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Bcrazy
You have heard a lot of what not to do here. The concept of lifting one end of your car to access two wheels at once is good. The car has jack points located on four corners of the vehicle. These points are attached to a frame ( of sorts).the frame also has a crossmember under the engine.
When at all possable use the jack points. If you cant use them, use the frame. If that doesent work use something attached to the frame whith solid mounts (ie not rubber) such as the crossmember under the engine. If that does not meet your requirement, you can jack the car on its suspension parts. (DISCLAIMER) The suspension parts on the car are strong support, after all the car rides on them. BUT THEY WILL MOVE making them an UNSTABLE point to put a jack. To jack the rear of the car up many put the jack under the differential ( pumpkin, big round thing, etc..)on the rear axle. If you lift the car here any movements it has on ground will still occure such as bouncing and leaning. Be verycarefull if you do this as INJURY or Death can happen. And ALLWAYS support the car on jackstands.
Do not jack car on anything that looks like sheetmetal such as oilpans (engine and transmission) or any of the body.
Good luck and be carefull.
Joe
P.S dont tell your dad you did this to his car;)
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