Jacking up your car with FI exhaust

abakja1 · 05-16-2010, 03:50 AM

I hate the fact you lose the ability to jack up the rear of the car using the rear pumpkin as a jack up point. The FI cans are in the way now and I have use the side jack up points for each side..

anyone find any other way using maybe like a long thin block of wood on your jack or something? Just curious..

Trips · 05-16-2010, 03:58 AM

I never use the pumpkin to lift the car. I always use the jack points.

m4a1mustang · 05-16-2010, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by abakja1

I hate the fact you lose the ability to jack up the rear of the car using the rear pumpkin as a jack up point. The FI cans are in the way now and I have use the side jack up points for each side..

anyone find any other way using maybe like a long thin block of wood on your jack or something? Just curious..

I put a small dent in one of the pipes finding this out...

Just get yourself a 2"x8" or 2"x10" to drive the rear tires up onto. Depending on your floor jack you may want to sandwhich two together to get the car a little higher up. Then you shouldn't have any issues at all lifting the rear.

Trip -- so how do you get both sides up? I'd be uncomfortable lifting up one corner then going around to lift up the rear. I think it'd be easier/safer to lift both sides at once and lower the car onto jack stands... eliminating the chance of knocking the car off of the jack stand on one side while you lift the other.

Chuy · 05-16-2010, 11:13 AM

Or weld some pipe in on the rear bumper area. Slide the jack under and done.

Trips · 05-16-2010, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I put a small dent in one of the pipes finding this out...

Just get yourself a 2"x8" or 2"x10" to drive the rear tires up onto. Depending on your floor jack you may want to sandwhich two together to get the car a little higher up. Then you shouldn't have any issues at all lifting the rear.

Trip -- so how do you get both sides up? I'd be uncomfortable lifting up one corner then going around to lift up the rear. I think it'd be easier/safer to lift both sides at once and lower the car onto jack stands... eliminating the chance of knocking the car off of the jack stand on one side while you lift the other.

I don't, I always raise one side to the lowest point of the jack stand, and carefully raise the other then go to back to the first jack and raise that only to return to the second and complete the raising of that jack stand to level the car. I know its quicker just Jacking up the third member but thats just me. I have concerns about lifting the car from the rear end. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

SoCal 370Z · 05-16-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuy

Or weld some pipe in on the rear bumper area. Slide the jack under and done.

Pics?

m4a1mustang · 05-16-2010, 12:03 PM

Makes sense. I don't think there's any issue with lifting it from the front or rear. I've done that on all my previous cars and the manual does point out floor jack points for the front and rear.

I would be nervous about using your method with my jacks... I have 12,000lb truck jack stands that I use because I feel safer with them but their lowest position is a good bit higher than the average car jack stand.

jnaut · 05-16-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Triple's

I never use the pumpkin to lift the car. I always use the jack points.

do you know what holds the rear diff in? only three bolts, the 2 in the front are vertical but the one in the in horizontal, plus the horzontal stud goes into a fluid filled mount. THIS IS NOT A GOOD JACK POINT!!

azn370z · 05-16-2010, 08:55 PM

The differential is the rear Jack point and it is very strong. A garage will use this Jack point If you take it to a garage and they need to place a lowered cars on a lift. Makes me a little happier I've got the berks cbe even though I like the fi cbe very much. Was thinking fi one day.

abakja1 · 05-17-2010, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by azn370z

The differential is the rear Jack point and it is very strong. A garage will use this Jack point If you take it to a garage and they need to place a lowered cars on a lift. Makes me a little happier I've got the berks cbe even though I like the fi cbe very much. Was thinking fi one day.

I thought the rear diff was the jackiNg point for a lot of cars. The side were just for changing a flat tire...

flashburn · 06-09-2010, 01:23 PM

Figured I'd bump this up to get some more solutions to jacking up the car with the FI exhaust.

I suppose using 2x8's in combination with a floor jack would probably be the best solution? Without having looked closely at the included jack, why does it not fit on the pumpkin with the FI exhaust but a floor jack does?

