Where do you place the floor jack/stands when doing springs?

06k20si · 01-14-2007, 02:55 PM

I'm getting ready to install some S-techs and i'm not sure where to place the floor jack and jack stands. Does anybody have pics of proper location for the front/rear? I was also wondering what the best way to load the suspension with the jack is. Can I just put a rag over the jacking pad and jack up the rotor?

Mike
'06 Hab Red Si

***Zeuceone*** · 01-14-2007, 03:02 PM

do not jack up the motor. if you look under the car thrue the front in the middle you can see a spot to lift it same thing with the rear of the car.

sbmon · 01-14-2007, 09:53 PM

Jack points on the si are a joke.

**Nomar06** · 01-14-2007, 10:29 PM

check the manual. I used the spots behing the front wheels and in front of the rears. I think the spots are also marked on the jack that comes with the car.

06k20si · 01-15-2007, 12:54 PM

Thanks for the replies, I have used the factor jack points on the sides. I thought there was a place to jack from the front/rear of the car. And what's the best spot for the jackstands, the spots where the factory jack lifts seem weak. I bought the helms manual, but only the Si supplement and it references the civic manual for the proper locations.

Mike

King Bob · 01-15-2007, 01:43 PM

the factory jack points are weak, thats why mine are all bent to shit but I figure you gotta break some eggs right?

**Nomar06** · 01-15-2007, 02:41 PM

Factory jack point do seem weak but I had no problem using them. The front and rear "middle" jack points are marked by an arrow. If you get down there and take a peek I know the front one is about a foot away from the front of the car. The arrow is molded in the plastic black peice. Cant remember about the rear jack point.

Sli(ks · 01-15-2007, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Bob

the factory jack points are weak, thats why mine are all bent to shit but I figure you gotta break some eggs right?

Maybe they figured you'd only be using them once or twice, like on the side of a freeway changing a flat - not installing parts every other weekend.

kenchan · 01-15-2007, 05:04 PM

you guys using the rails near the side of the car? if so, make yourself an
adapter out of wood with a slit cut down the center. that'll prevent
the rail from bending like that.

King Bob · 01-16-2007, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sli(k

Maybe they figured you'd only be using them once or twice, like on the side of a freeway changing a flat - not installing parts every other weekend.

Thats exactly what I think, it dosent bother me I fugure onec they are completely bent flat they wont bend anymore

01-14-2007, 02:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
06k20si Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NorCal Posts: 2 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Where do you place the floor jack/stands when doing springs? I'm getting ready to install some S-techs and i'm not sure where to place the floor jack and jack stands. Does anybody have pics of proper location for the front/rear? I was also wondering what the best way to load the suspension with the jack is. Can I just put a rag over the jacking pad and jack up the rotor? Mike '06 Hab Red Si

01-14-2007, 10:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nomar06 ARG can haz gold medalz? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 27 Posts: 21,643 iTrader: 4 / 100%	check the manual. I used the spots behing the front wheels and in front of the rears. I think the spots are also marked on the jack that comes with the car. __________________

01-15-2007, 02:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
Nomar06 ARG can haz gold medalz? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 27 Posts: 21,643 iTrader: 4 / 100%	Factory jack point do seem weak but I had no problem using them. The front and rear "middle" jack points are marked by an arrow. If you get down there and take a peek I know the front one is about a foot away from the front of the car. The arrow is molded in the plastic black peice. Cant remember about the rear jack point. __________________

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*Zeuceone* Kill Your Self Krew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Killa Cali. Posts: 46,758 iTrader: 20 / 100%	do not jack up the motor. if you look under the car thrue the front in the middle you can see a spot to lift it same thing with the rear of the car.

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sbmon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 213 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Jack points on the si are a joke.

01-15-2007, 12:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
06k20si Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NorCal Posts: 2 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Thanks for the replies, I have used the factor jack points on the sides. I thought there was a place to jack from the front/rear of the car. And what's the best spot for the jackstands, the spots where the factory jack lifts seem weak. I bought the helms manual, but only the Si supplement and it references the civic manual for the proper locations. Mike

01-15-2007, 01:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
King Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 25 Posts: 472 Houma, Louisiana iTrader: 1 / 100%	the factory jack points are weak, thats why mine are all bent to shit but I figure you gotta break some eggs right?

01-15-2007, 05:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
kenchan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,218 iTrader: 1 / 100%	you guys using the rails near the side of the car? if so, make yourself an adapter out of wood with a slit cut down the center. that'll prevent the rail from bending like that.