Jacking up car from tie dow hooks
 

hey guys, I have a jack that is not long enough to reach to the jack point on the front of my car (i have a front lip). However, it does easily reach to the hooks under the car from the sides, I believe this are for transport. Does anybody else jack up the car from this point? I've done it 2 times and never had a problem, but the thing is it only lifts it on one side instead of the middle, I was considering getting a loner jack if this is bad idea. Thanks guys

http://s10.postimg.org/5cxr99i1l/tie_down.png

Drive up on ramps or pieces of wood to get the front high enough for your jack to reach the center jack point.

^ ......I agree.

Or jack it up from the side.

Those hooks would most likely hold, but that's not what they were designed for. Besides, it looks like a jack could easily slip off of them.


humfrz

Yeah, they work just fine. I do the same thing just to get the front of the car off the ground enough to get my 3 ton jack on the front jack point.