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Old Feb 22, 2002 | 11:28 AM
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Originally posted by bsl77s2000
Is there a way to jack up the whole side of the car...or the whole front and back end so when doing a full wheel exchange you only have to jack the car up twice?
If you jack up on the front side lift point high enough, the rear will lift up too. Be sure to use the correct reinforced lip under the rocker panel. There is a weaker lip that looks like it could be used in front of the correct lip.

There is a front lift point on the chassis cross brace in front of the engine, but you need a pretty low and/or long jack to access it (unless you drive up on boards as mentioned above). The rear jack point is the differential, just make sure that the jack pad supports the round casting properly.
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Old Feb 22, 2002 | 12:03 PM
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Thanks!!! Want to save as much effort as possible....
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Old Feb 22, 2002 | 12:08 PM
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Is there a way to jack up the whole side of the car...or the whole front and back end so when doing a full wheel exchange you only have to jack the car up twice?
With a good floor jack you can lift the front or the rear all at once.

Rhino ramps won't clear a OEM front spoiler. But you could make a couple of wood pre-ramps to get the extra clearance.
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