Kizashi Club

I'm trying to use a low profile Hydraulic Jack to lift my car up from the front or rear end in order to work on my brakes. I'd like to work on one axle at a time: First the front (left and right side brakes), then the rear (left and right side brakes).

Does anyone have any suggestions as to where in the center I can safely jack the car up from?

Thank in advance!

DeLuSioNaL29

There's are points in the center of the front & rear for floor jacking. They're shown in the service manual. Search factory service manual and you should find a link to it somewhere. If you can't find it, PM me and I'll email you a copy of that page. I personally wouldn't lift from that front point. Too much weight concentrated on a single spot w/o sufficient structure IMHO. The rear is far lighter and not as big a concern for me. What's the problem with lifting from the side jacking points and working on one corner at a time?

I am painting my calipers as well as changing my brake pads and rotors. The paint company (G2) recommends that I do all 4 at once. At the very least, I had planned to do two at a time and split up the paint (it has a hardening mixture).

I have 2 jack stands for support as well.

I will check the manual again. Thanks for the info!

DeLuSioNaL29

Car's so stiff you can pick it up on a 'corner', and the whole car can come up if your jack has sufficient throw.

The following link covers the topic of where and how to jack up the Kizashi using the center jacking points.
http://kizashiclub.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 4&start=30

The rear point is pretty far in. Might not work with some jacks

Don't care for that front cross member as a jacking point. As soon as I started to get weight on it, it started deflecting so I cancelled the operation.

bootymac wrote:The rear point is pretty far in. Might not work with some jacks

correct...it doesn't work with either of my 2 jacks which are both different, but, pretty much standard style. Can't get enough throw on the pump handles.

The front center worked fine for me. I used jack stands on the sides. I installed the front brakes and rotors.
I will do the rear tomorrow. Hopefully it will work on the center point since I have a low profile jack. If not I can lift it up on one side, put the Jack stand on and then left the other side and do the same.

I'm leaving the painting for last, so I may just do one tire at a time since I don't need them exposed at once just yet for painting.

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Are the rotors completely painted?