I read the archives about how to raise a car. However, I decided to put the jacks under the control arm and on the trailing arm. Are these places acceptable jackstand points for a prolonged period of time? Say 2 weeks to a month.

 

Personally I hate jackstands. I've seen them collapse before.

However when I use them I always place them on the rear subframe where it bolts to the body, and on the front subframe right where the lower control arm bolts in place.

 

No those are the incorrect places. In the 2nd gen archive there is a whole thread on this and has the factory recommended spots:


Frame rails... not suspension points.

and your bump has been deleted... bumps are forbidden here in the 2nd gen RX-7 technical section.

 

I understand your comment and the pic. But like I said, I have read the archives and I cannt place my jacks there because mine are not normal jackstands and I feel that they would not work well with the rear subframe, the front is fine however, it's just the rear I was concerened about, so would my placement of jackstands hurt the suspension components of my car?


What do you use if you do not use jackstands, because I also don't like jackstands myself, especially mine, but being in college and having to tutor kids for my job at the university to get my free tuition means I have no time to make money for myself for new ones.

 

I personally don't put them on the frame rails because I think that they would get damaged with my jackstands. I use the mounting points aaron described.
What exactly do you use aaron? I'm curious.

 

I will try using them there for now on.