Reinforce Jack points?

[CTScott]

Are these jack point new to the 09? This is from my owners manual:

[voodoo22]

Originally Posted by CTScott

Are these jack point new to the 09? This is from my owners manual:

Has anyone seen diagrams like this for the sedan? The ones in the manual are of no help to me for finding the rear jack point.

That hockey puck idea is ingenious. Great thinking.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by voodoo22

Has anyone seen diagrams like this for the sedan? The ones in the manual are of no help to me for finding the rear jack point.

That hockey puck idea is ingenious. Great thinking.

The hockey puck is a great idea for jacking by the body lift points. Those lift points really are designed for extremely occasional road-side emergency tire changes though.

The reason I posted the manual page above is that I noticed that it didn't seem to be included in prior year manuals (or a least the 07 one that I had). All vehicles have better lift points for maintenance than the body points intended for use with the oem jack.

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by CTScott

Are these jack point new to the 09? This is from my owners manual:

I know the rear mount has always been there, but I don't recall the front mount being mentioned in my 2007 manual (I could be wrong, though).

I hove the hockey puck idea -- I'll pick one up!

[greggg3]

Originally Posted by CTScott

Are these jack point new to the 09? This is from my owners manual:

This is the same as my owners manual, and its time to rotate the tires. I'm confused about the rear jack point however. In the diagram it looks like it supposed to be in the center but there is no such piece in the center. There is something that looks similar but its about 8" off to the right (to the passenger side of center, about in line with the right side of the indentation for the license plate.

Is this where everyone is putting the floor jack? And then where do you put the jackstands to support the car while you go up front with the floor jack, to swap the tires?

I know this probably sounds like I'm an idiot. I don't think I am, I've rebuilt engines, do my own brakes and oil changes, etc. Its just that everything seems so thin and tiny, I'm worried about bending something. So I thought I'd ask where everyone else is jacking up theirs at (rotating the tires every 5,000 miles so I'll be doing this alot). Also are most of you leaving the car supported on jackstands while you swap the wheels or do you have a full size spare that you put on to set the car down on while you go swap the wheel?