Placement of axle stands?

[Cupra20]

Going to be fitting some coilovers this week and wondered where the best place for axle stands are at the rear?

At the front i'm going to put them on the subframe where the ARB is, is this ok?

Cheers Tim

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Yes somewhere stable on the subframes will be fine mate

 

[Cupra20]

OK cheers, i take it you meen on the front, on the rear is there anything that is suitable like the front subframe?

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Yes the rear axel mate

 

[m0rk]

if you're fitting rear suspension, you will want to support your car on the body, not the rear beam.

because when you remove the struts, the car will fall on it's arse.

behind the rear jacking point cover is a square section - perfect for axle stands

at the front, you don't want to support the subframe, since you'll be needing to lower it - you'll need to support it elsewhere (I use the sills with a block of wood with a cut out)

 

[Cupra20]

Cool, cheers fella's i will find out in the morning if i get them in the right place if not it could all go horrible wrong!!!

i don't suppose any of you know what torque settings the suspension is done up to? it's a bit of topic i know.

 

[m0rk]

i'm more right than myki..... so unless you like getting flat, don't do it his way

 

[Cupra20]

It's not my favorite past time, i will defo do it your way as it sounds best.

 

[m0rk]

just make sure it's stable before doing anything

 

[Cupra20]

yeah i will do, i'm going to do an axle at at time so hopefully it will be alright.

Cheers m0rk

 

[m0rk]

you'll be hard pushed to do the rears at the same time, since one shock will be shorter than the other