Any ideas where the safest place to lift car with trolly jack may be ? - normal jacking points not looking suitable due to welded seam.

 

About to change to winter wheels - last year garage did it for me :$$$: :$$$:

 

So thought I'd do it myself this year.

 

Also any idea as to torque settings for 16" Alloys wheel bolts?

 

Thanks

 

Smudger

120 mn / 88 pound foot

 

I have used a trolly jack on the standard points with no issues.

Interesting, my std jacking points have a body work seam that the car jack fits around and does not actually touch when jacking. By using a trolly jack the weight of the car will be through this welded seam and I would guess the underseal and anti corrosion coatings would be damages as a result + I guess I could deform the seam.

 

Or am I just being over cautious ?

 

I wounder if the cars body has changed - mines an 2013 MY is yours earlier / later ?

yes it does jack up on the seems. I have not had any damage as i put a piece of foam between the jack and the car to save damage to the underseal. The foam flattens under the weight of the jack so doesn't slip. Mind you I always place axle stands near by as a belt and braces approach. I reguarly do this to clean the backs of the wheels.  Mines a 2012.

 

Lets be honest your just as likely to damage the protection with the standard jack.

Fair enough,

 

Thanks

You might want to read this thread though: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/319180-crushed-jacking-points/?hl=%2Bjack#entry3860952

You might want to read this thread though: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/319180-crushed-jacking-points/?hl=%2Bjack#entry3860952

good thread, will make one of those up for myself - just in case

 

cheers

If you jack up on the sill seams only then they will bend.

 

There are two dedicated jacking points on each sill, front and rear, marked with arrows/indents.

 

At these points behind the sill seam is a section of reinforcement designed to aid the use of a trolley jack.

 

Take a look at the standard scissor jack (if supplied), you'll notice that the 'U' shaped head is actually offset, higher at the backside - so it meets the reinforced section first.

 

The hockey puck squashes around the soft seam and protects it, as does a small piece of wood behind the seam. This ensures that the reinforced section takes the weight, not the sill seam.

Silver1011,

 

Thanks I did indeed do as you suggested BUT although I searched on hands and knees AND with a torch try as I might I was unable to locate the arrows/indents on the sills - I don't know why may car does not have them ? Looked on both sides but nothing :S

 

In the end took a guess based on where I thought the supplied car jack would fit and jacked it up with a short plank of wood to spread the load.

They are there but are very easily obscured by dirt etc.

 

Glad you got sorted though!

 

I always use a peice of 15 mil plywood between the jack and the car body

How about axle stands, where can you put them? If I'm jacking the car at the designated point, I would need another place to put the axle stand, one in the front and one in the rear. I want to take off both front and rear wheel at the same time to paint the calipers.

This is where I located the axle stands on the front of my Superb...

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/346425-oil-and-air-filter-change-skoda-superb-cr140-cffb/