Safe jack/lift points chassis

[Ibiza6LSweden]

I've scoured the internet and seem to get contradictory information about where you can safely jack up the car.

According to the official repair manual these are the locations,

As you can see the image is extremely unclear, where exactly are these points located? Here is a few pictures from under the car of where I suspect they should be, covered by rubber pads. Assuming they're the correct locations for the trolley where do you then put the jack stands?

Front:

Back:

Also according to some videos I've seen it seems that you can put jack stands under the chassi rails even though it's not on the official manual

 

[RUM4MO]

I fitted Audi TT MK1 "jacking point protectors" to 4 points under the body of my wife's previous 2002 VW Polo, and again to her present car, a 2015 VW Polo.

The 4 points in these car where you can fit them into are the only 4 points that are covered with plastic bungs - as opposed to softer "rubber" bungs.

The end of these Audi TT jacking point protectors fits into the "cup/saddle" of my 2tonne trolley jacks perfectly.

These Audi jacking point protectors get left fitted to the car, so locating the 4 lifting points is always very easy.

Edit:- I also made up wooden adaptors to fit on top of axle stands so that the car could be supported at the 4 sill/cill strong points where the emergency car jack is used - without causing damage to the folded welded seams at these strong points, I fitted heavy rubber to the contact points.

Another Edit:- just make sure that you don't trap the handbrake cable when jacking up at the rear points, well, my trolley jack ends up quite near the cable so I tend to check that it never fouls it when lifting these cars.

 

[Ibiza6LSweden]

I fitted Audi TT MK1 "jacking point protectors" to 4 points under the body of my wife's previous 2002 VW Polo, and again to her present car, a 2015 VW Polo.

The 4 points in these car where you can fit them into are the only 4 points that are covered with plastic bungs - as opposed to softer "rubber" bungs.

The end of these Audi TT jacking point protectors fits into the "cup/saddle" of my 2tonne trolley jacks perfectly.

These Audi jacking point protectors get left fitted to the car, so locating the 4 lifting points is always very easy.

Edit:- I also made up wooden adaptors to fit on top of axle stands so that the car could be supported at the 4 sill/cill strong points where the emergency car jack is used - without causing damage to the folded welded seams at these strong points, I fitted heavy rubber to the contact points.

Another Edit:- just make sure that you don't trap the handbrake cable when jacking up at the rear points, well, my trolley jack ends up quite near the cable so I tend to check that it never fouls it when lifting these cars.

I see what looks like rubber bungs all over the underside of the car, but you mean that those big round ones in the picture are plastic bungs you can lift from? Do you need to install any adapters or can you safely lift from those bungs as is?

 

[RUM4MO]

I think initially, VW Group designed into the body shell of their cars to make it easy to lock onto or secure the car body shell as it moves around the initial build areas of the assembly plant, but that also means that the body shell is stronger at these 4 points. This has meant that all the smaller cars, Audi TT maybe Golf etc and smaller, can when fully assembled, be lifted and/or supported using these 4 points.

I've always fitted jacking point adaptors so as to not cut through the protective paint and coatings that were applied in the factory, if I was going to lift up these cars without fitting jacking point protectors, I'd just try to find strong points closer to the outer edges of these cars, usually close to or on the ends of the subframes at the front and close to the swinging arms attachment points at the rear.

If you look under the car you should find some areas that look like they are stronger/safer to use than others - if not, play safe and buy and fit a set of 4 Audi TT Jacking Point protectors.