wow thanks. I did not even think about how it moves if it's not parallel.

My tip. Upgrade to a mid rise scissor. It’s not that much more money and allows real work to be done.

I bought the QJ-7000TLX based on your video. Setup and bleeding when smoothly and it functions as advertised. But there is a warning on page 36 of the operation manual. It states "You must always use axillary safety stands under the vehicle while elevated on both Quickjack frames". I know safety is everything but is the locking mechanism suspect for QJ to include this warning? Defeats the whole QJ selling point. To me it's saying QJ is safe but it's not safe, use jack stands too. I still haven't got a clear answer from them when I called.

I've been considering purchasing a set of Quick Jack's for some time. The fact that you are unable to access the underside of the vehicle from the driver or passenger side seems like a major disadvantage. I envision having the vehicle lifted in a standard size garage with the garage door closed (if working on the vehicle in the winter) and not being able to access the underside of the vehicle unless you leave your garage door open. The lift literally blocks access to the underside of the vehicle from front wheel well to rear wheel well. Is this a concern with this type of lift?

I wonder why a side-to-side stabilizer type bar isn’t thought of, to lock the two units together and avoid any tipping hazard. HUH!

Dad !! Excellent Vid !! BUT →My 2 lifts will not come down (with no weight on them) on initial setup. What could that be ??? A serious problem? Any Ideas?

With respect to the jack points not aligned, have you tried using the lift set 90 degrees to conventional? That is, use one lift on the front and one lift on the back? (Versus using one lift on each side). I’m considering doing this since my 7000 is not long enough for my BMW X3 jack points.

Once you establish the parallel spacing, why not cut a 2”x4” spacer/check block to the right length and use this to check for parallelism?

Still debating QJ or mid rise scissor lift. Anyone here have a reason to pick one over the other?

I have the TL model and I'd say it's ok, but only if you're lucky and get one without a defective air cylinder. If you do get one of those you're screwed - the company will 100% not stand behind their product. They'll claim the air-assist down isn't "necessary to the function of the lift". Really? So if one side has air assist down and the other doesn't, and they drop unevenly, that's safe? And then when the vehicle drops to the ground ground and one side of the lift goes straight to the full down position while the other... doesn't. You need to wait... and wait... and wait for it to drop with no weight on it. Quickjack will claim this "is normal operation" and that "it will get better over time". If you invest a massive amount of time trying to get them to stand behind their product they will, eventually, after burning through every once of customer goodwill, send out a new cylinder. Yay! Until you get the replacement and the freakin' air side is literally capped off. Like intentionally made unusable. That's not a fix guys. Then they'll claim that the engineers decided the down-assist wasn't necessary and that they've changed the design on future models. But I didn't buy a future model with less functionality. I bought the current model with exactly the functionality I wanted, was promised, and paid for. Whatever. Too much time wasted on it already - I've written off the entire company as another skanky marketing hack with no integrity. I still have it in my shop, but the company worked very hard to make me regret my purchase and it low-key pisses me off every time I look at it. And honestly the setup is inconvenient enough that even when I do pull it out - warts and all - it happens very rarely. Only when I have a longer term project where I know the vehicle will be on the lift for a week or two. Definitely not for things like oil or tire changes. It's just way quicker to use a floor jack.

One comment, if you look at the geometry of the jack from the side, you'll see a triangle is formed, with the base on the ground and the hydraulic cylinder and the frame piece. This is the 'strong' end of the jack, the triangle. Having that under the heaviest part of the vehicle is somewhat important, IMO. The reason I lift my C8 vette with the yellow advisory label to the rear of the car. I have the 'short' 7000 version and I use the jacks to raise the car to clean wheels. The next comment is on the motorcycle lift you video'd. I'm in the process of building that and if it were a little wider, I think it would lift both my Harleys at the same time. Tour bus with only two wheels? LOL!