Hannys5.0

I know this sounds dumb but I just got my Mustang and want to jack it up to work on in but putting the jack stands on the frame behind the front wheels seems too far back and I feel like I am going to bend the frame. Is on the frame right behind the front wheels the best place to put the stands? Also, I am using a floor jack to raise it up where is the best place to do that too?

NEWBEE <-----

619socalstang

when JACKING use plenty of LUBE. LOL Crossmember and behind the front wheels will do just fine.

Hannys5.0

Haha thanks.

Obsol3te

Bend the frame?
You talking about that like thin metal sorta near the bottom of the door?

The Frame is actually very noticeable, from looking at the passenger side look down from the middle of the door.
You should see some metal or rubber lines connected to the side of it.
THATS the frame

callmecobra

your car doenst have a frame. it has a unibody. i highly recomend to you to invest in kenny brown jacking rails. they are cheap, and weld on to your car. its makes for easy and safe nascar style car jacking.

Obsol3te

ok mr Unibody
Where do SUBFRAMES connect to then?

roundman

OB, you know better by now! Unibody cars have subframes built into the structure of the floor pan of the body rather than a separate body that is mounted onto a separate frame, hence the name "unibody". Subframes are designed and installed where rigidity in the chassis is needed and to have places to attach things like the suspension, crossmembers, etc. Big problem with unibodies is that the lack of a full length frame makes the chassis more flexible and easy to bend under hard acceleration which is why they make and sell subframe connectors to add rigidity to the unibody chassis.

Obsol3te

Yeah, but you know I'm just talking out my ***

I'm a sponge, I soak up alotta crap.
But I eventually like to make some stuff of my own sometimes