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Jacking Up the RCZ

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I've got a set of winter wheels that I'll be putting on my RCZ and I was just looking at how I'll jack up the car.

Having heard a few horror stories about using the standard vertical jack points for slotted jacks I want to avoid using them. It's been suggested on here before to use the chassis rails as jack points. This would make sense but my trolley jack can't reach that far in (well it can but there's no space to move the handle.)

I thought about jacking up right beside the standard jack points. This seems to be doable at the front as the chassis is exposed just inside of the jack point. However at the back the plastic trim completely covers the chassis with only the thin vertical jack point peeking out.

For those of you that have jacked up the car, could you suggest any alternative jack points (front and back) that are more reachable? Alternatively, if you've used the chassis rails, could you let me know what jack you're using to reach them?

Mike
 
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I shall watch with interest as I too would like to know the answer to this one. I intend having an ice hockey puck bored out to sit securely onto my trolley jack and to have a notch taken out to sit over the chassis rail jacking point.
This may sound extreme but after my car slipped off of a scissor jack causing £500 worth of damage it is a case of being extremely cautious.
 
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OO58RON said:
I intend having an ice hockey puck bored out to sit securely onto my trolley jack and to have a notch taken out to sit over the chassis rail jacking point.
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Damn, I knew I should have patented that idea!!! :crazy:
 
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donnaj1dlh said:
OO58RON said:
I intend having an ice hockey puck bored out to sit securely onto my trolley jack and to have a notch taken out to sit over the chassis rail jacking point.
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Damn, I knew I should have patented that idea!!! :crazy:
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Ye ya should av. But my puck was hard earned :clap: What a goal it twas :crazy:
 
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The concern I have about the puck idea is that it's still putting all the load through the normal sill jack point. If that points prone to bending then I'm not sure using a trolley jack with puck is any better on it than using a scissor jack.
 
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mjcuk2000 said:
The concern I have about the puck idea is that it's still putting all the load through the normal sill jack point. If that points prone to bending then I'm not sure using a trolley jack with puck is any better on it than using a scissor jack.
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Apart from it won't slip? the jacking point is designed for such a use, so the puck system is merely a idea to avoid the jack from slipping and going through the cars sill.
I would still like to be able to jack the front or thr back up without having to resort to these ridiculous lengths
 
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Yes it will prevent slipping so its better than using a trolley jack on its own on the sill jack point.
But I'm not sure if it would prevent what happened to you. In your case was the problem not that the sill folded over rather than the jack slipping off?
 
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I jacked my car up to remove the wheels to paint my calipers, used my Halfords trolley jack under the existing jacking points, a bit tight at the front but managed it ok. :thumbup:
 
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mjcuk2000 said:
Yes it will prevent slipping so its better than using a trolley jack on its own on the sill jack point.
But I'm not sure if it would prevent what happened to you. In your case was the problem not that the sill folded over rather than the jack slipping off?
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What happened to me was that the car slipped off of the jack as the "nuckle" of the jack was shaped like this ( . So as I jacked the car up it simply pushed the jack out and it embedded itself into the sill of the car. The trolley jack that I have my eye on has a small circular end on it, so I intend having the puck bored out so that it neatly fits over the end and cannot slip anywhere. I will then have a small slot cut onto the surface of the puck the depth of the jacking point, so that it wraps itself around the jacking point and the weight of the car is dispersed more evenly and so will not bend the jacking point. I found that the jacking point got bent from the vertical into the horizontal as it split apart.
 
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Tell me why there is not a small air bag unit out there to buy ? We have a little air pump in the boot and it would give a nice surface area to lift the car, in fact it would possibly lift one whole side at a time. Small valve to let it back down nice and slow when done. When it was flat it would take up no room at all in the boot.

Paul141
 
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I used a normal scissor Jack front and back when painting the brake calipers then used sturdy 4x2 timber to prop the car up and hold it thete never letting the jack take the weight l used the chassis rails for front and rear tight but doable
 
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I too used a Halfords trolley jack to lift the front of mine last week. I placed the small black cup under the inch and a half lug for a scissor jack assuming this would be strong enough and started to lift.....carefully. All of a sudden I heard a pop as the lug folded. I then found a piece of hardwood in the garage and put this between the jack head and the square flat metal just inwards of the jacking point, this worked fine.
I took my car out in the massive rainfall we had yesterday for an 80 mile run and the carpet in the footwell is still dry so I guess no damage has been done :)
 
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cozza said:
I too used a Halfords trolley jack to lift the front of mine last week. I placed the small black cup under the inch and a half lug for a scissor jack assuming this would be strong enough and started to lift.....carefully. All of a sudden I heard a pop as the lug folded. I then found a piece of hardwood in the garage and put this between the jack head and the square flat metal just inwards of the jacking point, this worked fine.
I took my car out in the massive rainfall we had yesterday for an 80 mile run and the carpet in the footwell is still dry so I guess no damage has been done :)
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I'll bet that was a tight ring moment!
 
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