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Originally Posted by tkbr0wn
I had my car up on jackstands for some exhaust work.
Front is easy with a low profile jack. I still drive up on two 2 foot 2x8's to raise front end enough to get jack in from front to center jacking point.
The rear is a bit more tricky. The 135 has a frame component that comes much lower than the 1M and I always used that. The 1M frame is much higher and I wasn't able to get the rear high enough to use the same positions on rear jack stands as the front. I was worried about jacking the diff till I saw your picture. You definitely don't want to jack on the aluminum fins though. You can put the jack more forward and actually should be able to get it on the diff itself.
As for the jack points. There are inserts you can buy that fit the rectangular slots and I have one, but rather than buying four. I ended up cutting oak blocks that fit and they work fine on the jack stands with the V.
Hope that helps.
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Ok, I think I get it. Jack up on the diff which is pictured here (the black thing in front of the finned diff cover) and then get the jackstands in that way.
I've also read some people who advocate using TWO jacks to get the car up. It's unclear to me the best way to use that technique...