Stangars

Sooo, . . . I think I know where to put the hydraulic jack, but, does anyone know exactly where to put the jackstands? I don't want to crack pain to bend anything.

I was looking at a friends new Mercedes and they have obvious points at which you place jackstands. The IS F, not so much.

Anyone have a good picture? I appreciate the help.

2slow

iTrader: (5)

Look on the sideskirt. There's an 2 arrows on each side.

FIGS

iTrader: (11)

I use a hocky puck as well to jack on the body seams to prevent folding. And since you cannot put a jackstand where the Jack is when its up, I typically placen them on the boxed unibody frame rail, the rear suspension subframe or anywhere else that is substantial and will hold the stand secure.

Stangars

Any clear pics to replace a thousand words? Thank you.

UCrazyKid

Here is a good picture for someone to point out where to put them.

D2M

iTrader: (2)

the red is where i place mine most of the time, the green is a optional place that i use rubber pucks on..

lobuxracer

iTrader: (2)

This is what Lexus says and what I do:

Stangars

Thank you all for your responses.

lobux - do you use some sort of hockey puck or something to keep the edges from being folded over where you put the jackstands?

FIGS

iTrader: (11)

just for clarity, I use the pucks for the jack. The jackstands typically have a slot to fit the body seam OK. I will depend on the jack stand design.

UCrazyKid

I didn't realize you could lift the whole car by the differential. Thanks for the diagram!

Dv8tion388

iTrader: (2)

I used this bolted metal flange on the frame rail as it bends upwards torwards the engine. I appears to have an flat portion for a jack stand.
In the belly pic, if North is directly up, then North-East of the red circles.

A sloted 4 inch 2x4 piece of wood works great on a jack to jack the car at its jack point.


~Christian

lobuxracer

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No, I just set the car down slowly. I've only bent one once in 20+ years and it was a wonder the only bad thing that happened was a bent seam with that particular incident.

Joe Z

iTrader: (10)

Its in the Owners Manual people....

But this post will help GREATLY

** Lance - We should make a Sticky on "How to Jack up a Lexus IS-F"

I have worked on over a dozen IS's.. Never bent a rail yet.....

Also, below is another helpful PDF document from Javy!!!!

OEM VEHICLE LIFT AND SUPPORT LOCATIONS

BobsGX

Is this photo the underside of the IS-F? If so, I thought the car had a true dual exhaust.

flowrider

iTrader: (9)

he answer to both your questions:

1. No it's NOT an ISF, it's an ISX50 RWD.

2. The ISF does NOT have a true dual exhaust system. This is a defect that IMHO, can be remedied either in the aftermarket or by a modification to the stock exhaust.

Lou