Where's the best place to postion a trolley jack underneath a Fabia ?. I want to swap my wheels from front to back and vice versa.

I would go on solid chassis just inside the sill, although the sill is designed for the scissor jack... When I do this, I normally try to use a little block of wood between the car and the jack, as the lever end looks like it has teeth on mine. :eek:

Same idea here, little block of wood will prevent damage. Alternatively a slice of rubber, about an inch thick, works a treat too.

Bought an hydraulic jack a few years ago, don't use it much tbh but it is superb if you actually need to jack up the car hehe.

Mate of mine runs a garage so normally just go there instead though

If you do use wood, make sure it's not gonna slide, last thing you want is to carry a Furby on your body

SUPER BUMP!

So, to pick up from 2004!, jacking up on the sill..

The piece of wood or rubber mentioned above.. can this be positioned on the jacking point, but just behind, and pushed up to, the inside of the seam lip?

Or is the mounting point directly along the panel seam lip ONLY?

It's all right,

Found this mentioned else where on the forum in a PDF service document download.. so made it a jpg for uploading onto here for everyone looking for it.

Found this mentioned else where on the forum in a PDF service document download.. so made it a jpg for uploading onto here for everyone looking for it.

By workshop jack I believe it means a 4 post lift and that weight should be evenly distributed when lifted. I hope to be correctedf if I am wrong though because a little clarity on where to jack wouldn't be amiss

Workshop Jack? Found this on a google image search,. Looks like a common Trolley / hydraulic jack?

I'm not sure if the round bits indicated at the front are where the Audi TT jacking protectors would fit?

yes they are..

THIS THREAD, on TDiclub, discusses these TT pads back in 2002.

They conclude that the area of floor around these pads is strengthened.. at least, it is on SOME VAG platforms.. no one mentions the Fabia, Ibiza, A2 or Polo I'm afraid.

One member suggests jacking up on the suspension arms though.

Edited 18 June, 201016 yr by Rob.

if using a trolley jack put a 1ft long piece of wood (floorboard etc) along the sill line and jack under that..

I've fitted the Audi TT jacking point protectors a long time ago and the area around them is fine for jacking either all front or all rear or all one side - I tend to use two trolley jacks and if I was being very careful I would fit axle stands at the normal car jacking points - using made up hard wood blocks with a cut out to avoid the sill seam - the load is meant to be carried on the inside face of the sill at these points. The car is a Polo 9N by the way, also, I'd doubt if using the Audi TT protectors would work too well on my Passat 4Motion as I think that common sense would lead you to believe that the floor pan might "give" a bit as that car is quite heavy. I think that some folk were concerned about the same thing happening with a Golf etc, but the Polo sized platform is okay to use this jacking method on. Smart thing is, after you have fitted these jacking point protectors, its very easy to quickly locate the correct jacking point without looking too hard and these protectors are quite small so fit in the cup of most DIY trolley jacks.

Edited 17 June, 201016 yr by rum4mo

I'm not sure if the round bits indicated at the front are where the Audi TT jacking protectors would fit?

Could be, the rear ones are roud about where the rear arrows are but inboard - take a look under your car, if its like the Polo 9N, there are 4-off hardish plastic plugs - as opposed to similar sized rubbery grommets - its where the 4-off hardish plastic plugs are that the Audi jacking point protectors go.

Without going to look, I remember that the rear ones are inboard of where the handbrake cable runs as it is easy to catch it with the jack if you are not careful - but you would need to be very careless to trap the cable.

Edited 17 June, 201016 yr by rum4mo

Workshop Jack? Found this on a google image search,. Looks like a common Trolley / hydraulic jack?

I'd hope that you could buy just as good for a bit less, check out any where like Machine Mart that sells trolley jacks and try to get one that lifts a good enough weight (and 2 Tonne is good enough) and has a longish chassis, a low bottom "height" and a high top "height". 100mm > 120mm sounds like a number to aim for when "down" and something approaching "490mm > 500mm when "up". I would not pay extra for rocket lift etc when its for DIY use.

I would even suggest that that example in the picture is neither a "quality workshop" jack or a DIY jack - its just something that would like you to believe that it was up to professional quality - and I'd doubt if it is.

Edited 17 June, 201016 yr by rum4mo

This might help, I know it's for an R32 but it isn't miles out;

http://www.r32oc.com/performance-technical/10910-mk4-r32-jacking-point-mod-worthwhile-look-plus-install-guide.html

As said above by someone already, I too jack up on the end of the suspension arm, the point at which the arm meets the body.

Jacking the sills always always bends them one way or another, and once bent, you can't straighten them back!

Well, I've had it up and now it's back down.. not driven yet but I don't think (hopes) I haven't bent anything..

The floor certainly isn't bent and I jacked it up with a trolley at the points noted in the above diagram, where the TT jacking bumps go.. So I may invest in a set of them.

EDIT: Everything's fine after having driven home. I used a small piece of square cut wood between the jack top and the car just to avoid finish damage as, much like Jasons, mine has teeth!.

I was quite slow though as it's my 1st experience with a trolley and stands so I only went up high enough to put an axle stand (on it's lowest pin position) underneath.

Edited 18 June, 201016 yr by Rob.

I'm getting a bit cross-eyed thinking about this. How do you put the axle stand under the 'Audi TT jacking protector area' if it's occupied by the jack? Isn't there a more central reinforced position to raise the rear and avoid running the risk of bending the floor?

There never seems to be 100% clarity on how to jack and support. That or I'm a bit thick, lol.

That explains all the conflicting posts I've been reading! What do DIY mechanics tend to do then? I read one post saying to use the rear axle as a jacking point

Getting quite itchy fingered about fitting my new whiteline RARB and try out some of the country lanes.....

I use the reinforced area around the TTjackpad (or the pad itself....as now fitted)...then I support the car on stands using the reinforced sections of the sill by the marker arrows for the OEM car jack...use thick wadge of paper the cushion between car and stand. Always done this for the last 14 years...never bent the sill and has been solid!

Well, I jacked it up using at the rubber disc medial to the sill and in front of the rear wheels then placed axle stands on those round rings where the suspension bolts on. Any reason why I shouldn't continue in this way?

^^so your axle stands make contact with the sill? with some paper inbetween?

Edited 17 September, 201114 yr by fsa