I'm planning on painting my brake calipers with G2 paint...I picked up a used pair of jackstands for $5 today, and jacked up my car with the jack in the trunk. With my car jacked all the way up, my jackstand is like an inch too tall to fit under the jackpoint, even though the jackstand is at its lowest setting...Am I doing something wrong here? I've never used jackstands before...Also, even if there was clearance, the jack seems to get in the way of the jackstand anyway...

Sorry if this is a noob Q

 

I believe you can jack up the car under the tow hook in the front. But I personally wouldn't do that with the stock jack because that jack doesnt look like it was built for that. I say just go buy a real jack, they only go for like 80 for a decent one (but heavy as hell).

I also believe theres another spot in the front in the middle, but I'm not sure about this one. Guess someone else can shed some light on this

 

I dont think the stock jack is ment to jack it that high. You can get a regular 2 ton one and light the front and put it on jack stands. The rear, I am not sure where u can jack up so that both sides go up as once but the front there is this spot that looks like a hump. The nice 3 ton ones, heavy as hell like crazy monkey said, can lift is pretty damn high.

 

Sorry...this is the only pic I got left...but you get the idea.

 

NICE.. thanks!! Is there the same sort of thing for the front wheels too?

 

you can also do it under to trunk as well

 

That is the front.

And yes, you can do the same in the rear, as well.

 

Since the tow hooks is too far off the ground, it usually doesn't lift the car as high as using other jack points. I almost never use the tow hook as a jacking point, simply because it's ineffective.

 

dang it...you beat me to it, I was really looking foward to that post too

 

you can support the car on the rail just behind the jack points

 

they have to jack the trunk up first in order to put clear my sideskirts

or let the front wheels go on a wooden stick first

 

Edgalang or anybody else,

Can you also use a floor jack to lift up the car by the

1) crossmember that runs across the car in the front? That is the beam that has one of the engine mounts I believe?

2) the transmission housing/case ?

Thanks for the info

Just for others to know also, I have been able to use the tow hooks in the back of the car sucessfully to jack up the car so that both wheels/both rear sides are up at the same time. My low profile jack goes pretty high up and I also used a small,cut out 5" x 5" square block of wood (2" x 4" wood) that is placed on top of the floor jack circle to add extra height; that way it has a nice groove on the wood to hold the tow hook stably without wobbling.

 

there is a jack point in the front just under the radiator. it flares down (thicker) for jacking. id also recomend going out and buying a good jack. not only are they faster, lift higher, but they are safer.

 

Thanks fsttyms1

Yeah I got a pretty nice, low-profile jack that does the job for cars that are quite low and even slammed and I couldn't agree more: pick up a good jack and it makes life easier and safer

 

placing it on any part of the chassis is fine as long as its stable

 

not true. most places arent designed to support teh weight of lifting. there are just a few. the oem lift places, the front under teh radiator, the tow hooks (id only lift here if the jack has a largenough lift pad), the front cradle (its the gloss black member that supports teh engine, and there are a few in the rear.