PapoZalsa · 06-10-2010, 08:54 AM

I think that any modification you do to your car will come with some consequences....

However, I seen a lot of people and shops use the rear diff. as the jacking point. But like Triple's said, I'm a little paranoid about that too.

dlmartin81 · 06-10-2010, 09:32 AM

you could always use two floor jacks at once. pump each one a couple times and alternate. of course, this requires you 'having' two floor jacks.

import111 · 06-10-2010, 10:38 AM

I just jack one side up, put a jack stand under and do the same to the other side. Did that with my STi. too. No issues for me.

m4a1mustang · 06-10-2010, 11:29 AM

2x8s work great.

05-16-2010, 03:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
abakja1 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Hawaii Posts: 351 Drives: STI, MDX, Titan Rep Power: 304	Jacking up your car with FI exhaust I hate the fact you lose the ability to jack up the rear of the car using the rear pumpkin as a jack up point. The FI cans are in the way now and I have use the side jack up points for each side.. anyone find any other way using maybe like a long thin block of wood on your jack or something? Just curious.. __________________ 2009 370z PG MODS: 19x9.5 & 19x10.5 Volk GTS Injen CAI, 5k HIDs, FI CF Catback, FI Hi-Flow Cat, Clazzio. Links: CLAZZIO, HID CHANGE Volk GTS Rims, Brembo

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Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,728 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	I never use the pumpkin to lift the car. I always use the jack points. sportsman2003 likes this. __________________

05-16-2010, 12:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Makes sense. I don't think there's any issue with lifting it from the front or rear. I've done that on all my previous cars and the manual does point out floor jack points for the front and rear. I would be nervous about using your method with my jacks... I have 12,000lb truck jack stands that I use because I feel safer with them but their lowest position is a good bit higher than the average car jack stand. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

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azn370z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,722 Drives: z34 - R1 Rep Power: 489	The differential is the rear Jack point and it is very strong. A garage will use this Jack point If you take it to a garage and they need to place a lowered cars on a lift. Makes me a little happier I've got the berks cbe even though I like the fi cbe very much. Was thinking fi one day. __________________ 2010 k23 H&R sport springs / Spc rear camber arms / SSR SP1 / Berk cbe / Varis cf lip / Nismo S-Tune side skirts

06-10-2010, 08:54 AM	#12 (permalink)
PapoZalsa A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Not in Sunny Florida Posts: 6,358 Drives: 16 Nismo w/Tech Pack Rep Power: 4499	I think that any modification you do to your car will come with some consequences.... However, I seen a lot of people and shops use the rear diff. as the jacking point. But like Triple's said, I'm a little paranoid about that too. __________________ 2009 370Z MB Base w/Sport Package 6MT Modshack's Custom Air Intakes /3M Clear Bra/ Illuminated Kick Plates / F. I CBE w/12" resonators / EVO-R Front Lip / Rear Hatch Wing / Tein S-Tech Springs /Ilegal Tint in the Rep. of VA/4x20mm Z1 Spacers/ Vinyl Roof/Liquid Carbon Designs

05-16-2010, 11:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chuy Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 474 Drives: 2015 NISMO Rep Power: 15	Or weld some pipe in on the rear bumper area. Slide the jack under and done.

06-09-2010, 01:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 18	Figured I'd bump this up to get some more solutions to jacking up the car with the FI exhaust. I suppose using 2x8's in combination with a floor jack would probably be the best solution? Without having looked closely at the included jack, why does it not fit on the pumpkin with the FI exhaust but a floor jack does?

06-10-2010, 09:32 AM	#13 (permalink)
dlmartin81 Track Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chalfont, PA Age: 42 Posts: 923 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 607	you could always use two floor jacks at once. pump each one a couple times and alternate. of course, this requires you 'having' two floor jacks. __________________ Dan F.I. SS CBE 18-R \|\| Llumar 40% tint

06-10-2010, 10:38 AM	#14 (permalink)
import111 Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ. Posts: 622 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 191	I just jack one side up, put a jack stand under and do the same to the other side. Did that with my STi. too. No issues for me.

06-10-2010, 11:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	2x8s work great. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

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