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Self service garage and MOT place in the South East


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Good Afternoon,

I am looking for a self service garage in the South East  (I live in Kent) that you would recommend.

I have seen Pit Start garage which looks interesting but they seem to have only 2 posts lifts. Is it possible to access the two front and rear jacking points of a Caterham with two post lifts, since most cars have four "lateral" jacking points and the lifts must be made for them? Is a ramp lift absolutely necessary if you don't want to use axle stands?

Same question for an MOT place which understands what a Caterham is.

Thank you very much

 

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I use a two post lift.

Lift on the bottom longitudinal chassis rail, at the front just behind the engine mounts, at the back level with the front edges of the rear wing. I lift the back of the car with a trolley jack first to get the rear pads of the 2 post lift in place.

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Thank you very much for your kind and precise answers. I am tempted to go to Pitstart garage then, unless someone suggests a better place for a self service garage in the South East, ideally in Kent.

Any personal experience of that sort of garage or recommendation?

Again, many thanks.

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Depending on the lift you may have to reverse in as the front arms may not reach the narrower front end of the chassis.
I have a Maha 3t 2post lift and sometimes I reverse in, on other ocations I swap the arms on the lift


 

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