Author Topic: Jacking points advice please (Read 9209 times)

tech1889 · « **Reply #10 on:** 11 March 2011, 19:00 »

corr mine dont look like that lol

emery1990 · « **Reply #11 on:** 11 March 2011, 19:02 »

Jack went through the other day lol Thought why Cant I put my wheel on, jacked it up more then it cracked!

Reasty · « **Reply #12 on:** 11 March 2011, 21:41 »

Quote from: tech1889 on 11 March 2011, 18:44

you say you had them all welded up i need one maybe 2 of my front ones done how much did you get charged to have this fixed ??

It cost me the best part of £400 labour BUT! as i said i didnot just have them repaired i had the whole section cut out so there was no rust then i had the same section cut out of another mk2 with perfect jacking points then had that welded in and the seals rebuilt,its such a good job that they are now stonger than ever and also it looks oe which is what i wanted,not the cheapest or easiest way of sorting it out but i am abit anal when it come to my mk2

Reasty · « **Reply #13 on:** 11 March 2011, 21:54 »

It ended up looking like this before it was undersealed and now its all dirty it looks spot on.

rossbarry1 · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 March 2011, 18:25 »

who did you get to do that? i made the same mistake of loosing a jack point

tech1889 · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 March 2011, 22:24 »

is that a repair panel or ??

rossbarry1 · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 March 2011, 22:28 »

the panel and work?

emery1990 · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 March 2011, 16:07 »

In the pic thats a bit chopped off another mk2 he said. Dads mate came round and dint seem to fussed bout it, so doubt itll cost that much to fix

Ben Lessani · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 March 2011, 10:56 »

I've always used my proper jacking points - but that said, mine aint a rotbox

Rear beam, mid-chassis legs, front chassis legs, front subframe > body section are my supports of choice.

Quote from: Ben Lessani on 12 April 2009, 21:08

I put them wherever they're not in the way. Chassis legs are structural points - so anywhere on it is fine.

For the front, normally I go for the very front chassis leg where it meets the front x-member - jacking from the rear subframe/front x-member.

For the front, then I jack from the jacking points and support under the chassis leg at the middle/front.

For the rear, if I'm not working on the rear beam, then I support from the rear beam and jack from it.

For the rear, if I'm working on the rear beam, I jack from it and support on the rear mount points (not a great photo, don't have any others).