Nati,
The diameter of my jack head is 47 mm or around 1 and 7/8 inches.
That's the part of the head that takes the weight, of course it sits in a "cup" which is a bit wider but sits below the head.
Those linked pics show the jack fully raised, when it's "down" it's quite low and would fit under a very much lowered car. I just measured the minimum height as 85 mm or around 3 and 3/8 inches.
Years ago when I had my old XFS I lowered it on Eibach springs and then discovered that my "normal" trolley jacks were too high to get under the car even at their lowest possible height, so I had to run out and buy a pair of "low entry" jacks. The low entry ones usually cost a fair bit more than the normal ones.

 

I play in the Guinea Bissau Division. This is where we source our pucks:https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Just ordered one. Thanks Lance.

 

Okay, so this thread has helped me greatly with jacking points, but I'm still a bit confused on where jack stands go.

Is this the correct placement? For reference, this is the front drivers (US) side of the car. Is the jack stand in the right position as seen below?

 

So I'm just going to assume these jacking points are correct...

Here's what I did for the rears.

Jack right here with 2/3 of a hockey puck to fit in between the bolts:


Jacks here with half a hockey puck in top of the jack pads. For reference, I'm using ESCO jack stands.

 

I think those spots are fine. I actually have used my jack to raise the car from the rear at the location you have placed the rear jack stand. With a low profile jack it's easy to approach that spot from directly behind the car and get it off the ground without any tire interference.

 

Thanks for the link. I just ordered a couple.

 

 

Getting the car up on 4 jackstands for a lowered F-Type. Let me know if I missed anything.

 

Completely different to the way I have done it!
1. The front jacking points are on the frame rails about 2" in from the sills and not wide enough to fit a large diameter jack head on. My trolley jacks have much smaller heads, approximately 2" wide vs 4" wide.
2. The rear jacking points are the triangular pieces (with the three bolts each) that you have used for the axle stands.
3. The locations of these jacking points are shown by small triangular indents on the undersides of the sills.
4. Those jacking points are designed for emergency roadside use, such as changing out a flat, using the supplied scissor jack. I never use the scissor jack in the garage.
5. My trolley jacks, although "low entry", are nowhere near as big or long as yours so they don't reach the front inner frame rails you used, which rules out that method for me.
6. I would never jack up the rear end using the diff casing as the support point, I would be too worried about possible damage!
7. Once jacked up I put axle stands under the front on the outer frame rail just in front off where the jack is. It's a tight squeeze but not too hard. For the rear I put the axle stands on the inner frame rails, as that triangular piece is already occupied by the jack. Difficult to get them right under and lined up but can be done.
8. It helps to differentiate between jacking points and axle stand points, they are (or should be) two different things. The Owner's Handbook and the Workshop Manual attempt to do this but both botch it completely, showing the same totally wrong diagram (it's from either the XK or the XF) for both.

 

Very informative post. I appreciate your response. That definitely makes more sense now.

 

I've never used the frame rails before, I'll have to see when I do my lowering spring install if my jack is able to reach that far. Sounds like a good way of not crowding the indicated jacking point.

On my G35, I jacked from the rear diff tons of times and never had an issue..

 

Same, I have used the rear diff to jack up the rear on my e93 335i many times without issue as well. I understand the rear diff on these cars are very sensitive.

 

I bought one of the pucks with a slot through it, at someone’s recommendation here. Goes over one of the rails, though I’ve never jacked the car up so I haven’t tried it.