ibiza jack point

[dIETcOKE]

Hello!

On my 2014 SEAT Ibiza 1.2TSI DSG it would seem from my feverish searching that the only "official" jack points for a floor jack are the 4 pinch welds with a jackpad, but if I want to pop the car on axle stands.... there's nowhere to stick em!

Now it would seem reasonable to jack from the front subframe, but where? The last think I want to do is fubar my car, ans it seems wild that SEAT/VW and even Haynes don't seem to want to say specifically where to do this. Would any of you kind people be willing to circle on my photos where would be a sensible place to jack from?

Huge thanks.

 

[Jokke]

I dont really know the word for it in english, think its called the "strouts" where the front and rear damper is connected to the subframe. Thats where i jack my car up.

 

[RUM4MO]

If you look at your second picture, you will see a round plastic grommet - well they tend to be harder than rubber ones.

There are 4 of them on these cars, initially it seems, to make moving bodies around the assembly plants easier/safer.

You can buy a set of 4 Audi TT Mk1 "jacking point protectors" and they fit into each of these 4 points and can be left in there - for ever.

Then, you can use a trolley jack under each of them which allows you to place jack stands under the 4 sill jacking points.

The companies that manufacture "poly" bushes, also tend to sell these items, or their version of them.

I first bought a set of 4 for my wife's 2002 VW Polo 1.4 16V back in maybe 2004, and when I then bought her her next new car in 2015, which again is a VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS, I tried to remove these 4 sets of bits before handing that old car in - and failed annoyingly as I really didn't leave enough time to do that job - visitors etc! Very annoying!

Edit:- there is another way to achieve what you want to, but for that you might need to wreck your savings, it is a buy a set of 4 Jackpoint Jack Stands - I did that over 12 years ago so that I could safely lift and support my 2011 Audi S4, they work really well and have been used many many times on our cars and two daughter's cars. I can't think of why no one else in Europe has considered placing a similar product on the market. I got mine via a Porsche UK group buy and saved quite a bit of cash, I only joined that group to buy them!

 

[dIETcOKE]

I dont really know the word for it in english, think its called the "strouts" where the front and rear damper is connected to the subframe. Thats where i jack my car up.View attachment 53561View attachment 53563

Thanks for the info. I've seen a video where they used the bolt area that you circled so thanks for that info, but I'm not sure what your arrow is pointing to? Are you referencing the flat bit of subframe?
thanks

 

[dIETcOKE]

If you look at your second picture, you will see a round plastic grommet - well they tend to be harder than rubber ones.

There are 4 of them on these cars, initially it seems, to make moving bodies around the assembly plants easier/safer.

You can buy a set of 4 Audi TT Mk1 "jacking point protectors" and they fit into each of these 4 points and can be left in there - for ever.

Then, you can use a trolley jack under each of them which allows you to place jack stands under the 4 sill jacking points.

The companies that manufacture "poly" bushes, also tend to sell these items, or their version of them.

I first bought a set of 4 for my wife's 2002 VW Polo 1.4 16V back in maybe 2004, and when I then bought her her next new car in 2015, which again is a VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS, I tried to remove these 4 sets of bits before handing that old car in - and failed annoyingly as I really didn't leave enough time to do that job - visitors etc! Very annoying!

Edit:- there is another way to achieve what you want to, but for that you might need to wreck your savings, it is a buy a set of 4 Jackpoint Jack Stands - I did that over 12 years ago so that I could safely lift and support my 2011 Audi S4, they work really well and have been used many many times on our cars and two daughter's cars. I can't think of why no one else in Europe has considered placing a similar product on the market. I got mine via a Porsche UK group buy and saved quite a bit of cash, I only joined that group to buy them!

Yeah, jackpoint stands would be nice!

re: the grommet for jack point protectors, do you mean the one on the left, the small 10p sized one? The large round one is rubber, and the oval one I'd rather not fiddle with!