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Can someone point me in the direction of where to jack an R32 when you want to work on the brakes. I want to change the front rotors over, I have seen people do it from the radiator support but this seems dodgy.

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Covered many a time...

Trolly jack under engine x-member and in front of rear diff,

The rail's (loosest sense of the definition) are fairly weak and i dont wanna crush em. The Sill's are a big no-no for obvious reasons (one of mine was squashed flat when i got it)

I used to use the curved section, front / rear, just near where the lower control arm attaches to cross member/rear cradle. I didn't like the idea of living under the car for days like this though.

Figuring Nissan designed the sills to take the weight, (as per manual) a mate, made some thick dense rubber blocks with slits (in which the sill sits in) I place these on the jack stands. Same concept as the part you can buy from Nissan (if your a workshop)

Edited by GeeTR
  • 4 weeks later...

So for the front part of the car when your changing tyres it's best to jack from the sills behind the front tyres, and the back (I've got a 4dr sedan), what point in front of the rear diff should you use to jack the car up, or should you use another point?

Apologise for the noobyness of the question, but didn't want to stuff it up.

  • 1 year later...

Hi!

I made myself 4 2-inch thick rubber plates with a 1-inch deep slit in it.

These pads I put over the sill behind the wheels befor I jack the car up.

However I have not too much faith in these sill points, although that's what the workshop manual recommends.

Somehow these points don't feel rigid enough to me ...

My other cars I jacked up using the curved part of the side member.

(Nissan prohibits using the side members at all)

Sigh ... any other ideas?

I have attached the manual pages for jacking up the car ..

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