Jacking Points/Trolley Jack recommendations

Stuart Truman · Post by **Stuart Truman** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:24 pm

Bing wrote:
Stuart Truman wrote:Just bought one of these in an attempt to minimise potential damage caused by jacking...

By gum it has taken you a long time to get your car jacked up

Yupp. A couple of weeks for a Trolley jack to be delivered, then the weather either put me off getting wet, or lured me into a hoon instead. Next week is work free so I'll be doing a mix of hooning and fettling.

ben g · Post by **ben g** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:41 pm

those adaptors are definitely needed. mine are buggered now after jacking the car up a few times. one of the jacking point blocks has also gone missing

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:23 pm

think ill order one of those jack pads, awesome idea...

OP are you happy with it?? decent quality?? no drawbacks to this??

Bing · Post by **Bing** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:07 pm

Beedub wrote:think ill order one of those jack pads, awesome idea...

OP are you happy with it?? decent quality?? no drawbacks to this??

Been meaning to get one for ages - no drawbacks, the jacking points are designed for one of these IIRC

TINO · Post by **TINO** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:16 pm

4 Jacking points about hinge point on the front six inch in front of rear wheel on the back, all loo like a square box. just take the jack from the e46 no probs.

TINO · Post by **TINO** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:17 pm

sorry hinge point on the doors.

Stuart Truman · Post by **Stuart Truman** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:46 pm

Beedub wrote:think ill order one of those jack pads, awesome idea...

OP are you happy with it?? decent quality?? no drawbacks to this??

Only ordered it today. A lot seem to be made of metal, this one is vulcanised rubber so little chance of it damaging the paintwork underneath the car

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:05 pm

also picked one up...... let hope its worth it!!!

bcworkz · Post by **bcworkz** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:34 pm

Facelifts are the same as M for jacking points. I use some folded shop rags to pad the jack so as not to mung up the bolts at the rear jack point, and not mung up the bottom cover at the front. Couldn't say for pre-facelifts, but should be something similar available.

For the side points, some sort of insert is definitely highly desirable. I just use a small block of wood with a screw jammed into it which drops into a hole on both my jack and axle stands.

ranski · Post by **ranski** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:42 pm

Stuart Truman wrote:Just bought one of these in an attempt to minimise potential damage caused by jacking...

I picked up one of these when I first got the Z.

It works well, although you will need to remove the cap from your jack, as it will need flat surface for the pad.

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bigshurv · Post by **bigshurv** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:15 pm

Another vote for the Costco jack. A real meaty thing that goes straight under the Z.£ 70 I think.

Wobblewing · Post by **Wobblewing** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:35 pm

Stu,

The Alpina does NOT have the central jacking points as per M.

Stuart Truman · Post by **Stuart Truman** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:43 pm

Wobblewing wrote:Stu,

The Alpina does NOT have the central jacking points as per M.

Cheers! When the rubber bung appears I'll take a look. For now the trolley jack remains in its box

Wobblewing · Post by **Wobblewing** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:47 pm

I've got a halfords jack. I have had it go straight under, but last time I had to drive the wheels onto some wood to get it high enough. Only needs lifting about 1cm. With one of these adapter thingybobs you may have to raise it further... although they do look a good idea.

cjp2k · Post by **cjp2k** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:05 pm

I have a low profile jack from machine mart does the job also have a jack pad mine has a cut out too so can use it on the oem jack points on the mrs focus and parents megane

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