How Do I Safely Lift My Subaru?

I've never looked under a Baja, but I'll assume it's the same as every other Soobie I've worked on . . . When using a floor jack, lift the front by jacking at the center of the cross member just behind the oil pan. Lift the rear by jacking at the rear diff, or on the FWD cars, at the cross member just forward of the rear bumper. Jackstands go just behind the front wheels, and just ahead of the rears; same place you'd put the compact jack if you needed to use it. There should be a notch in the rocker panel there. If using a two-post hoist, position the front pads either on the "frame rail" near the rear mounting point of the front arm, or (I have to use a 2X4 on the arm of my hoist to get this to work) beneath the front OEM jacking points. The rear pads go beneath the rocker panel at the rear jacking points. FWIW, this nfo should be in your owners manual. Hope this helps.

ByeBye! S.

Steve Jernigan KG0MB Laboratory Manager Microelectronics Research University of Colorado (719) 262-3101

I had the same thing happen to me at the front on an Impreza. I wasn't terribly impressed. I now put a piece of wood between the jack and the rail (really only a seam) to spread the contact out a bit and that seems to work ok.

I was able to use the service jack included with my vechicle to jack at the prescribed jack points (behind front wheel, in front of rear wheel) and still have enough room to get the jack stand next to it to still be on the jack point. the service jack is gloriously skinny.

Gotta do one wheel at a time though. There appears to be no central front jackpoint on this generation.

-- Todd H.