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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Cossieian on 19 December 2015, 13:42

Title: Jacking car up
Post by: Cossieian on 19 December 2015, 13:42

Guys wondered where's the best place to jack up the MK7 using a trolley jack??

I know the manual says to use the points on the sills but I'm not going to do that :sick:

Any advice would be great as I'm looking to put my wheels on today if possible :smiley:

Title: Re: Jacking car up
Post by: Bungleaio on 19 December 2015, 14:02

Using the a3 jacking bits would be the best but you will need to order parts for that so I wood just use a hockey puck on the welds.

Title: Re: Jacking car up
Post by: seabrook132 on 19 December 2015, 14:42

Use a slotted hockey puck or similar on the sill jacking points is the best way.

As far as I know the A3 jacking points mod is not recommended for use with trolley jacks and is designed to be used with a four post lift only.

Title: Re: Jacking car up
Post by: JB GTI on 19 December 2015, 15:33

It's certainly more difficult with the side skirts on the R

Title: Re: Jacking car up
Post by: andrewparker on 19 December 2015, 15:44

Every Golf I've had I've used the points on the sills. Why wouldn't you want to use them?

Title: Re: Jacking car up
Post by: Cossieian on 19 December 2015, 19:13

Thanks guys, decided to go ahead and use the jack provided and the suggested jacking points. Never used this method before as I was always afraid of damaging the sills, but I was very very careful with lots of cloths etc and turned out perfect job in the end, all in all only took about an hour to change all 4 wheels :smiley: