Secondary jacking points

bobiam · 07-19-2018, 07:14 PM

Besides the 4 areas shown in the manual to place jack stands, where are secondary safe jacking points?

if you jack the car at one of the 4 designated points, can you lift the side of the car enough to get the other same-side wheel off the ground and insert a jack stand by it?

IK6SPEED · 07-19-2018, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bobiam

if you jack the car at one of the 4 designated points, can you lift the side of the car enough to get the other same-side wheel off the ground and insert a jack stand by it?

Depending on the stand, yes.

rjd_F30 · 07-19-2018, 07:39 PM

I jack on the diff in the rear and the metal plate with a hole under roughly where the infotainment screen sits in the front. Put jack stands on the jack points in the manual and call it a day. I have also placed jack stands on the control arms, not sure if that's safe or not but I've done it without issues.

FaRKle! · 07-19-2018, 07:47 PM

There's a front center jack point, and you can use the rear differential as the rear center jack point.

I used to use those center jack points to lift that end of the car up then put jack stands under the side jack points.

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