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Old 08-07-2006, 11:18 AM
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Default Re: Oil Change Info!

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Originally Posted by EZ2beGreen
The other thing I wondered is how you rotate your tires at home.
VERY good question! I was seconds away from posting that exact question!!!! When I went to do the tire rotation (yesterday) I was hunting for jacking points. My goal was to get the front end on jack stands and then raise the rear with my floor jack. That would allow the cross-pattern rotation.

My owner's manual only shows the jacking points for the standard car jack (the reinforced areas on the sides between the front and rear wheels). I did notice the big tie-down hooks and reasonably stout looking flat area in the front (left and right side) which APPEAR to be decent jacking or support points, but I'm not 100% certain. These are the ONLY front areas which are NOT covered by the big plastic lower cover. When I jacked up the car a couple of inches (as stated in my original post... for access to the center lock pin on the lower cover), this is where I did my lifting... but I never even got the front tire off the ground. I didn't want to go higher until I confirmed this was an "approved" jacking point.

Does anyone know (or have access to the official workshop manual) where the jacking or lift / hoist support points are located? Is that tie down hook area okay???

As an alternative, I could just lift one wheel at a time and use the spare tire in the rotation pattern... removing it at the end. That would require five lifts and five removal / replacements of a wheel. A pain, but it would certainly work.

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