Advise please......another jacking question
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Advise please......another jacking question
I plan to remove the wheels from my coupe for a good cleaning.
I have 2 floor jacks and a set of Elite Engineering jacking pucks.
The question is.....
Should I lift each side or should I do the front and back lift.
My intent is to pull 2 wheels at a time.
Does it matter?
Thanks in advance...
I have 2 floor jacks and a set of Elite Engineering jacking pucks.
The question is.....
Should I lift each side or should I do the front and back lift.
My intent is to pull 2 wheels at a time.
Does it matter?
Thanks in advance...
Melting Slicks
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Jack the fronts together and the rears together so that you can use jackstands. Please use jackstands. Not a good idea to jack the car from one side and pull the wheels with nothing supporting the weight of the car except the floor jack. Or maybe I am just a little too cautious.
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I just replaced the rotors and painted the calipers on mine. I have to run the wheels up on a couple pieces of wood to fit the jack under the car. I used the jack with a piece of wood on the lift plate and jacked it up using the crossmembers , then put stands on each side. I did the rear first then the front.( No preference, just the way the car was stored )
Last edited by FFIN90; Apr 22, 2005 at 03:26 PM.
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Originally Posted by SilverRoadster00
I just did this to clean the whells, wells and paint the calipers. i used a 2X6 on the front and rear crossmemebers, jacked the car and put a jack stand on each side to leave the car up for a few days.
Just did mine also from the crossmembers with two 2x6x23's. It worked GREAT!!!!. Don't forget to drive the front up on 2x6's when you do the front and all four wheels when you lift both front and rear together. This will allow for clearance for the jack and the 2x6. Good Luck!!!!
