chromatin

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Thanks! As shown in the picture, points 1, 2, and 3. The reason I want to use them, especially 1 is that it's closer to the middle of the car and quite low. So I can jack up the car a lot higher compared to other places. Thank you very much!

Oh, yes, the picture was stolen from an old thread and so it's not my car. I marked it with the 3 numbers though.

audikillsbmw

What are you doing that requires the car to be lifted higher than normal?

chromatin

Nothing special. My floor jack doesn't go very high and I can't put my stand at the door jack point. The jaw of my jack stands are big and the jack stand and floor jack very often compete for space.

Anyway, are they safe for jack/jack stand? If yes, I am not going to buy another set of floor jack and stands. They work perfectly.

Oh, yes, the picture was stolen from an old thread and it appeared that somebody said 1 was good but I want to confirm that. Thanks!

OOOOya

...it always seems sketchy getting the car up on there, but the engineers didn't leave too many options for those without a lift. I'm sure that was intentional.

A central lift point forward of the engine would have been nice so the jack stands could just go under the owners manual specified points.

chromatin

Yes, the more I get to know my car, the more I feel that those guys must believe their drivers are all at least millionaires who don't even wipe their own asses. lol.

Anyway, so I believe #1 served you well. How about the jack point in the owner's manual? Yesterday I checked and felt that those places are soft and are easy to get some scratches. I also wonder if anybody has a close-up picture of how they do it. I know the famous picture by Stoney, but it's not clear enough, at least to me. Thanks!

MP4.2+6.0

Nice and strong; well shaped for the jack head. If I see the Audi jack at the far side of the picture, that's a death trap to be used only in dire emergencies. A bunch of reports of that jack failing/folding/tipping.

Once I bring the car up at jack point #1, I will put a jackstand under something sturdy, like in the #3 area (can't do it in #2 because of proximity to #1 where jack already is). If I am not under the car and took a wheel off, candidly I may just go with the poor man's floor jack--sliding the whole wheel under the car body near the removed wheel. If I drop the belly pan, and need to have the car up on both sides, I put the jackstands right at the sway bar bolt up brackets in the subframe area--another very robust area under the car.

Boston Driver

I always use #1 for jack stands

absolutcq20v

...as the 'claw' on the top of the stand doesn't have anything to engage and can slip off if your muscling the car around.

I jack the car at the body seam and jackstand it along the inside of the seam (watch the brake/fuel lines) or at #2. YMMV.