Time to get a new floor jack. 2 1/2 ton is cheap but may not support lifting the entire side of the car to work on brakes and tires. When you get into the 3 ton, it's a little more affordable. The 4 ton is probably the safer of the 3, but pricing is all over the place.

What do you guys use and recommend?

Thanks!

 

4 Tons is a lot. IMO there are two ways to go, cheap and good or expensive and great.

The best floor jack is an AC Hydraulics DK20HLQ, this is only a 2 TON, but it has an ultra low profile (80mm) and extremely high lift (795mm). But you pay for it.



The aluminum Craftsman 4000lb (1.8t) is good and cheap ($199) and given that you are likely using it once a month at best, should last a long time.



So why do you want a 4 ton jack? You can lift half the car with a 2 ton jack, though if you are going to work on it, lift it and support it with jack stands, i would never get under anything solely supported by a floor jack, and I've been under quite a few cars. Nor would I tempt fate and have my car fall down 2' on the rotors when the jack fails. So if your follow up question is the best jack stands, AC Hydraulic 3000N is my recommendation, they offer a rubber coated flat insert if you don't want the steel curved one:

 

Thanks for the great advice ryans4. I've had various jacks over the years and always used jack stands as a backup. There is no reason to be crawling around under the vehicle either. A 2 ton jack will support 4,000 pounds (1 ton = 2000 lbs), but a 4 ton can be used on other vehicles besides a 3,200 lb porsche. Craftsman has put out some good products over the years but the quality is not what it was 20 years ago. Snapon and other tool manufacturers are over the top and 3 times the price. Will check out AC .