Seat Ibiza Mk5 - Jacking Points.

[everson38]

Hey guys I have a Seat Ibiza Mk5 2009.

I want to talk jacking up your car with trolley jack and axle stands.

Now I know the points are in he front and back are beneath the door sills. My issue is when you use the trolley jack on these points you cannot put.your axle stands here obviously cz the jack is there.

I want to know places where people jack up from at the front and the back to have the axle stands at the metal sills under the doors?

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[RUM4MO]

I tend to use two methods, not as cheap as picking other strong points and using wood to spread the load - and I'm sure others will have alternative ways of getting the car up off the ground but:- FIRST METHOD, buy four sets of Audi TT jacking point protectors, remove the four hard plastic bungs at the correct points under the car and fit these Audi jacking point protectors - and leave them there for ever, so when you come to use a trolley jack, you just look under the car, see the new rubber bits sitting proud of the body and place the cup of the trolley jack under each one in turn - etc etc. Cost £XY.
SECOND METHOD, buy two pairs of Jackpoint Jack stands in from USA, fit the top of the first jack stand to your trolley jack then lift the car at these strong points on the sills in turn and locate the bottom part of the jack stand under the raised top part, remove trolley jack and repeat at the other three strong points! This method costs quite a bit but quickly gets my cars up in the air safely - note, my 2011 Audi S4 is covered up with plastic covers underneath so there is no other easy way to get it up and on to stands - so I now that method with my other cars, though my wife's 2015 Polo is fitted with the Audi TT jacking point protectors, as was her previous Polo! Cost £XYZ !

Years ago, when I needed to get my wife's previous Polo up in the air, I made some handy wooden blocks to locate on top of my run of the mill axle stands - to protect the paint on the sills and to spread the load more than these normal axle stands do.

 

[everson38]

I tend to use two methods, not as cheap as picking other strong points and using wood to spread the load - and I'm sure others will have alternative ways of getting the car up off the ground but:- FIRST METHOD, buy four sets of Audi TT jacking point protectors, remove the four hard plastic bungs at the correct points under the car and fit these Audi jacking point protectors - and leave them there for ever, so when you come to use a trolley jack, you just look under the car, see the new rubber bits sitting proud of the body and place the cup of the trolley jack under each one in turn - etc etc. Cost £XY.
SECOND METHOD, buy two pairs of Jackpoint Jack stands in from USA, fit the top of the first jack stand to your trolley jack then lift the car at these strong points on the sills in turn and locate the bottom part of the jack stand under the raised top part, remove trolley jack and repeat at the other three strong points! This method costs quite a bit but quickly gets my cars up in the air safely - note, my 2011 Audi S4 is covered up with plastic covers underneath so there is no other easy way to get it up and on to stands - so I now that method with my other cars, though my wife's 2015 Polo is fitted with the Audi TT jacking point protectors, as was her previous Polo! Cost £XYZ !

Years ago, when I needed to get my wife's previous Polo up in the air, I made some handy wooden blocks to locate on top of my run of the mill axle stands - to protect the paint on the sills and to spread the load more than these normal axle stands do.

Hey rum.thanks for the detailed.response always help. In your first.method I presume you mean this method
https://youtu.be/MMS2fUDiWhU
If so I have tried typing in what you suggest to find them to buy but they seem to just bring up the 'hockey puck' pad which you just place on your trolley jack which I have two of them, but these defiantly look better. But you say they are from Audi so will they fit a seat ibiza?


Next in.your second method I am not too sure what you mean as a 'jack stand' to me is an axle stand. So not quite clear when you say to buy 2 of them and attach the top part too the trolley? Sorry if missing something.

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[RUM4MO]

I have not bought the ECS alloy interface bit, the rubber bit in his hand is one part of the Audi TT jack point protector, you also buy a second part that locates that rubber bit in place under the car, and conveniently the diameter of the rubber part fits into the cup of most DIYer trolley jacks.

Audi is the only place I have ever bought them from, last bought in maybe September 2015.

Type "jackpoint jackstands" into Google and you can see all about them.