Found this on Wikihow, OH GOD NO, DON'T DO THAT

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11/20/2014 at 12:38 • Filed to: None

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Kinja'd!!! RazoE > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:39

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bent rocker panel.


Kinja'd!!! Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:40

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That is not going to end well.


Kinja'd!!! mattc993 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:40

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The side skirts are also a chassis lift point....right?


Kinja'd!!! Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > mattc993
11/20/2014 at 12:43

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It's part of the car, right? Just apply lift anywhere and the car goes up.


Kinja'd!!! rockingthe2 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:44

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To be fair, the best lift point for my MR2 is the pinch welds...


Kinja'd!!! mattc993 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:45

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Wheel spokes? Check.

Front bumper? Sure.

Exhaust pipe? Why not.


Kinja'd!!! Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > mattc993
11/20/2014 at 12:46

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Dude, it's a car, it's strong and it obviously can take a great amount of force if it's on the road. Wheel spoke, must be really strong because they hold up the car.


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:46

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Depends on the car, many have the lift points there though.

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*not my picture, but that's where the manual says to use.


Kinja'd!!! Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > BigBlock440
11/20/2014 at 12:50

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No, I get that, but looking at the picture I posted, your jack's puck should not be going outside of the rocker, if in fact that is the lift point.


Kinja'd!!! Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:52

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A lot of cars *are* designed to be lifted on the drip edge of the rocker panel, but when that's the case the points to be used tend to be very limited. This isn't 105% wrong, but has the possibility to go *very* wrong.


Kinja'd!!! Will with a W8 races an E30 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:53

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On most cars the factory jacking points are reinforced pinch welds just aft of the front tire and just forward of the rear tire, where the rocker panel meets the floor. That looks like what the picture is trying to show.


Kinja'd!!! GhostZ > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 12:54

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I think the worst part is that someone took the time to draw and color that, without realizing how bad it is.


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 13:05

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The picture also has half the jack to the inside of the rocker, and the oddest bolt pattern I've ever seen. Where on the picture would be a better point to lift from?


Kinja'd!!! Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > BigBlock440
11/20/2014 at 13:06

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Subframe?


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 13:19

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Thats also entirely to high.


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/20/2014 at 13:37

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They sometimes bend. Also, it looks like it's made of the same stuff as the inner liner in the wheel-well.


Kinja'd!!! Meatcoma > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
11/20/2014 at 13:38

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was viewing comments to see if anyone else had posted this.


Kinja'd!!! AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
11/21/2014 at 01:05

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I just replaced a front driveshaft on a vehicle today because the owner of said vehicle decided to try to save some money and install their own winter wheels/ tires. Well they didn't know where to lift the vehicle from, so the jack slipped and caught the front driveshaft, thus denting/bending it quite badly. So much for saving money. Oh, and no one was hurt.