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Old 10-10-2008, 06:11 AM
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Does someone have a picture of where to put a floor jack under 2004 XJ8? I would like to pull off the wheels and wasn't sure where to jack the car from...
 
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Old 10-12-2008, 03:08 PM
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This car has micro sizedjackpoints! Right behind each little bulge in the rocker panel seam where the jack in the trunk fits, there is a bare metal area, jack there. If you have a special jack with a sort of nubby phallus on it, it fits in a hole in this metal area. I think the shops use this special fitting to keep the car on the derned lift. Look out in the rear, if you miss the jack point even a little, the jack will bend the lower sheet metal radius arm for the rear suspension, and you might be crabbing sideways from then on. I could bend these things over my knee! Reminds me of the arms on my Lotus Europa. I think this was just a little too light for practicality, they are going to get bent sooner than later.
 
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