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Lady_Woogy

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On the back of the car i put the stands under the frame of the suspension. There is kinda of solid frame work around the drive shafts near the diff. Like U shaped. But yeah i just lift up the back with the jack under the diff or something then slip the stands in under this frame work.

sometimes i just lift the car up n put bricks under the wheels then let it back down so that its then higher up off the ground. Depends on what you want to do.

I am starting to consider gettins some ramps to get the car off the ground faster and less mucking round.

You could put the stands under teh chassis or something. I do that sometimes but thost shitty stands from auto barn dont seem to have a wide enough top on them and it kinda starts bending teh chassis tubing.

I also put a block of wood between the trolley jack and the chassis if lifting there just to ensure i dont damage the car.

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  GTS4WD said:
peice of wood on top of a troley jack..

Under front cross member..

or rear diff..

ever had a piece of wood slip from under the trolley jack? ive seen it happen a few times. 1 cracked a radiator, the other took out the whole power steering system from the car slipping off it. dont do it.

of your jack isnt big enough dont try, and if your worried about wrecking the cross member, you wont.

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So many mechanics like to jack the cars by the sills. My sills haven't been touched. that's why I work on my car myself.

I know that bending the sills probably doesn't do anything, but i like my car to be perfect, so i don't want someone coming along and bending them!

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Hmm I just remembered bout this paddock bomb subaru i had. This car was so rusted out that when y put the jack on the sills n tryed to lift it up, the jack would just push the whole floor up. Was finding it hard to find some solid parts. Think we ended up just lifting it by the diff and crossbar.

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  Munkyb0y said:
heres some other recommended jack points.

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If your lifting the whole car up jack under the front x member, put in front stands on the sill jacking points. Then jack under rear diff and place rear stands on the sill jacking points.

You should get some sill protectors - bent up metal like your normal scissor jack - make sure you put locator tabs on the underside to stop them slipping on your stands, you can buy some rubber blocks with a slit cut out for the sill join (hard to find) or make up some hardwood blocks with a slit cut in them to take the sill join (that's what I did). Car has sat on stands like that for months with no ill effects.

I can't understand why people would put their car on stands knowing they are going to crush the sill join without some appropriate blocks. :P

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