Hi, I’m new to using a hydraulic jack for my car & I would like to know the best point(s) to jack up the front of the car (Fabia III 2015) in order to put the car on 2 stands at the front to change the front discs & pads, does anyone know where the best place to do this would be? Pictures would be amazing! Thank you

Your handbook will tell you where the jacking points for each side are. Pop the axle stand just behind / inboard of the jacking points where you can see solid metal; do not rest the moulded sill of the body - where the official jacking point is - on an axle stand.

 

A rubber puck with a slot in it will stop your shiny new hydraulic jack making a mess of your sill.

 

You only need one wheel at a time in the air to do the discs and pads.

FWIW, my preferred place to use a hydraulic jack (preferably with a rubber "puck" or a suitable flat piece of wood) on a VAG vehicle is somewhere under a wishbone arm, close to the inner pivots, at the front, or under either end of a beam axle or the pivot points of the IRS wishbones - others may well disagree!

 

PS: and not under the sills themselves - those flatten or bend!

Edited 18 September, 20232 yr by jeallen01

I'll just add in, as the question has been asked, that I tend to fit "Audi TT Jacking Point Protectors" to the 4 points on these cars where it has been deemed safe/suitable to use a trolley jack on - then use jack stands with suitably shaped and padded at the 4 side sill strong points.

I got the following photo off of here or web, forget which. -

 

 

 

I got a couple of the following rubber pucks for my jacks (other, and better are available) they smell a bit but come in resealable bags, they seem to work well enough on my wife's 2015 Fabia and my neighbour's car. - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404331002770

 

With the Fabia I'd strongly recommend using (two) (M14 x 1.5) Alloy wheel Alignment fitting tool(s) as VW use wheel bolts instead of wheel studs so the wheel can slip off during fitting (or removal) which might cause back pain (guess how I know).  Other and better tools are available but I bought one similar to the following, to go with the one a friend bought me as a gift. - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171578652638

 

I put a thread up of my tips from when I changed the front pads & discs on my wife's 2015 Mk3 1.2 (90) SE, I've no idea if yours use the same fittings but it might help with generalisations.  as I put in another thread replacing the discs & pads is a very dirty but uncomplicated job but being brakes needs to be done thoroughly and properly, don't worry about any macho boasting of how quick it can be done rather allow multiples of time to do the job thoroughly and well, plus Sod's Law you'll find other stuff that you should do whilst you're there.  Hope some of this helps and applies to your model.

 

 

Edited 20 September, 20232 yr by nta16