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Car in 'dry dock', best locations for jack stands


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Guest 1951Olds88

My car will be off the road for 2-3 months and for some of the work I will be lifting it onto a couple of jack stands. However, due to the extended period, I thought it might be a good idea to relieve the tires and set the car on 4 jack stands, totally off all tires, for the duration. If I do that, what would be the best location for the jack stands?

Once again my thanks in advance to all the clever blokes in this forum

Stefan

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Your chassis service manual will show the proper locations for jacking points, but as a rule of thumb, I'd want to support the car in a way that keeps the suspension at ride height. That means stands under the rear axle tubes and under the front lower control arms.

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