ok this is definately going to sound like a newb question. its about time to rotate the tires, but i definatley dont want to use the damn sissor jacks. where is a good spot to "place" the hydrolic jack to raise up the car that is sturdy?

thanks,

 

If you look at the tab that you're supposed to put your scissor jack on, I use those 4 points for the jack stands... now, if you follow the metal that the tab is attached to, you'll see it's all there just with some plastic up against it. I believe there are a few more spots where the plastic isn't the same height but either way, I've yet to cause damage so I recommend just jacking the car up anywhere along that metal frame line.

 

Check the owner's manual, somewhere about rotating tires/placing the jacks...at about 2nd half of the book. It shows if you dont want to raise the car in the four corners, you can place the hydraulic jack in the center portion in the front and rear underneath the car. You will see the jack point as looped metal part sticking out...

You will place the head of the jack there and either raise the whole front or the whole rear.

 

aweseome i just might go and buy me a hydro jack and jack stands

 

if you're super low you wont be able to get to those two spots that jurassic posted so you'll need to roll up on some wood.

 

i just bought a hydraulic jack and jack stands for 43 bucks at autozone. pretty good deal

 

i like my low profile ____ but that was like 120 bucks for just the jack.

 

I'm pretty low and I have a "low profile" floor jack, it's like 4 inches at the lifting plate. 4 inches sounds high but thats only like one finger tall, I can't imagine many cars being much lower than that.

Got it from sears for like 60bucks

 

I got a low profile from northertool.com that works well, but a little secret I've learned is that you can remove the wheels on most jacks to get some extra height reduction.

The metal will scrape on the cement but at least you're getting the car off the ground.

 

I use the frame rail or the center of the rear end to lift from.......try to never use the sissor jack......it will wear you out before you get the car off the ground.