decat removal

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:20 pm

nitin_s1 wrote:I was going to attempt on putting the De-cat on mines, jacked up the car and saw the bolts.. Most were rounded and rusty. Gave up..

Mine looked like that when I first removed my exaust,smashed them about abit with a hammer and the majority of the rust fell off leaving half useable bolts

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:47 pm

bb1boy wrote:Makes sense but I can't fit a jack under my front bumper..

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Drive the front of the car up onto some paving slabs or something first, to lift it enough to get the jack under.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:53 pm

bristol_bb4 wrote:
nitin_s1 wrote:I was going to attempt on putting the De-cat on mines, jacked up the car and saw the bolts.. Most were rounded and rusty. Gave up..
Mine looked like that when I first removed my exaust,smashed them about abit with a hammer and the majority of the rust fell off leaving half useable bolts

I'll get the hammer out!

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:27 pm

wurlycorner wrote:
bb1boy wrote:Makes sense but I can't fit a jack under my front bumper..
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Drive the front of the car up onto some paving slabs or something first, to lift it enough to get the jack under.

Yeah, gonna get a couple of foot long pieces of 2x4

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:31 pm

Thebusofwoe wrote:Jack the front of the car up on the front of the subframe. There is a central front jack point. Get it up and then put the axel stands under the front sill jack points.

This is the best way IMO. That way you can leave the trolly jack in place and have three things supporting the weight.

BMCC · Post by **BMCC** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:08 am

Merlin wrote:This is the best way IMO. That way you can leave the trolly jack in place and have three things supporting the weight.

Exactly why I do it this way, you can't be too safe when you getting under a car. I would also say get axle stands with the highest weight rating you can afford, If 6 ton ones are available and not much more, go for these.