Yep, that's what I do too. You want to jack it from the steel part of the subframe that passes under the diff. Don't use the aluminum brace that's in the same area.
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First image in this post is a good example: (Yes it's an M3 but the jack points are the same.)
http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=307258
My left rear jack pad collapsed the first time I jacked it there, so he's right about them being likely to bend. Now I jack the rear from the subframe in front of the differential.
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Thanks so much for the clarification guys!
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Jacking these cars sucks. Jacking up any car sucks.
Found from a thread on a different forum
Copying the pictures here for reference:
I just got mine on 4 jackstands (not ready to crawl underneath) by lifting from the rear diff, putting 2 3-ton jackstands underneath the jack points in the rear, then jacking up each front side individually (from the side) and placing a 6-ton jackstand on the jack point.
The process is not fun, and you will lift the whole front when raising it from the side. My jack cannot reach the front center lift point.
Even once I got it on the stands, I had to do some adjustments to the rear because one of my jack points was off. The car could tilt on two jackstands when lifted from the rear right. I now got that sorted and it's solidly planted on all 4. I hate all of this. I will furnish some sort of backup, since what I usually do (leave the jack just below a lift point somewhere) won't work since I plan on removing the rear subframe.
Also this post here about Christian dying under his e46 from hitting the jackstand release switch is constantly on my mind:
http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...hard-Klorczyk)
Last edited by Fried_Chicken; 06-15-2022 at 08:53 PM.
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Yeah...I really want to get a set of QuickJacks at some point
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