Jack stands location
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Racer
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From: Bedford TX
Jack stands location
Going to get ready for an upcoming car show and need to start cleaning. Would like to take all 4 wheels off to re-paint the calipers and clean the under side. I've never used jack stands on all 4 sides and was wondering where they should be positioned to protect the car and me. Anyone have any pics to help me out?
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Havent put it up on four yet, and have barely enough room to walk past on the drivers side in my garage (I guess about 18 inches), so Im not looking foward to trying
What I was thinking to do was :
Use the outboard jacking location (which is the only place the jack will fit under the car anyway) to lift one side high enough to get a jackstand under the closest midline point (so in the diagram above, jack it up from the LF (one o'clock position) and get a jackstand under the two o'clock position. Then let the jack down, move it out of the way and set a jack stand under the one o'clock position. Then do the other side. Then I may still be able to raise the rear from the center rear position.
Anyone who has done this, and wants to chime in with the "you're gonna kill yourself if you do it that way", I assure you, I wont take offense
That about how its done?
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Havent put it up on four yet, and have barely enough room to walk past on the drivers side in my garage (I guess about 18 inches), so Im not looking foward to trying
What I was thinking to do was :
Use the outboard jacking location (which is the only place the jack will fit under the car anyway) to lift one side high enough to get a jackstand under the closest midline point (so in the diagram above, jack it up from the LF (one o'clock position) and get a jackstand under the two o'clock position. Then let the jack down, move it out of the way and set a jack stand under the one o'clock position. Then do the other side. Then I may still be able to raise the rear from the center rear position.
Anyone who has done this, and wants to chime in with the "you're gonna kill yourself if you do it that way", I assure you, I wont take offense
That about how its done?
What I was thinking to do was :
Use the outboard jacking location (which is the only place the jack will fit under the car anyway) to lift one side high enough to get a jackstand under the closest midline point (so in the diagram above, jack it up from the LF (one o'clock position) and get a jackstand under the two o'clock position. Then let the jack down, move it out of the way and set a jack stand under the one o'clock position. Then do the other side. Then I may still be able to raise the rear from the center rear position.
Anyone who has done this, and wants to chime in with the "you're gonna kill yourself if you do it that way", I assure you, I wont take offense
That about how its done?
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I knew guys used ramps so that they could get to the center locations, was trying to avoid that just due to no place to store anything else in my garage as it is :-)
I hear ya Italian33, if I do it, Ill make sure Im careful about the uneven periods.
Last edited by Jistari; Feb 4, 2008 at 06:44 PM.
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Here's a suggestion I got from a good friend.
You want to jack the front first. Use the skid bars to jack the car high enough to get the jack past the air dam. I usually use a 2x4 across both bars and you want to make sure you don't try to jack it up any higher than what's needed to get the jack past the air dam. One more time - don't jack it up any higher than necessary to get the jack past the air dam. Then just block it up there, put the jack under the cross member, jack it up high enough to get your jackstands where you want them. Then go to the back and jack it up from the cross member back there. Place your rear jackstands. Done.
The skid bars are fairly stong (how many of us have skidded up on curbing or similar?) but use great care. You don't want to raise the front tires or anything like that. Just high enough to get the jack past the air dam.
You want to jack the front first. Use the skid bars to jack the car high enough to get the jack past the air dam. I usually use a 2x4 across both bars and you want to make sure you don't try to jack it up any higher than what's needed to get the jack past the air dam. One more time - don't jack it up any higher than necessary to get the jack past the air dam. Then just block it up there, put the jack under the cross member, jack it up high enough to get your jackstands where you want them. Then go to the back and jack it up from the cross member back there. Place your rear jackstands. Done.
The skid bars are fairly stong (how many of us have skidded up on curbing or similar?) but use great care. You don't want to raise the front tires or anything like that. Just high enough to get the jack past the air dam.
