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Old 11-14-15, 03:46 PM
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Where are you jacking the car up? What is the preferred jack point? Just pre planning prior to winter wheel install. Thanks.
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Front crossmember and rear differential! Avoid the side "emergency scissor jack" points as they are easily bendable with a floor jack.
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Originally Posted by Answer
Front crossmember and rear differential! Avoid the side "emergency scissor jack" points as they are easily bendable with a floor jack.
Thank you brother!
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Neither of my jacks are low enough to get under the front. I drive the front wheels up on a couple lynx blocks and that gives me the clearance to get the jack under.
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Yeah, depending on the jack type that's a good alternative. I have a low profile jack and there's like a quarter inch max of clearance.
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now where would you place the jacks other than the side "emergency scissor jack" points?
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Originally Posted by Answer
Avoid the side "emergency scissor jack" points as they are easily bendable with a floor jack.
What is so sad is that even Lexus Roadside Assistance contractors DO NOT KNOW THIS, nor do they come to your assistance with the right jack adapter which could prevent just such damage.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Pinch-We...-/251950278230

I'mg going to put one of these in my car as a matter of self-protection.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Ru...-/221886901575

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Originally Posted by jkonquer
now where would you place the jacks other than the side "emergency scissor jack" points?
If you are using a floor jack, as I said, front crossmember and rear differential.
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jack stands i mean.
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If you are just supporting the car once raised, side pinch welds are OK to use. Just don't use a floor jack on them (learned it the hard way)
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Originally Posted by Answer
Front crossmember and rear differential! Avoid the side "emergency scissor jack" points as they are easily bendable with a floor jack.
Any detailed picture of these?I wasn't sure where they were when I swapped out my tires and ended up just using the emergency scissor jack on the pinch welds to swap my tires
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Don't have any right now but can take some when I have couple minutes free!
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Originally Posted by Answer
Don't have any right now but can take some when I have couple minutes free!


Please do. The pictures in the manual are very small and unclear. everything underneath the car seems to be covered in plastic so it's hard to see where it is.
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These are from the CL how-to's https://www.clublexus.com/how-tos/a/...our-car-367798



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Here's a video, older gen lexus, but same concept



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