Whats the best way to do this? i what to flip it on its side without damaging the pannels so i can paint the underside.

Take it the doors, boot and bonnet need to be off to make it as light as possible (everything is striped out just the above what are left on my car)

do windows need to be taken out too??

thanks matty

 

http://www.cjautos.org.uk/ this would work

 

ive seen them but i dont fancy paying £400 to do one job

is there any d.i.y methods or hire shops that do them?

 

Most just get it as high as you can on axle stands and do it from underneath

 

i got a mate who just jacks the car up with a lorry jack,
it goes right up and nearly over, then props it up with the biggest sleeper
i have ever seen,looks dodgy but its never let him down.

have done it with a matteress and racing slicks on a mk2 escort but
it dented the immaculate rear qtrs so i wouldn't do that

 

 

Its worth £400 to do the job imo, then you can always sell it and get maybe half your money back.

Id still cack myself using the proper thing, especially looking at some of those pics in the link.

 

i have helped put a car on a spit and rolled it over, and Fcuk me it swung
over and nearly fell apart it went that fast

 

i found the easiest way to get an Escos onto its side was to slide thru a fence and roll down the motorway embankment below it

 

Sounds like one of the easiest ways, wont be the cheapest though...

 

your right, it wasnt cheap

 

I found this method also works quite well with fiesta's

 

must be a talent we have mate

 

Oi Kelv you living in Crewe???

i thought you was a southener

 

ive been in Crewe for about 5 months for work my friend.

up here until tail end of his year, but i certainly am a southerner

 

Done it yesterday, simple enough. 3 tyres under the sill, 2 of us grabbed a wheelarch each and lifted it over. Took about 5 minutes all in including moving the car to where we wanted it.





The engine hoist hooks are wrapped round the door bars just incase but its not going anywhere

 

think ill give that a go

 

I was gna say surely be easier to take it to a garage and slip em £100 for use of there ramps...
but being it just a shell and not rolling, be quite a job.

I wouldnt want the task myself i know that.