Jacking up the car?

[Vapor Blue GT]

Ok, I looked at the manual and it’s not clear to me where I should lift/jack the car up. I am needing to remove the wheels so I can ceramic coat them and I want to use my floor jack. There doesn’t seem to be a place big enough that I can use for my floor Jack for the front of the car. The rear I’ll probably just use the rear differential. Any help or suggestions would be helpful. Where my finger is pointing seems to be a solid place under the carpet matting. Would this be good to use? Thank you.

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[LCDRChemEng]

There's a thread about it somewhere in here, you finger is on the right spot. Be aware the hard point is the pinch weld not the flat.

 

[dh3605]

You need a low profile floor jack

 

[DeluxeStang]

I read that title, and my brain went to you asking for advice how to lift your car, like turn it into the mustang raptor we're hearing about .

 

[highvoltage]

There are little triangle arrows that show you were.

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

There's a thread about it somewhere in here, you finger is on the right spot. Be aware the hard point is the pinch weld not the flat.

Ok, so I’d place the floor jack on the pinch weld to lift, not the flat metal piece my finger is pointing too?

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

There are little triangle arrows that show you were.

Ok, I didn’t see that. That’s what I was looking for. There’s so much carpet matting and plastic under there I was little taken away by that. According to the CJ video I can also use the K member to lift as well

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

I read that title, and my brain went to you asking for advice how to lift your car, like turn it into the mustang raptor we're hearing about .

I went back and read my post and title and I can see how that is possible. There is a mustang by me that has off-road tires on all 4 corners. Combo sports car and bug out vehicle

 

[Dena]

I was trying to find the jack points should I need to change a tire on my Dark Horse. I found the jack points by feel but I couldn't see the arrow until I took a picture of it. There are multiple points to hold the trim in place but only 4 jack points. The first picture is a trim point and the second is for both trim and a jack point.

 

[Shadetree43]

Opps,
From the thread title I thought we were going to see a 2024 version of something like this.

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

Opps,
From the thread title I thought we were going to see a 2024 version of something like this.

I don’t think wife would go for that

 

[Vapor Blue GT]

I was trying to find the jack points should I need to change a tire on my Dark Horse. I found the jack points by feel but I couldn't see the arrow until I took a picture of it. There are multiple points to hold the trim in place but only 4 jack points. The first picture is a trim point and the second is for both trim and a jack point.

Thanks for the pics. I am worried about breaking the plastic under there by the welds but feeling it the plastic seems to be recessed a tad so the jack hits the welds first.

 

[SWPHX]

I read that title, and my brain went to you asking for advice how to lift your car, like turn it into the mustang raptor we're hearing about .

I was thinking the same thing!

 

[Dena]

Thanks for the pics. I am worried about breaking the plastic under there by the welds but feeling it the plastic seems to be recessed a tad so the jack hits the welds first.

The jack has a grove in the top plate that goes on both sides of the seam joining the two sections together. This prevents the jack from slipping side to side. Lifts may need a special plate or attachment to apply pressure in the same way when using those points.

 

[dollybud]

Thanks for the pics. I am worried about breaking the plastic under there by the welds but feeling it the plastic seems to be recessed a tad so the jack hits the welds first.

If you are going to put a piece of wood on head of jack make sure it is soft wood. I have jacked up hundreds of railroad cars using hydraulic jacks on each side of the car to change wheels or problems underneath car.

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