How to Properly Jack/Lift Your Boss

Does anyone have any pics that show the underside of the Boss and depicts where the proper lift/jack points are for this vehicle? I personally would like to see were are the locations one could safely jack their car up, or use a hydraulic lift, without causing any damage. The illustration in the Owners manual is a bit lame in my opinion.

Note to Moderator: Could you please delete this post once this thread develops (assuming there are additional posts to topic)? I believe this thread would provide a good reference to our forum members and would be appropriately situated in the "How To" forum.

MMD

 

[BLAZN BOSS]

FWI.......I have raised as many cars as you guys have seen on the highway. Jacking the car by the rearend housing is no different than any car OTHER THAN the aluminum cover. just dont let the jack rest on the cover at all..........the center of the rear end is in the center of the car......my jack is cupped and it won't slip there........done it a few times and no problem. as for the front my jack cant reach the center so I use the area wher the K frame bolts to the unibody........no problems. These pinch seams are very similar to older unibody mustangs and cracing them open and/or folding them over isn't an option for me. I dont have hocky pucks and I'm confident the front jacking area I mention before will suffice with absolutly no damage. ......but all this is my opinion

Can you illustrate on the photos on page 1 where specifically on the housing you do/don't lift?

I use the red areas.

 

[rmaginnis]

I have a two point roller jack on my 4 post lift. I pickup the lower A-arms near the tires to raise the front end with no problems. I use the pinch welds at the back to raise the entire rear end. I wouldn't lift the car from the axle tubes unless you can lift both sides simultaneously.

 

[BOSS BUS]

I use a 12" piece of 2 X 4 on my jack under the center waffled section of the front "K" member, then stands on the section of front "frame rail" shown in the picture. In the rear I lift from the center differential (make sure you aren't near the aluminum cover), I then put stands under the axle tubes. BTW, Harbor Freight sells a neat low profile, deep reach, high lift, floor jack. It has a "T" handle and release knob in the center. The hydraulics are very easy to regulate and best of all it can be had on sale for $130. It worked well even for my C-5 Corvette.

 

[Torsion]

Sorry for bringing up an old thread, but have you guys seen these:

I thought they were pretty cool, and cheaper than all the other options.

you can buy 'em here: http://zl1addons.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_category_id=14&virtuemart_product_id=101

 

[VoodooBoss]

Sorry for bringing up an old thread, but have you guys seen these:

I thought they were pretty cool, and cheaper than all the other options.

you can buy 'em here: http://zl1addons.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_category_id=14&virtuemart_product_id=101

I saw another post on those and I'm not sure how they work. They don't look like anything I'd be interested in but some feedback from a user would be nice. I went a different route and had Kenny Brown jacking rails welded onto my car. Now it's just pick a spot or towards the middle to lift both wheels.

 

[stang13]

I saw this lift system on Jay Leno's website awhile back. Pretty slick but $$$ at $299.00 for a pair.

http://jackpointjackstands.com/

 

[unrealford]

Re: Re: How to Properly Jack/Lift Your Boss

I saw this lift system on Jay Leno's website awhile back. Pretty slick but $$$ at $299.00 for a pair.

http://jackpointjackstands.com/

That's awesome, I like that.

 

[VoodooBoss]

That is pretty cool. Is 12" high enough to get the wheels off the ground on our cars?