jack fails the car wouldn't crush you. Bad practice, I know. To be honest I don't think the wheels lifted off the ground in the front either.
If you have the jack and jackstands on hand, go outside, place the jack under the tow hook and start pumping the handle. It'd take less than 2 minutes to figure out
My advice: pick up a jack with at least 18" lift.
Yea that's what Im suspecting that it wouldn't lift high enough to place jack stands at the jacking points by tires. Unfortunately I don't have the jack or stands on hand to try it out. I'm in the market for some and harbor freight has a sale on a 1.5 ton jack for 60 bux. It's aluminum and only like 30lbs. The ones that raise 18" would be alot heavier and more expensive.
You can use blocks of wood to extend the height of your jack. I just use a small block for the shape since my jack lifts plenty high. The block I like to use is probably 8 inches long, 3 inches wide and 1.5 inches tall.
Last edited by dopeboy1; Jun 24, 2018 at 01:57 PM.
