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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:01 am #231659 okay I have problem, I'm tryna to jack my car up to do a swap. The car sits too low to get a jack under it. can you jack to car up from the front core support? I need to place the car on four jack stands. it seems like the core support will not support all the weight from the car. are there any other safe location to jack the car up besides the four recommended locations?

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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:27 am #231662 can you get a factory jack under the car?if you can just do that untill you have enough space to get the other jack in

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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:53 am #231665 put down like a 2x4 or something else you can drive up onto to get it up a little higher.

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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:43 am #231676

put down like a 2x4 or something else you can drive up onto to get it up a little higher.

this works awesome. I have a 2x6 that i have to use to get in my garage then i put it in front of the tires and drive up on it which gives me just enough room to fit a floor jack under the core support. I've never had a problem jacking the front end up by the core support.

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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:20 am #231687 Ditto on the 2x4. It works great, I've used this method multiple times and it's best and cheapest way to get a jack under your car. Plus if you have a short length of if you can just throw it in the back/trunk of your car so you have it in an emergency.

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- Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:13 pm #232327 there are also the car ramps. they are pretty cheap and tough

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- Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:17 pm #232346 ^^^ ^^^

- Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:18 pm #232458 jack little bitt on your OEM Towhooks with your oem jack. after that use you garage jack!

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- Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:36 pm #232514 I used ramps when I swapped
Its stable and convienient

- Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:07 pm #232689 i have a low profile jack they are very nice and inexpensive i bought mine from harbor frieght its blue with like a six foot handle gets under my hatch pretty easy

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- Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:25 pm #232913 you could just get a mate to lift the car from the arches and you can stick ur jack under works every time for me

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- Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:33 pm #233043 There is a jack point on the core support. It's a big nipple that sticks down through a cut-out in the under tray.

- Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:41 pm #233054 I use the 2x4 trick, lift it up from the tow hook after and then use a normal jack to put it under the fender spots

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- Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:26 pm #233081

There is a jack point on the core support. It's a big nipple that sticks down through a cut-out in the under tray.

Using this one tends to bend that part of the support up. Ive got two cars with that problem now.

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- Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:39 pm #233087

you could just get a mate to lift the car from the arches and you can stick ur jack under works every time for me

Be careful doing that, I buckled my wing slightly doing it.