on mobile need advice on sills

[Len]

Most of the damage on mine was done by trolley jacks! So just be careful when you place them. I now use a good hefty bit of cardboard on top of the jack cup.

[axewielder]

ive got a lump of old tractor tyre

[Wayne]

I never jack a car on the sills, I always use the subframe or rear beam.

[Len]

Not possible with a lowered car!

[Wayne]

Not possible with a lowered car!

It is if you drive up onto a plank of wood 1st. 

[Len]

No room in garage to do that!

[Wayne]

No room in garage to do that!

I have never been lucky enough to have a garage.

[Mikester]

I normally jack mine up on the back of the wishbones, if im just doing something where i dont want axle stands, if not then i do as wayne says and then put the axel stands at the back of the wishbones on the humped reinforced bits.

I have to use 2 bits of wood even if i wanted to get the sills! Mine are bent a bit but no rusted thankfully, so i have unsealed them like a mother

[robz]

will have to try the wood trick...
it was a mare doing my oil yesterday...
had to use the normal jack to lift the car a bit then let the trolley jack get under to lift from there!
even then i couldnt lift it that far cos the front splitter wouldnt let the bar move, lol...

who says lowering your car aint practical

[Len]

Yea very practical! 

I have 2 trolley jacks, one a naff Halfords one and the other a Machine Mart 2 tonne like they use in tyre places.
I just use those together until I can get the big one under the subframe or bottom wishbone.