Im about to change my wheels and i am going to be using a floor jack. I looked in the manual for where the lifting points are for the jack. I cannot seem to find it...any ideas?

 

Rear > under the differential
Front > lift point between front wheels

 

where in the heck is the "lift point" between the front wheels? can some one take a picture or make a diagram.

 

you can't miss it, its the square hole on your sideskirt. however if you use the stock jack it will dent and scratch that area up.

 

Buy a 99 cent ice hockey puck from your local sports place, and place it in the saddle cup of your floor jack and then slowly jack the car up by the proper jack points where the seam/notch is (behind the front wheels and in front of the rear). the cars seam will dig it self into the puck and create a nice groove suporting the car and not damaging the car or the seam. I did this with my winter rim rotation and it worked perfectly.

 

IIRC the manual states not to jack the car using the rear differential. i wouldn't do it this way unless you can't use the side mounting points, like if you have really low aftermarket sideskirts, for example

if you get on the ground and look about 2" inside the stock sideskirts you will see a "ridge" in the metal... near the front and rear wheel wells that ridge has notches in it.... these are the stock jack points.

the stock jack should not scratch it up... the stock jack has a groove cut into the saddle that fits on the "ridge" under the car between the 2 notches to keep it from slipping. IMO for wheel swaps the stock jack sucks... even the cheapest jack from Sears is 10x better and willl save you about an hour of cranking

 

TANKS FOR THE HELP GUYS!!! but one more question. I used to be able to jack my integra up from the front of the car. It had a metal support a little bit behind the radiator. I would put my jack under it and raise the car. this way both front wheels would come off the ground at the same time. it made changing my oil a hell of a lot easier. i already know where the sideskirt "jack" points of the car are, but shouldn't their be one in the front of the car as well?

 

I recently put my winter set on, and I used the stock jack. It worked great. It didn't bend anything, fit perfectly, didn't even leave a mark, and I would recommend it to anyone. If you read instructions how to use it properly, you can jack the car up real quick with a minimal effort, for those who don't know, there is an extra extension rod, to connect that makes the turning easy with 2 hands. For each his own, I just hated the bent out of shape jack points on my previous car after using a hydraulic jack. Just be safe.

 

i use a piece of wood (oak) about 2" wide and 5" long.
It goes on the inside of the verticle rail where the stock scissors
jack goes. if you take your hand and rub inside that rail on the
chassis, you will feel a little bump. That bump is where the vehicle
load is on your scissors jack. I place the wood on that bump and
just raise my hydraulic to it, and raise the car.

 

btw, chock your tire on the other side preferrably on the tire diagnal to
the corner you are raising.

 

anybody know the answer to my front of the car jack question?

 

special thanks to canton over at frenzy. you can send him a thank you PM.

 

OMG!!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!! i will PM the other dude as well. thats what i'm talking about!

BY the way what does "chock the wheel" mean?

 

wheel chocks (you can use a brick or something too) to keep the tire
from rolling forward/aft. I use something like this but in a red color.
Rubber ones are actually better so they don't slide on concrete.

 

This was a bit more expensive than a hockey puck. But it is ideal for the job. You can use your side jack points with just about any floor jack.