I have a 98 I30. I know you jack the car up on the sides with the crank spare tire jack that comes with the car. I have a floor jack. Is there a better place to use with a floor jack? I will be doing front brakes. I have jack stands for support. Is there a certain place to put them other than the side right behind the front wheels? thanks

 

that spot is perfect, both sides of the front, behind the tires.

 

either the 4 frame sills or one of the front control arms

 

I jack from the points circled in red. I also place jack stands in the same spot on the rear axle and in the green circles up front.

 

I live in an area that does not use road salt. I use the front center lift point as illiustrated in the drawing. anywhere between the radiator support arean and the front cross-member. CAUTION! if you live in an area where road salt and corrosion are common, this might be the LAST place you would us. Many here complain about the radiator support rusting to hell. Using the floor jack in that spot might be asking for trouble. Those of you in the rusty parts of the country, please comment. .

 

Yeah, I am in NY, a couple years ago I jacked up my 99 under the center of the radiator support, heard nasty crunching sound, it was the rusted support breaking apart. Ended up getting it repaired for about $700...

 

slfalco, Thanks for your comment. The radiator support to cross-member bar is NOT the best place on rusty cars. It is a very handy place to lift from if the car does not have a rust problem.


I would suggest NOT lifting the car by the radiator support area the first time you jack up the car. Find an other spot the first time, then check the center bar and radiator support for soundness.


Other opinions?

 

I always lift on the side points, where the slot for the scissor jack is located, the "safety stand points" on the diagram. (Gotta admit, I have no idea what a "pantograph jack" is...) You'll need the right insert for the jack, kind of a square with a slot in one side for the unibody lip to fit into. I also like those points because the car can't really slip off because of the unibody lip. I've had a couple of near-misses (and one minor fall-off) when I used the cup type insert on a part of a frame rail.

 

The engine/trans crossmember has a nub which is a good place as long as your lower rad support is in good shape. And the rear beam.

 

Thank you asand1 for the picture with jacking locations. I didn't know if I could squeeze a jackstand next to my floorjack. Now I have some options.
I have followed your poly-u motor mounts thread. Sorry they didn't turn out the way you wanted. My car has the liquid mounts, so I will doing a mount replacement sometime in the future with MT solid mounts. Probably from ES.

 

The MT mounts are fluid filled as well. The AT mount with wires actually has a servo motor that adjusts fluid damping like an adjustable shock, to decrease vibration at idle.

 

My MT mounts sure weren't filled with fluid.

 

New pictures in my motor mount thread, lets not jack this one. Post #73 http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...or-mounts.html