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Feel along under the edge of the car from the wheel arch towards the centre (e.g. b pillar) of the car. There's an indent (I believe it was triangular) in the bottom of the chassis at each point. Beware there's lots of low plastic trim along the edge. I found the metal mounts were actually a few CM (couple of inches) higher than the visible plastic edge. Made positioning the jack more tricky.
The manual has the exact distance from each wheel and a better description. I'm pretty sure they're within 30cm/a foot of the wheel arches.
The jacking points for the provided scissor jack are different to the axle stand points. The scissor jack points are just on the inner edges of the bottom trim panel/sill, with a "flange" about 3" long pointing downwards that the head of the scissor jack fits in to. On some XFs there are small triangular markings on the trim panel/sill showing you where they are, on others there are no such markings. My old XFS had the markings, my XFR does not, I think it depends on whether your car has standard or "aero" sills.
The axle stand points are different, and in slightly different locations, here's a page from the Workshop Manual showing where they are:
Agreed. The rear are pretty easy to find with that diagram. The front ones are a long way under the car and there are several similar looking areas so you have to be careful to put them where it's indicated in the diagram
Yes. Exactly the same as the S Type which is what the XF is based on.
On my STR I have a large power cable with a cover over it on the passenger side rear. I have to remove the cover and push the cable out of the way before jacking the car up at that point. Then reinstall the cover after taking the car down.
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I should have read the freaking title properly. I can't edit my post to point people onwards to the correct answer unfortunately.
@OzXFR are those also the points you want to use to lift the car with a non-scissor jack?
Simon
Yep, that's where you are supposed to use axle stands or trolley jacks or workshop hoist pads, according to the workshop manual.
But those spots are difficult to get to with a trolley jack, especially the front ones, so I use trolley jacks on the scissor jack points (flanges), and then I place axle stands under the designated axle stand points.
I use a hard rubber "puck" with a slot in the middle on the head of the trolley jack, so the puck goes around the flange on the car, you can buy these pucks on-line.
If you don't use a puck or something like it the weight of the car on the head of the trolley jack will eventually cause the flange to bend (been there done that!), and then you will be stuck if you get a flat on that tyre and all you have is a scissor jack.
Even then the pucks I bought on-line only lasted about a dozen uses each before they split and fell apart, so I made my own using a block of 2" x 2" hard rubber.
The jacking points for the provided scissor jack are different to the axle stand points. The scissor jack points are just on the inner edges of the bottom trim panel/sill, with a "flange" about 3" long pointing downwards that the head of the scissor jack fits in to. On some XFs there are small triangular markings on the trim panel/sill showing you where they are, on others there are no such markings. My old XFS had the markings, my XFR does not, I think it depends on whether your car has standard or "aero" sills.
The axle stand points are different, and in slightly different locations, here's a page from the Workshop Manual showing where they are:
01-27-2016, 01:39 PM
