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      07-29-2009, 12:28 AM   #1
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best way to use car jacks on the 1er?

Anyone have the safest way to use floor jacks(4 curved ended) on this car?

Seems brutal to use a floor jack on one corner of the car if you where to say change a tire one at a time. Wouldnt this warp the frame on this car at all?

Im assuming jacking 2 sides at the same time is best but i dont feel like getting 2 jacks for that. Any ideas? lol.. sorry for newby question but I dont wanna do anything stupid to this car
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      07-29-2009, 02:04 AM   #2
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try a search in the DIY section, there's a few thread about how to jack up the car. Basically, there's one jack point in front and one at the rear where you can jack up the car one end at a time.

Front one looks like this (jack point is shown at the bottom of this pic, in the mddle):


The one at the rear is just the diff housing.. I never need to jack the rear up, so I never tried it...
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      07-30-2009, 11:25 PM   #3
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what's a good hydraulic jack to get? i assume a low profile is necessary for lowered cars, but is there 1 brand that stands out or is any old 2 ton jack gonna do the job?
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You will need a low profile jack even with a stock car.
I have to drive the car onto some lumber just to have room for what I allways thought was a low profile jack.
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thanks for the help guys. I checked out the DIY and found some good tips too. The only question left is that if i want to jack the back end and lift both wheels at the same time. Where exactly to i put the jack on the differential? I hear not on the case section. Whats the best spot then?
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      08-01-2009, 09:24 PM   #6
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http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...highlight=jack




found in one of the longer threads discussing this in the DYI section
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very helpful. much appreciated.
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