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Alrighty guys, I came to a conundrum last week as I was doing my brakes, in that I'm not sure how best to lift my car. Ideally, I'd like to get the jackstands under the tabs below the doors, the lift points. However, if I jack the car up under one of the lift points, I of course can't get the jack stand underneath because the jack is in the way and the car is sitting on the tires on the opposite side.
I of course want the least amount of chassis flex/rotation as possible, so when I did my brakes I lifted the car at the very front from the sub-frame in the center, and put the jack-stands under a thick part of the subframe because A) I was afraid to lift the car ridiculously to try and get it under the lift point tabs, and B ) I did try once before, and my particular jackstands still wouldn't fit under the lift point while I lifted from the front of the subframe.
So,
1) How do I lift the chassis the best, Front and Rear, and be able to get some jackstands under the lift points while still raising the car safely?
2) What jackstands would you recommend that are lower than mine, because my jackstands MINIMUM height is ~15.5." Yeah I measured it, and I was blown away. Seems a little ridiculous to me.
Considering I've got 2 swaybars to put in and some lowering springs to boot, I'd like the car up safely (of course front and rear at different times), but I don't need it off the ground rediculously like with my jackstands, just enough to get the tires off with the suspension fully extended.
Thanks guys.
-mobiuslogic
I of course want the least amount of chassis flex/rotation as possible, so when I did my brakes I lifted the car at the very front from the sub-frame in the center, and put the jack-stands under a thick part of the subframe because A) I was afraid to lift the car ridiculously to try and get it under the lift point tabs, and B ) I did try once before, and my particular jackstands still wouldn't fit under the lift point while I lifted from the front of the subframe.
So,
1) How do I lift the chassis the best, Front and Rear, and be able to get some jackstands under the lift points while still raising the car safely?
2) What jackstands would you recommend that are lower than mine, because my jackstands MINIMUM height is ~15.5." Yeah I measured it, and I was blown away. Seems a little ridiculous to me.
Considering I've got 2 swaybars to put in and some lowering springs to boot, I'd like the car up safely (of course front and rear at different times), but I don't need it off the ground rediculously like with my jackstands, just enough to get the tires off with the suspension fully extended.
Thanks guys.
-mobiuslogic