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Old 08-18-2020, 08:59 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Tyrael View Post
Make sure you have the right tools and room to do it yourself. You'll need either low profile ramps as regular ramps will catch on the front lip. Also, if you only have one jack, you'll end up lifting the rear wheel as well as the front to get it high enough to place a jack stand. I'm a bigger guy and I already had two floor jacks. I just lift both sides at the same time and place the jack stands as a safeties if the jacks were to fail. To make things quicker and cleaner I also replaced the drain plug with a Fumoto valve.
You know there are centerline front and rear jack points shown in the owner's manual right? If you need to lift the front of the car, why not just use that?

Also, jack stands are not built to take shock loading, they are likely to collapse as well if either of your jacks fail....
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