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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Just use the proper tools and you will be fine. No need to add anything like a Ford.

There's always one...
I could jack my Mustangs up from the side jacking points without ever causing any damage to the pinch welds, so Ford is a step ahead of Subaru there. The jacking rails are so you can lift both tires from the side instead of just one at a time, and so the exact spot matters less if you happen to be on a track and doing this quickly and frequently..

Originally Posted by JeremyR

I don't jack my car up from the sides though, only the front or rear.



Jacking the car up from the side should really only be done in emergency situations like a flat tire or such.



The twins (and most cars) are really only designed to be lifted from the front or rear...

Lifting from the side can cause damage to your pinch welds, and will twist and tweak the chassis.

According to Subaru, the car is designed to be jacked from the jacking points, which include the four specific spots on the pinch welds. Subaru didn't do a very good job of reinforcing those areas though.

Lifting your car from the side will definitely not "tweak the chassis". Where did you get that from? It can damage the pinch welds, though, hence the jacking rails, hockey pucks, 2x4s, etc.

Nevertheless, I have been jacking the car up only from the front and rear, also per the manual, but it's the jackstands that are causing damage to the pinch welds. I don't know about you, but I'm not getting under the car without jackstands, so the front/rear jacking does not solve the problem.

Originally Posted by daskaman

Just cut a groove in a hockey puck

I use one of those plastic pucks things with a groove in it, or a piece of wood, when I jack from the sides but I usually jack front or rear and place jackstands on the sides. Hockey pucks and 2x4's do not work with jackstands.