Crosstrek Floor Jack Points

If you have a fat cow of a floor jack like i do you will want to jack up the front of your car first.

Crosstrek floor jack points.

They are the same ones that are used for the road side emergency jack. I have a harbor freight aluminum floor jack with ears that extend a bit above the rubber pad. I have a floor jack that i ve had for quite a few years. It would be nice if it was similar hence i mentioned i presume i looked under the 18 crosstrek and it looks quite similar atleast for the front.

Here i wanna show you where about you can find the lift point the oil pan front and rear differential drain and fill plugs how to service your breaks also. I know my18 is based on the new global platform. Jacking up your 2014 subaru xv crosstrek is can be dangerous if done incorrectly. I use a hockey puck on a floor jack when jacking at the front center and rear center jacking points.

Yeah it seems that the ascent relies on the pinch weld jack points. Still it would lift a car much heavier than the crosstrek. Most subaru jack kits include the jack a jack handle and a lug nut wrench. The hockey puck works much better than the piece of 2x4 i was previously using.

You lift at the same points the owner s manual tells you to lift with the oem jack. Keep you jack stands set as low as possible to achieve your job. But if you haven t bought the jack yet then check out the lift height of the jack. So do you know if the floor jack points are different on the my18 since i am not sure or are you assuming based on the different platform.

You can get a floor jack adapter for the pinch welds to keep from crushing them or a hockey puck with a slit in it. The video above shows you where the jack and jack kit is located in your xv crosstrek how to assemble the components of the jack kit and safety precautions to take when using your jack.