I need to raise my car so that I can remover the exhaust and my tranny mounts.

should I just put them on the frame rails that run along the side of the car.

 

You're on the right track, Buckaroo....

Where the sub-frame meets the firewall is a strong area to place your front jack-stands. In the back you can use either the rear axle, or the triangular section that holds the suspension link bar that goes to the axle. I prefer the suspension mount area. Do not use the rails under the car. They are thin, and crushable...

Denny,
From the 'ol corncrib...

 

Its also a good idea if you store the car over the winter, or for an extended period of time. It keeps the tires from going flat. Its near impossible to push a car out of a garage with 2 flat tires. Ask me how I know

 

the tire thing is the other reasone I want to get it on jack stands.

So I want the back stand where the axle links hook up to the frame and on the front I want them on the frame at the firewall.

 

hope so because my car has been up in the air since july

 

My MG Midget was on jackstands during the early '01 quake near Seattle. It didn't fall off! However, a Fiat X1/9 engine block sitting on a skateboard slid off onto a piece of cardboard and dinged my garage floor. The engine block was ok too (so is my garage floor; it has many dings hehe!).

 

MIne was up in the air for almost a year
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for extra precaution you could even set a 2X4 to spread out the weight...

 

I have my front tires on Ramps, and the rears is on Jackstands, with an extra "safe" set under the axle.

 

make sure you rotate those tires a few times, so they dont get out of shape

 

im swapping in a turbo, i doute my these first set of tires will last long.