relaxfoo

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Question is where the F#%& do the jack stands GO? My dilemma yesterday was trying to jack up the whole car to paint all four calipers at the same time. Anyway I tried to place jack stands on the four corners like normal cars but there are those stupid tabs (used for the lexus jack) that bend immediately with any pressure. So I did a search here and read that some one put the jack stands at the control arms. At first I was like this is a genius plan and it actually worked at first. But it was when I used the hydraulic jack stand to release the jacks stands and lower the car where sh#t hit the fan. I jacked the front first and removed the front stands no problems but it was when I was lowering the car, the stands in the back control arms started to slip and made a horrid noise, scraaaapppeeee all the noises that would make you drop a dreuce. Anyway everything turned out fine, I had to use my Lexus jack to assist the lowering and I was left with a few scratches on the control arm.

Here are some pictures just because I know threads area useless with no pix.



*yes I read Chinese newspapers, j/k my parents do.

Anyway back to the original question...WHERE DO THE JACK STANDS GO???

chikoo

mebbe u need jackstands with the slit on the face so that it can go where they should go in the first place.

allst4r

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there are tabs. shows u exactly in the manual. use a wood block.

llamaboiz

yea but most jackstands are a Y so...

OP im constantly putting my car on jackstands, have to do it again tomorrow in fact, my 'stupid' rail things are all smashed flat already, no worry about it. I dont

650IS350

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Didn't raise up my car on all fours when I painted my calipers.

trixxx519

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i did mine one at a time because when i tried to do two(forgot to put brakes on), as i was taking off the rear wheel, my cousin was unbolting the other rear wheel the jack fell, my question is should i be worrying about anything? my wheel wasn't completely off when the rear dropped on the wheel (no more gap lol)
sorry to threadjack you
ps. your decals are too small ;p

ChrISF

bending those tabs wont hurt your car. thats where youre supposed to life the car up...not the control arms!

relaxfoo

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^^^hey your're Chinese too. I knew a frat bro from New York named Trix. Wondering if you are the same dude, haha. Anyway, mine are smaller because I was going for the straight decal look. You should see how small my rear stickers are.

BoOst3d

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i put them on the frame rails.....

Micaiah

I always thought that the stands should support the frame.

Hayk

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You have to put the jack stands under the tabs. Keep in mind that only the tab is strong enough. Anything beyond it on the frame rail will bend. So keep the stand in that 2 inch space.

ohiois350

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i put the jack stand at the point where it shown for the jack stand, but it still bend, my two front points bend too

relaxfoo

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So you bent all your tabs?

rog1206

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This is how I do it too. Use the floor jack on the pinch welds (or tabs) to lift the car up and use jack stands on the frame rail.

For as much as use a floor jack to lift the car, non of my tabs are bent.

IXI187IXI

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jack the car up and look under. you'll see spots where its flat along the pinch weld, thats where you place your jack. also you should always keep the floor jack jacked up applying a little pressure to the car, this way if the jack stand fails, you have a fall back so you dont crush yourself.