How To Jack Up Car (Correctly)

[danbevsta]

Hey guys,

I know this is a stupid question, but I want to know how to correctly jack up your car without bending and rails etc, such as for an r32.

Thanks!

[89CAL]

Do you have the standard jack with the little cut out piece that jacks on the side rail of the car? The correct way to jack the car, as far as I kno, is to jack the car and stand it with stands that have an attatchement very similar to the jack top. I've seen it somewhere, they show the adapters and supporting it on 4 sides on the rail

Now I know your not going to have them or really want to aquire/make some. So I always jack the front from the crossmember and stand on the crossmember further out. At the back, jack from the diff and stand where the lower control arm meets the body (from memory)

not sure if this is the answer your looking for but thats how I do it (This is for an R33 BTW, R32 could be different)

[Mohsen]

do it from the diff or the front subrame. R32 rails are stupidly soft. i found out the hard way

[niZmO_Man]

Me too.

I use the tow points for the front and the diff/subframe mount points for the rear.

[danbevsta]

I do have jack stands which I do rest on the rails but didnt feel safe enough to continue to do this as i see how easy they bend.

But will try jacking/resting on what you said.

Thanks for that!

[gotRICE?]

I use the towhooks for the front of my R33 too. And as stated put stands under the crossmember. Need a pretty low/long jack to jack it up from the crossmember if its lowered.

Id suggest making yourself some wooden car ramps too.

The other idea i toy'd with was getting four scissor jacks and getting that little piece with the cutout and actually welding it onto the 4 corner jack points. This way it doesnt matter what jack you use.

Unfortunately i though of it after the jack point got squashed

[MatthewT85]

I use the towhooks for the front of my R33 too. And as stated put stands under the crossmember. Need a pretty low/long jack to jack it up from the crossmember if its lowered.

Id suggest making yourself some wooden car ramps too.

The other idea i toy'd with was getting four scissor jacks and getting that little piece with the cutout and actually welding it onto the 4 corner jack points. This way it doesnt matter what jack you use.

Unfortunately i though of it after the jack point got squashed

yeah i have to use my scissor jack to lift a corner a tiny bit before sliding the jack under to use the crossmember, stupid returnflow cooler

[GTR-N1]

I use the towhooks for the front of my R33 too. And as stated put stands under the crossmember. Need a pretty low/long jack to jack it up from the crossmember if its lowered.

Costco and eBay have Blue Point style low hydraulic jacks available nowadays for about $200.

Rated at 1500Kg

Short, but can reach several jacking points including crossmembers.

[Gts-t]

Use factory jacking points found in the owners manual.