Jacking your BMW

[MBXB]

http://www.ezcarlift.com/

[bubba966]

I use the jack points to lift my M-Sport up as the damn thing sits too low to try much anywhere else.

Don't have jackstands yet. But I do have 4 ramps I use to rest the car on. It'd be real nice if I could actually drive the damn thing up onto a set of ramps, but that isn't possible. Couldn't even do it on a set of Rhino Ramps which are a good bit shorter than my NAPA ramps.

[whiskychaser]

Trolley jack under the jacking points. Axle stands under the chassis rail at the front or sills at the back. Yeah, mine will stand it. Not commenting on practise of putting jacks under diffs or subframes. Not climbing under one raised like that either

[winfred]

use a couple foot piece of wood to get up the ramp without clearing off the spoiler, makes the ramp less of a sharp approach

I use the jack points to lift my M-Sport up as the damn thing sits too low to try much anywhere else.

Don't have jackstands yet. But I do have 4 ramps I use to rest the car on. It'd be real nice if I could actually drive the damn thing up onto a set of ramps, but that isn't possible. Couldn't even do it on a set of Rhino Ramps which are a good bit shorter than my NAPA ramps.

[632 Regal]

I was wondering when I did a poll that didnt work... figured I must have been too drunk to remember until I realized how ancient this was...LMAO

I use a 2.5 foot 2 x 8 and plop it on the 3rd little step on the ramp.

use a couple foot piece of wood to get up the ramp without clearing off the spoiler, makes the ramp less of a sharp approach

[nizmainiac]

i do

[attack eagle]

Crossmember and diff for me. Been doing it for decades with no problem.
What I'm curious to know about is where people choose to put the jack stands.
In front I typically use the subframe rails, in back I usually go for the plate over the big bushing if I need the suspension to hang.

ditto, and I jack from the diff... had the entire touring lifted 3 feet in the air on the diff, with a block of oak between the pan and the diff. SOB is a 90lb chunk of cast iron, and probably the strongest part of the entire car.

if it will handle 4000+ lbs, you sedan guys are fine.

haven't had to lift the front end with anything other than ramps or the factory jack in such a long time I forget where I lifted it from when i had a lift.

[icesoft]

Of course I was doing all kinds of work at the time (struts all around, new stainless exhaust, auto->manual swap, etc)... Since then the lift has become a place to store all kinds of stupid ****. I don't think it's had a car on it since then.

[Rick L]

NEVER! I noticed floor-jack pressure dent on my cross-member from previous auto repair shop. I always use the four point after seeing that.

Who jacks their BMWs on the differential and front cross tube?

[infurno]

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/02/p...-with-exhaust/

"Quite simply, the jack is nothing more than a heavy-duty balloon inflated by the exhaust gas of your own vehicle."

Interesting, but I wonder if its practical.