Hi Guys
I finally decided to dedicate a thread to my car.
Most of you have probably seen it by now. It is a completely original ph 1. It is in quite good condition, but I have a few projects that I want to do to it. One being fitting an aftermarket exhaust, and also to get the wheels repainted. I also decided to get my brake discs skimmed, and at the same time I decided that I wanted to paint my front calipers, and fit them with AP Racing decals.
I recently made this thread on cliosport. This is my car history so far.
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/back-i ... t-11290433
Anyways today I decided to start on the brake refurb. First job was to get the car on jack stands. I looked for tips on this, and it seemed it would be nice to have a "guide" for this, so I made sure to take a lot of pics.
First I made these ramps of plywood to be able to get the jack under the car. They measure around 58 mm in height.
With the car raised on the ramps, i was able to get the Jacks underneath the jacking points on both sides. I used the jacking points on the sills to raise the front onto the jack stands. I just protected the sills with a piece of plywood. Just make sure that the plywood doesn't "tilt" on the sills. Keep the car in gear and with the handbrakepulled when lifting.
I placed the jack stands under the sides of the subframe crossmember, which should be plenty strong for this. But before placing the stands, you will have to remove the front undertray, This is straight forward, it is only fixed with 6 6 mm screws. After this my jack stands slotted in perfectly between the OEM subframe and the Clio V6 only crossmember. Hope this pic makes sense.
With the front supported on jack stands, the rear is quite straight forward. You just have to remove the rear undertray before lifting. This is fitted with eight screws. Please note that there is a screw in the center of the undertray.
I lifted the rearend on the rear part of the crossmember. Use a long piece of wood to spread the load, and to protect the crossmember. I used a piece of wood approx 60 cm long.
Hope this is useful for someone. I feel it is a safe and easy way of getting the car onto jack stands.
I will post the brake progress a little later.
I finally decided to dedicate a thread to my car.
Most of you have probably seen it by now. It is a completely original ph 1. It is in quite good condition, but I have a few projects that I want to do to it. One being fitting an aftermarket exhaust, and also to get the wheels repainted. I also decided to get my brake discs skimmed, and at the same time I decided that I wanted to paint my front calipers, and fit them with AP Racing decals.
I recently made this thread on cliosport. This is my car history so far.
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/back-i ... t-11290433
Anyways today I decided to start on the brake refurb. First job was to get the car on jack stands. I looked for tips on this, and it seemed it would be nice to have a "guide" for this, so I made sure to take a lot of pics.
First I made these ramps of plywood to be able to get the jack under the car. They measure around 58 mm in height.
With the car raised on the ramps, i was able to get the Jacks underneath the jacking points on both sides. I used the jacking points on the sills to raise the front onto the jack stands. I just protected the sills with a piece of plywood. Just make sure that the plywood doesn't "tilt" on the sills. Keep the car in gear and with the handbrakepulled when lifting.
I placed the jack stands under the sides of the subframe crossmember, which should be plenty strong for this. But before placing the stands, you will have to remove the front undertray, This is straight forward, it is only fixed with 6 6 mm screws. After this my jack stands slotted in perfectly between the OEM subframe and the Clio V6 only crossmember. Hope this pic makes sense.
With the front supported on jack stands, the rear is quite straight forward. You just have to remove the rear undertray before lifting. This is fitted with eight screws. Please note that there is a screw in the center of the undertray.
I lifted the rearend on the rear part of the crossmember. Use a long piece of wood to spread the load, and to protect the crossmember. I used a piece of wood approx 60 cm long.
Hope this is useful for someone. I feel it is a safe and easy way of getting the car onto jack stands.
I will post the brake progress a little later.
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