Jacking / lift points

[Doug Watson]

I've got the Steeda jacking rails on my DH and had them on the M1, love them.

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[sdsteele2]

I installed the LMR/SVE jack pads on my car. They are very convenient for lifting a single wheel for cleaning or swapping out tires. They also work great for a 2 post lift.

One downside is they don’t help if you want to put a jack stand at the factory lift points. Your jack will be in the way. Or at least mine is.

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[Jmatech]

All I purchased for the mustang were the pinch weld blocks from quick jack. They have slots that fit perfectly under the mustang lift points. I ordered it all from Home Depot.

Right on, thank you!

 

[tj@steeda]

I've got the Steeda jacking rails on my DH and had them on the M1, love them.

Great choice

 

[Grabber1]

These jack pads from Amazon fit perfectly.
2 Packs Square Jack Pads, Black Anti-Slip Rail Adapter Support Rubber Blocks, Rubber Rail Protector, Pinch Weld Jack Pad and Car Jack Rubber Pad (2) https://a.co/d/6Zdds0s

 

[decidave8]

Are the jacking points the knife edge part or inboard on the flat spot as far as factory jacking points are concerned

 

[MaverickDude]

Jack points are at the pinch welds and are marked with triangle's.

 

[MCS]

I also had the Steeda Full Length Jacking Rails installed.

Just need to get myself a jack. Thinking of this jack as it has a rubber puck and it should also work for my gf's Honda Pilot - Need to be able to swap her winters for her. VEVOR Floor Jack, 3 Ton Low Profile Floor Jack

 

[Doug Watson]

I have the Steeda jacking rails and love them.

 

[Deleted member 17846]

I have the Steeda Jacking Rails and consider them a must have if you work on your own Mustang.
I also had the QuickJack 7000, it was good but heavy as hell. Loved it for the F150.
I found it much easier to use the Steeda Jacking Rails with good jack stands or Race Ramps Wheel Cribs for the Mustang. Ended up getting rid of the QuickJack.

 

[TX-TBeau]

My question is, so if you jack up with a floor jack, from the correct lift points, where do you place the jack stand?

I purchased AGM jack rods. They lock a floor jack to act like a backstage. I use them in pairs with 2 floor jacks to lift front/rear or side, depending on the work. Wish I had a lift, but jack rods are great.

 

[Nolasalt]

My previous 3 Mustangs I've always used the middle of the front K member to jack up the front of the car. Is there some special reason the metal on my S650 makes this no longer possible?

 

[exm]

There are little cut outs in the plastic side panels under the sides near each jack point for jack stands. The jack points have little arrows in the plastic panels. Jack stands go in near the jack lift points .

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. I need to jack up the rear off the car (DH) to work on some LED lights. I'm seeing the cut outs with the arrows. No problem jacking up the car there. But where to place the floor stands? It doesn't fit next to jack. From what I gathered is to jack up the car near this area (preferably using Rubber Slotted Frame Rail Protectors) and then place the floor stand where the 'arrow' is - the jack point). Or do I need to do the opposite: use the jack point for the actually jacking up off the car, and then place the floor stand with the protectors near this?

I considered jacking rails but I haven't seen any that fit the DH without any sort of modification. Also, I am probably done jacking the car after this maintenance so the rails will be one-time use.

 

[Will2]

For my fellow OCD perfectionists, I've found that many rubber jack pads are not deep/tall enough to fully prevent pinch welds from cutting through (and contacting the metal of the jack cup, thus scratching the paint on the bottom of your pinch welds). Same thing with those metal pinch weld adapters--those often have an exposed metal piece at the bottom of the channel (to secure the nylon guard that runs through the channel) which scratches your pinch welds.

I wonder why manufacturers don't just make them slightly taller/deeper, and I suspect it's because if they made them taller, there might be too much side-to-side flexion and the item could slip off the pinch weld.

I have now ordered polyethylene jack pads from Amazon. They are harder than rubber so should not get cut through, but still soft enough to not damage pinch welds. We'll see if that actually works.

I wish Ford made a simple lifting solution for DIYers, or even plastic lift points that could be replaced if/when worn out (like BMWs and Teslas).

 

[exm]

For my fellow OCD perfectionists, I've found that many rubber jack pads are not deep/tall enough to fully prevent pinch welds from cutting through (and contacting the metal of the jack cup, thus scratching the paint on the bottom of your pinch welds). Same thing with those metal pinch weld adapters--those often have an exposed metal piece at the bottom of the channel (to secure the nylon guard that runs through the channel) which scratches your pinch welds.

I wonder why manufacturers don't just make them slightly taller/deeper, and I suspect it's because if they made them taller, there might be too much side-to-side flexion and the item could slip off the pinch weld.

I have now ordered polyethylene jack pads from Amazon. They are harder than rubber so should not get cut through, but still soft enough to not damage pinch welds. We'll see if that actually works.

I wish Ford made a simple lifting solution for DIYers, or even plastic lift points that could be replaced if/when worn out (like BMWs and Teslas).

You are still talking about the protection for the pinch welds (and no issues there), but my question was where to place the jack and the floor stands?

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