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Lifting up my car

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Howard

Lifer
Let's say my car has 4 jack points, each of which is longitudinally inboard of each wheel. How am I supposed to use a hydraulic jack and then insert a stand without mangling the frame somehow? Do I need to buy ramps? 🙁
 
I once used the lower A-arms to keep the car up but I'm afraid they'll slide off. Maybe I can build some ramps out of wood.
 
when i'm jacking up a car knowing that i'll be leaving them up on jack stands alone... i simply place the jack behind my pinch weld and jack up the car and placing the stand at the weld.

i've done a lot of diffrent points on diffrent cars. you just need a spot to lift the car and slide a stand under there.
 
Just be careful if you decide to use the subframe. I bent the subframe beneath the driver's door and passenger's door on 2 S-series Saturns by jacking on them. Oops.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
I once used the lower A-arms to keep the car up but I'm afraid they'll slide off. Maybe I can build some ramps out of wood.
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Ramps won't work if you need to use jackstands and let the wheels hang. If you just need access to the underside.. Well I wouldn't build ramps out of wood. You can buy some for not too much money I think.
 
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Why not just use the cross member?
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Most newer cars I jack them up from the crossmember, whether engine or the some other structural piece crossing between there.

Then throw the stands under the front "frame".
 
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