Top 9 highest quality budget jacks for cars

The main share of jacks on the Russian market is produced in China. Down with bias - there are many worthy and popular brands among them. Our rating includes products that have been tested by Lada Granta owners and received positive feedback.

The best car jacks - which company to buy

All companies included in our rating have an extensive distribution network throughout the CIS, so you can buy their products in every major auto store. Products are also sold on the manufacturers’ website, but mostly only in bulk.

It definitely wouldn’t be a mistake to choose these companies:

• Autoprofi - the manufacturer offers all the products necessary for motorists, from auto chemicals to jacks. The products are manufactured in Russia, so their prices are quite reasonable.
• Matrix – its range includes rack and pinion, roll-on, bottle models with a load capacity from 2 to 20 tons. Both car enthusiasts and service station owners will find a suitable option here.
• Kraft - the company began producing goods for car owners back in 1993. During this time, she replenished her piggy bank with tool sets, lighting equipment, spare parts and various accessories for cars. The company balances on the brink of a budget company and the mid-price segment.
• Airline is a fairly well-known Russian manufacturer of automotive products. His line of jacks is quite decent, it includes more than 50 modifications. But the company’s priority is the development of bottle hydraulic models with large tonnage (from 2 to 50 tons).
• Sorokin - this manufacturer closes the top five, but it took last place only because of the high price of its products. It is mainly used by service station owners. According to this indicator, the company is inferior to its competitors, but is ahead of them due to the presence in its assortment of rather rare electro-hydraulic models.

Other spare parts for VAZ (Lada) Granta

Having found out which jacks VAZ (Lada) Granta owners prefer to install, you can look at other popular spare parts for this car. In July 2022, the leaders on PartReview were:

• #1 LYNXauto shock absorbers - 12% of votes.
• #1 ATE Brake Discs - 13% of votes.
• #1 TIIR brake pads - 6% of votes.
• #1 Lukoil motor oil - 15% of votes.
• #1 Nokian Tires - 9% of votes.

You can also find out what VAZ (Lada) Granta owners chose among manufacturers of such spare parts as: Cooling radiator, Pump, Thermostat, Ignition Coil, Spark Plugs, and others.

Rating of the best car jacks

As always, user reviews and expert recommendations were a good help in compiling the rating. To draw the line separating the winners from the losers, we carefully went through each of these points:

• Stability of the structure;
• Frequency of complaints about breakdowns;
• Material of manufacture;
• Tonnage;
• Grab and lift height;
• Product type;
• Availability of goods in stores.

Each of the devices received the palm, in particular, as a result of a thorough study of the price-quality ratio of products, their disadvantages and advantages, and cost.

In what cases is it necessary to replace a strut on a car?

The first thing you need to understand is why a shock absorber strut is needed in a car. So, this design is used as a smoothing element when driving a car over bumps and holes. That is, this element is used as a comfortable “absorber” of shocks, car shakes, etc., creating a more dynamic movement of vehicles on the road.

Being in constant motion, the shock absorber often breaks and has to be replaced. Breakdown occurs as a result of poorly made road surfaces or worn out over the years, due to increased machine loads, or defective parts.

The Kalina car that just came off the production line has oil struts. Sometimes they break down after a mileage of 40,000 km. How to understand this? In fact, everything is very simple. To do this, just inspect the rack. If it starts to “sweat”, then it is leaking oil and needs to be replaced.

If a gas strut was installed at the factory, then you will not notice the problem visually, only while the car is moving on the road.

Regardless of the type of car, all shock absorbers when they malfunction manifest themselves in the following ways:

1. the car is difficult to drive on the road;
2. the car began to sway the body;
3. the car skids when turning;
4. The car's engine will make a loud, unpleasant sound;
5. 5. It is difficult for the car to stop when the brake is pressed.

Attention! If you need to check the rack yourself for its operation, then to do this, in the place where it is installed, you need to press the body with your hand. If after this the car begins to rock several times, then two struts should be replaced at once.

In addition, you can check the racks using special equipment at a service station.

The best car jacks

You can find several types of such products on the market - bottle, rack, roll-on, screw and inflatable. They are mainly represented by mechanical models that require the car owner to exert certain physical efforts.

The most reliable bottle type device

Autoprofi Dt-04 – designed for use on a flat, hard surface. The maximum load on it should not exceed 4 tons. After lifting the car, it must be secured to safety supports, which are not included in the kit. It runs on hydraulic oil. The structure is made of metal and has small dimensions, its height is 15 cm. The device grips the car at a height of up to 16 cm, and lifts it up to 38 cm. The package also contains a crank lever, with the help of which the screw with the transport will rise upward. This bottle car jack weighs 4.65 kg, its design is calm, and the design is red.

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Will a jack fit with a lifting height of 195mm? I didn't really find anything. I know for sure that 145 is not enough - he is in the photo