R34 Jack Issue With Nismo Side Skirts

[Gojira]

Hi, I've bought an R34 GTR with Nismo sideskirts and can't get the OEM jack to work in fear of damaging the skirts.

I will buy a low trolley jack for the garage, but need to have a solution for a flat on the highway if it happens.

The Nismo sideskirts have a cutout underneath (to accommodate a jack), but as the jack rises, the jack arm hits the skirts and starts to bend it. Not so good....

I've thought about getting a small piece welded to the jack to give it some clearance but thought this issue may have come up before?

Any help appreciated

Cheers

Shaun

[Duncan]

picxs? not like nismo to get itr wrong?

[Nigel Nichols]

I never jack mine from the sills. I always place the jack under the lower suspension arm close to the wheel. Only have the raise the jack 40-50mm to get ground clearance. I extended the winding handle so it can clear the body. The handle can operate at an accute angle.

Nigel

[some_cs_student]

Hi, I've bought an R34 GTR with Nismo sideskirts and can't get the OEM jack to work in fear of damaging the skirts.

I will buy a low trolley jack for the garage, but need to have a solution for a flat on the highway if it happens.

The Nismo sideskirts have a cutout underneath (to accommodate a jack), but as the jack rises, the jack arm hits the skirts and starts to bend it. Not so good....

I've thought about getting a small piece welded to the jack to give it some clearance but thought this issue may have come up before?

Interesting, I have R33 nismo side-skirts and they have the jacking points cut out of them.

If you do get a flat on a highway the stock scissor jack should be able to fit into that cut-out, are you saying the scissor jack doesn't fit in there?

If you can get a super low trolley jack then you can jack from the suspension arms or similar but it probably won't help on a highway

You can get lightweight aluminum racing trolley jacks that are pretty low on ebay for ~300 but its not low enough for my side-skirts unless I use it with an object on top of it...

[Gojira]

Interesting, I have R33 nismo side-skirts and they have the jacking points cut out of them.

If you do get a flat on a highway the stock scissor jack should be able to fit into that cut-out, are you saying the scissor jack doesn't fit in there?

If you can get a super low trolley jack then you can jack from the suspension arms or similar but it probably won't help on a highway

You can get lightweight aluminum racing trolley jacks that are pretty low on ebay for ~300 but its not low enough for my side-skirts unless I use it with an object on top of it...

Thanks for that info.

The nismo side skirts (I think that the ones on my car are "copies" of the Nismo ones) have the jacking points cut out of them but it still contacts the skirts before engaging the groove in the jack. I wonder if it has something to do with how low the car is on the coilovers? It may be that by raising the coilovers a touch, the jack will create a deeper "v" and clear the skirts....

I'll give that a go first

Cheers

[choyda]

Hmmn, I'll have to look at mine too...

[some_cs_student]

Thanks for that info.

The nismo side skirts (I think that the ones on my car are "copies" of the Nismo ones) have the jacking points cut out of them but it still contacts the skirts before engaging the groove in the jack. I wonder if it has something to do with how low the car is on the coilovers? It may be that by raising the coilovers a touch, the jack will create a deeper "v" and clear the skirts....

I'll give that a go first

Cheers

My car is low enough to do the same

When I say half a brick, I literally mean 1/2 a brick ontop of the jack's pad to get the end of the jack to be higher. This allows the jack to start jacking up the car *before* bending the side skirts. I've also used a piece of wood for the same purpose, and I'm open to ideas on what to use