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Title: Jacking
Post by: dub268 on 11 February 2010, 13:51: Is it worth getting the audi tt jacking point pads or they just a waste of money?
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Post by: mattkh on 11 February 2010, 14:01: Hi
Have u got a picture of them please.
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Post by: Adam on 11 February 2010, 14:08: http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=13797&xSec=144
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Post by: Steve_PD on 11 February 2010, 14:08: whats the point, jack the car on the chassis
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Post by: dub268 on 11 February 2010, 14:15: sort waste of money then haha :grin: time to go find something else to spend money on
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Post by: bobreece on 11 February 2010, 18:19: anyone got any pics or guide how to jack car up properly?
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Post by: Steve_PD on 11 February 2010, 18:29: Quote from: bobreece on 11 February 2010, 18:19
anyone got any pics or guide how to jack car up properly?

:grin: :grin: :grin:
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Post by: richw911 on 11 February 2010, 18:36: Quote from: Steve_PD on 11 February 2010, 18:29
Quote from: bobreece on 11 February 2010, 18:19
anyone got any pics or guide how to jack car up properly?

:grin: :grin: :grin:

Not with a widow maker :

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=113021.40
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Post by: Steve_PD on 11 February 2010, 18:51: Ive used the widow maker a few times, but always on level tarmac or concrete. its alright for changing the wheel but NOT anything else
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Post by: dub268 on 11 February 2010, 20:25: ive learned twice the hard way with the widow marker a few ago and now only use on roadside when changing a flat but everything else is on a trolley jack, so thought tt pads would be ok to add as im still never sure about jacking at the sill :shocked:
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Post by: Steve_PD on 11 February 2010, 20:42: I never jack at the still, always on the chassis rail or the sub frame
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Post by: bobreece on 12 February 2010, 02:15: sounds daft sorry butcan some one show some pics of where to jack the car on as i dont know where the sub frame is or anythibng all just looks metal to me lol
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Post by: Rhyso on 12 February 2010, 07:48: (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/Rhyso/DSC00137.jpg)

In that photo the axle stand is placed under the chassis rail

If you look directly above the jack you can see the area where you are meant to jack the car - its indicated by that horse shoe shape
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Post by: dub268 on 12 February 2010, 08:28: Rhyso what is the yellow thing in pic is a adapter?
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Post by: Rhyso on 12 February 2010, 08:32: Quote from: dub268 on 12 February 2010, 08:28
Rhyso what is the yellow thing in pic is a adapter?

yeah its like a jacking adaptor - sits in the jack and allows you to jack up on the proper point on the sill :smiley:

Its solid polyurethane (sp) - got it from a GB on ukmkivs a couple of years back :smiley:
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Post by: dub268 on 12 February 2010, 08:54: cool can you remember where you got it from or a link, my going looking for one of these myself :smiley:
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Post by: Rhyso on 12 February 2010, 08:56: Quote from: dub268 on 12 February 2010, 08:54
cool can you remember where you got it from or a link, my going looking for one of these myself :smiley:

Link to group buy (http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/175163.aspx)

Looks like its imported from the states :undecided:
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Post by: bobreece on 12 February 2010, 19:37: (http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/ae308/bobreece23/DSC00137.jpg)

i used the white circle bit to jack up on and placed axle stands on the sill marked in red circle is this right or wrong? sorry to sound like an idiot but jacking worrys me
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Post by: Rhyso on 12 February 2010, 19:42: should have been the other way around

Did you get a chance to see my picture before jacking?? As where I've placed my axle stand is about the safest place to locate it
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Post by: bobreece on 12 February 2010, 19:47: you mean the pic before i drew on it or not m8?
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Post by: Rhyso on 12 February 2010, 19:48: Quote from: bobreece on 12 February 2010, 19:47
you mean the pic before i drew on it or not m8?

Before you JACKED the car up :smiley:
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Post by: northeast_gti-t on 12 February 2010, 21:18: i have to use the widow maker to raise mine slightly to get my trolley jack under :grin: my sills have taken a battering over the last year or so :lipsrsealed: as you may of seen from my pics the drivers side at the rear still bears the scars of the widow maker :embarassed: i hat lifting mine tbh hence why i'm going to get some skirts to fit to hide the wounded sill :laugh:
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Post by: Steve_PD on 12 February 2010, 21:58: thats why I drive onto two scaffold boards then get the jack underneath :wink:
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Post by: northeast_gti-t on 13 February 2010, 23:14: Quote from: Steve_PD on 12 February 2010, 21:58
thats why I drive onto two scaffold boards then get the jack underneath :wink:
haven't got round to aquireing myself some yet :grin: