Need some advice on buying a scissors jack for a 2021 suzuki swift

imalwaystired

I'm looking to buy a jack for a 2021 suzuki swift but all I can find on ebay is up until 2017 so I don't know what have changed after 2017 so if anyone has a suzuki swift after 2017 would if be possible to take a photo of the jack.

born_again

Just buy a generic one..

Many cars have not been supplied with jacks for years. As all you get the the tyre gunk if you have a puncture. 

Herzlos

Does it have a spare wheel? It's almost certainly just a puncture repair kid (can of tyre weld and a compressor) so there won't be an official jack after 2017.

imalwaystired

Herzlos said:

Does it have a spare wheel? It's almost certainly just a puncture repair kid (can of tyre weld and a compressor) so there won't be an official jack after 2017.

I want to replace the tyre weld and compressor for a space saver wheel.

CliveOfIndia

imalwaystired said:

Herzlos said:

Does it have a spare wheel? It's almost certainly just a puncture repair kid (can of tyre weld and a compressor) so there won't be an official jack after 2017.

I want to replace the tyre weld and compressor for a space saver wheel.

I can certainly understand your reasoning behind that !

I don't know that car in particular, but I would have thought any old jack would do the trick - unless it's got some strange kind of locating mechanism at the jacking points that needs a specific jack?

I've got a couple of jacks in my garage that I kept from years ago when I've had to scrap a car, kept them for spares "just in case".  They've always fitted all my other cars with no problem.

You just need to make sure that the jack is rated for the vehicle weight - though even then I'd be surprised if any jack couldn't manage to lift a Swift.  And of course, you're not lifting the whole weight of the vehicle.  Perhaps it may be different if you were talking about a massive off-roader that weighs 2 or 3 tons, but I really would have thought that any generic jack would be fine.

imalwaystired

CliveOfIndia said:

imalwaystired said:

Herzlos said:

Does it have a spare wheel? It's almost certainly just a puncture repair kid (can of tyre weld and a compressor) so there won't be an official jack after 2017.

I want to replace the tyre weld and compressor for a space saver wheel.

I can certainly understand your reasoning behind that !

I don't know that car in particular, but I would have thought any old jack would do the trick - unless it's got some strange kind of locating mechanism at the jacking points that needs a specific jack?

I've got a couple of jacks in my garage that I kept from years ago when I've had to scrap a car, kept them for spares "just in case".  They've always fitted all my other cars with no problem.

You just need to make sure that the jack is rated for the vehicle weight - though even then I'd be surprised if any jack couldn't manage to lift a Swift.  And of course, you're not lifting the whole weight of the vehicle.  Perhaps it may be different if you were talking about a massive off-roader that weighs 2 or 3 tons, but I really would have thought that any generic jack would be fine.

This is the jack I need.

Barkin

Loads on Amazon from about a tenner. 

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Try eBay, you can probably get the spare wheel as well.

CliveOfIndia

imalwaystired said:

CliveOfIndia said:

imalwaystired said:

Herzlos said:

Does it have a spare wheel? It's almost certainly just a puncture repair kid (can of tyre weld and a compressor) so there won't be an official jack after 2017.

I want to replace the tyre weld and compressor for a space saver wheel.

I can certainly understand your reasoning behind that !

I don't know that car in particular, but I would have thought any old jack would do the trick - unless it's got some strange kind of locating mechanism at the jacking points that needs a specific jack?

I've got a couple of jacks in my garage that I kept from years ago when I've had to scrap a car, kept them for spares "just in case".  They've always fitted all my other cars with no problem.

You just need to make sure that the jack is rated for the vehicle weight - though even then I'd be surprised if any jack couldn't manage to lift a Swift.  And of course, you're not lifting the whole weight of the vehicle.  Perhaps it may be different if you were talking about a massive off-roader that weighs 2 or 3 tons, but I really would have thought that any generic jack would be fine.

This is the jack I need.

Looks bog-standard to me - certainly the same as every jack I've ever had over the years.  As others have said, I'd be very surprised if you couldn't find one on Amazon, eBay, any online (or bricks & mortar) spares supplier - maybe even your local scrapyard if you happen to have one within easy reach.