Has anyone found a good way to lift the front? The pinch welds are covered by the side skirts and the only exposed parts of that pinch weld are where the jackstands would support the vehicle. Normally, I would just use a slotted puck and jack the car from the center on both sides. But that's too damn easy, so Toyota decided to make it harder for us. The rear is easy enough. The front... well not so much. The center subframe bolt is pretty far back. I would need the very low profile 6 foot long jack to lift it. Those don't exist. I've already got the finest, longest, lowest profile jack one can find in Harbor Freight's catalog. There are the front subframe rear corner bolts that look to be suitable for lifting. They sit right behind the wheel well. But I'm not super sure if that's a safe place to lift the car.
Otherwise, the only other thing I can think of is using a 3-4 inch low profile maintenance ramp to get the front high enough to be able to reach the manual specified jack point. Drive the vehicle up the low ramp and there should be enough clearance to get the jack to the manual specified jack point from the front. I did this with my old ND Miata.
Attached is a picture of the right behind the driver side front wheel. The green circle is the manual specified jack point. The red circle is the front subframe rear corner bolt, which can be easily reached with a long, low profile jack. It's mirrored on the passenger side. And since it's so outboard, one would need to jack up both sides, assuming that this is a safe jacking point.
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If we can safely lift from this point, you would have just enough room to get a jackstand underneath the jackstand points, but if you have a very wide jack, it will get in the way. I can try to get the jack further back, but I would be risking body damage from the jack handle. What a pain in the ass this is.
Otherwise, the only other thing I can think of is using a 3-4 inch low profile maintenance ramp to get the front high enough to be able to reach the manual specified jack point. Drive the vehicle up the low ramp and there should be enough clearance to get the jack to the manual specified jack point from the front. I did this with my old ND Miata.
Attached is a picture of the right behind the driver side front wheel. The green circle is the manual specified jack point. The red circle is the front subframe rear corner bolt, which can be easily reached with a long, low profile jack. It's mirrored on the passenger side. And since it's so outboard, one would need to jack up both sides, assuming that this is a safe jacking point.
If we can safely lift from this point, you would have just enough room to get a jackstand underneath the jackstand points, but if you have a very wide jack, it will get in the way. I can try to get the jack further back, but I would be risking body damage from the jack handle. What a pain in the ass this is.
