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Is anyone else doing their own maintenance? If so, how are you safely lifting the vehicle and placing it on jackstands?
On my other vehicles, I find a sturdy and accessible place to use my floor jack, and then use the factory lift points to set my jack stands.
On my MDX, for example, Acura provides a convenient jack point in the center front/rear of the vehicle, so I can place my floor jack there, and have the traditional "4-post" locations free to place my jack stands.
I recently changed the oil and rotated the tires on a family members Lexus, and I placed my floor jack underneath where the lower control arm met the chassis. This also left enough room to place the jack stand underneath the factory pinch weld.
However, on the QX30 I see no suitable location to lift the vehicle that doesn't prevent access to the factory "4-post" locations. I am aware of a product called Rennstands that seems to solve this problem; however, at approximately $560 for a set (shipped) it is not an inexpensive solution!
Is anyone aware of another solution?
Ideally I'd love to hear a location where you've safely jacked up the vehicle without hindering access to the jack stand points.
Otherwise, if someone is aware of a less expensive product, that'd be great.
On my other vehicles, I find a sturdy and accessible place to use my floor jack, and then use the factory lift points to set my jack stands.
On my MDX, for example, Acura provides a convenient jack point in the center front/rear of the vehicle, so I can place my floor jack there, and have the traditional "4-post" locations free to place my jack stands.
I recently changed the oil and rotated the tires on a family members Lexus, and I placed my floor jack underneath where the lower control arm met the chassis. This also left enough room to place the jack stand underneath the factory pinch weld.
However, on the QX30 I see no suitable location to lift the vehicle that doesn't prevent access to the factory "4-post" locations. I am aware of a product called Rennstands that seems to solve this problem; however, at approximately $560 for a set (shipped) it is not an inexpensive solution!
Is anyone aware of another solution?
Ideally I'd love to hear a location where you've safely jacked up the vehicle without hindering access to the jack stand points.
Otherwise, if someone is aware of a less expensive product, that'd be great.