| Re: More C4 jack stand confusion... |
Subject: Re: More C4 jack stand confusion... by CentralCoaster on 2012/11/21 6:49:07 Jack the car up nascar style. Stick a floor jack under the rail below the mirror and lift the entire side at once. The mirror is the balance point. Then I stick stands on that side, one by where the frame curves in, and another in back inboard where there is a sort of grid, the jackstand fits nicely in there. Try to always lift with the jack handle reasonably perpendicular to the vehicle if you can, this allows the jack to roll as it lifts. Otherwise it can sideload the jack and cause it to fail or tip over. Also some jackstands have really deep valleys in the top, these are inevitably harder to use, get ones with a shallower valley if you have the choice. I put the car up on 4 stands all the time, it's just as much effort as lifting just the front. |
