Thread: Hi lift jack points - D4

Originally Posted by Celtoid

Thanks Tombie … and of course you have the extra space there now as your scissor jack is currently employed as landfill ;-)

You could cut up the other side where the factory tow hitch goes

And that Scissor jack is plain outright deadly. I’d never trust it!

Originally Posted by Chops

Funny you should bring this up Kev.

I used my trolley jack to swap all my wheels out the other weekend, and strangely had some problems.
May new jack is actually quite wide and I had dramas getting it to sit under the arm safely. Ended up, I cut up a small block of wood which sat in the dimple. Steel on steel is very slippery, hense the wood block.
So now I’m left with the small dilemma of what to do exactly. The trolleys great anyway with various stuff I need to do on other vehicles, so I’m good with that, but now, I think I’ll go down the bottle jack path. Initially had a spot earwigged for the trolley, but now need to find somewhere for the bottle instead,, as an aside, the good thing is it’s smaller and much lighter.

Laying it it down is not overall a good idea because it can leak, either through the filler cap, or if your seal lets go, you’ll end up with oil in the car.

So yes, where do there store theirs in the car?

I store mine where the scissor jack used to live.

Originally Posted by Chops

Funny you should bring this up Kev.

I used my trolley jack to swap all my wheels out the other weekend, and strangely had some problems.
May new jack is actually quite wide and I had dramas getting it to sit under the arm safely. Ended up, I cut up a small block of wood which sat in the dimple. Steel on steel is very slippery, hense the wood block.
So now I’m left with the small dilemma of what to do exactly. The trolleys great anyway with various stuff I need to do on other vehicles, so I’m good with that, but now, I think I’ll go down the bottle jack path. Initially had a spot earwigged for the trolley, but now need to find somewhere for the bottle instead,, as an aside, the good thing is it’s smaller and much lighter.

Laying it it down is not overall a good idea because it can leak, either through the filler cap, or if your seal lets go, you’ll end up with oil in the car.

So yes, where do there store theirs in the car?

My first trolley jack … high load rating … but the arm was just a smidge too short for the rear …. needed some careful placement. Probably exacerbated by me not knowing what can be levered and what can't. Strength is a funny thing … affected by different loading dynamics and just because a control arm can lift 2 tons doesn't mean sticking a jack on every point on that arm is safe, for example (I was scared of denting/bending arms or chassis points that aren't designed for the load pressure in certain areas).

Second jack just pooped itself mid wheel change and dropped the wheel onto the studs. I had stands in place thank god but couldn't get enough height for the next pin on the stand so it dropped a few mms. Was a pain in the arse to work around as the jack was covering the OEM chassis rail hole.

Originally Posted by Tombie

You could cut up the other side where the factory tow hitch goes

And that Scissor jack is plain outright deadly. I’d never trust it!

Probably go on the scissor jack side as I have rear air and a Linear Electronics LED box sitting in that spot.

Cheers,

Kev.

Originally Posted by apom

$49 Actually, prices includes postage anywhere in Australia. As with any small orders the prices are way higher than if you were ordering this sort of things by the 100s or 1000s

Sorry, these are now SOLD OUT. Apologies to those that missed out, we way underestimated the demand!

I got no issues using a high lift jack on my D3 - but then again I've got an ARB front bar and a kaymar rear bar. I like my high lift jack, has gotten me out of trouble a few times in the past. If you didntitable jack points there are wheel lifters available to use with a high lift - lifts the wheel rather than the car body