I performed my first oil change myself using the pinned DIY guide. I did not use the "curb" method to raise the left side of the car. Instead, I purchased a 2-ton floor jack and 3-ton jack stands. I raised the front wheel off the ground by placing the jack immediately behind the rubber "foot" and then lowered the car, placing the jack stand under this rubber foot.
I would like to be able to the entire side of the car so I can rotate the tires. Can anyone tell me where it is safe to use a floor jack on the W210 on the sides, or any preferred methods for doing this? I'd like to raise the front, lower it onto a jack stand, and then do the same in the rear.
If I understood your question you need to raise one side for wheels swapping?
You can do it by putting floor jack under the front "foot". With empty trunk that will also raise the rear wheel.
Having professional jack I am removing wheels without using stands, but to be on safe side it is better to put stands before shaking the car.
Putting the stands while using floor jack is a bit tricky. Since the jack takes the foot, you can't put the stand under it. I am using suspension members to hold the car up, but if you can't judge good points it might be safer to use factory jack to raise the car and set the stands under the foot.
As Kajtek says, you can raise both tires of fthe ground using a floorjack on the front rubber foot. Since you are just rotating tires, that will work just fine. However, do not do anything else under the car without jack stands for safety.
I'm using factory jack and put Craftsman's stand under rubber pads. Actually I always put some piece of old newspaper between stand and pads. It worked fine yet.
I've seen that Porsche guys have some fancy extension, which they put to factory jack point and use it to jack car by standard garage jack. It would be great to find out something for our cars.
Their extension looks like circle plate with welded square stick (Porsche has square extension points profile ).
I'm glad to see that Porsche at least has the good sense to use a square jack insert. One thing that has bothered me about my 210 is the round jack insert so that any incline gives the opportunity for the car to roll right off the jack. That said, if someone had an insert with the flat surface to use in conjunction with a floor jack, that would be a great idea.
Generally if I'm going to be using jackstands I lift the car with the provided MB jack, which then leaves the pad available for the jackstands. It's a little more bother, but safter than trying to find an additional lift point.
Take care and enjoy the ride,
Greg
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I'm glad to see that Porsche at least has the good sense to use a square jack insert.
I wouldn't consider tat good sense. I had situation when on slippery road after lifting the car on one side the vehicle moved and dropped out off jack. With round hole nothing happened and after blocking the wheel I was able to raise the car again. With square hole in such incident not only I would have to wait for towing with floor jack, but I would have serious body damage.
Porsche are generally lighter cars with rigid construction, so it might work for them.
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