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09-25-2013, 09:57 PM | #1 |
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anyone use center jacking points?
Is it a jack point? Looked like one...Not shown in owners manual but i noticed a black plastic jacking point in the center of the front cross member when recently doing an oil change.
Instead of using rear regular jack points to raise car high enough to place jack stands under the front jack points x 2 like I did for the oil chg, it seems using this front center point would be much easier in order to get the stands in place. Anyone verify this? Same goes for the rear crossmember. It seems like a good place to jack from the center
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Photos would be awesome guys.
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09-25-2013, 10:53 PM | #3 |
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crossmembers are fine for jacking the car up. I wish my jack was long, and low enough to reach the front point. I've jacked the car up by the rear crossmember with no issues to report on multiple cars. Load it up in the center, right behind the diff.
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There is a indeed a jacking point on the front subframe. It has a black rubbery coating, and there is a hole cut out in the plastic undershield for it.
In the rear you can use the diff. I've used both points many times.
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I think there was a diagram on another thread pointing out those two center jack points...
That said, wouldn't jacking the car up using either of those points be rather unsteady? EDIT: Here's the diagram:
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That's what I do. Wish I could reach the one in the front. |
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depending on your jack, you may be able to get to the front center jacking point by lifting the car up on a 2x piece of lumber. I made little ramps out of a scrap 2x4 for this purpose (2x4 isn't as wide as the tires but it works). I like to jack on the center and then put stands on the outside jacking points.
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Now i just hope my floor jack is long enough to reach!!
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If you're car is at stock ride height, you shouldn't have a problem.
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That's actually my preferred solution, but OP was asking about crossmembers, and I was simply confirming that it's a safe place to jack the car up.
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This ATD jack will reach the front jack location without any blocks or such. Bought it for a similar jack point on my last Infiniti and it works great on the 1er.
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That diagram is also in the owners manual.
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I almost always use the engine point and rear diff to jack my car up. I also usually use ramps for the front since it is so low.
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