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Picked these up for 30 bucks at Pep Boys last week. I have a 2007 Saab 9-3 and it barely clears the front.Per the product labels, each ramp is rated for 4000 lbs and is for tires of 7.5 inches in width or less. They are thick plastic with a single large block of rubber footing at the low end of the ramp. The handles make these ramps easy to carry. So that means tires with specs of 190 width or less. I have a 215/x/x tires and it seems fine.
Nice. Made from some kind of really tough plastic. Just fine for a Prius oil change.
I purchased these as they were supposed to work well with a low profile car. I own a 2004 Mazda3 and the front bumper still scraped the top of these ramps when I was trying to go up them. These also will slide on a smooth concrete surface like a garage floor. Otherwise they work well and are of good quality.
It would make things a lot easier if they gave another inch or two of clearance.From the company website ([.].) here are the specs:Weight tolerance: 2,000 pounds per ramp or 4,000 pounds per pair.Length: 35 inchesWidth: 10.5 inches (tires should be 1 inch less than the width of the ramp)Height: 8.5 inches total (lift height is 6.5 inches)Incline: 17 DegreesThere are other products by another company (google search "race ramps") that raises the car 8 inches or even 10 inches but they start at $200. I use this for the occasional oil change. Its a tight squeeze for me to get under the car with these ramps as I am a bigger guy (5'10" 185lbs). Its hard to justify paying another $160 on top of the price of these Rhino ramps for just and additional 1.5 inches of clearance, but if you use these enough it might be worth it. Also the quality on the other brand far exceeds these Rhino ramps so you're also paying for safety since you will be under the car with your life on the line if the cheap Rhino ramps fail.
One of them actually put a huge dent in the front of my Snap-On roll around and it would have surely shattered the ankle of anyone it had hit. These things are not at all safe. They may work out on dirt, but if you try to use them on a concrete floor, raising the front of a rear wheel drive vehicle (or the rear of a front drive), they shoot out from under the wheels and become lethal projectiles. I have a set of these plastic POS's and won't even give them away for fear of them injuring someone. Go for a good set of welded angle iron ramps and stay FAR, FAR away from these killers.
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