best jack points on scion IQ ?

I use a low profile racing jack. I place a piece of 2X4 on the jack plate and raise the car from the center. With the short wheel base of the iQ it doesn't really make sense to jack up four points. Lifting from the middle raises both the front and rear. Once I have it up to the desired height I place four jack stands under the frame to support the vehicle while I'm working on it.

this helps... ill try that. but i get the short wheelbase thing... ill just have to get used to not raising just a corner for just THAT corner.

From my recent experience while rotating the tires, I can definitely tell you, DO NOT place the jack under the crimped metal tabs behind the front wheels. This is where I used to jack up my previous car without any problems, but doing it on the iQ caused the metal to fold over & made the bottom of the fender bulge out. It's really weak metal there. It wasn't until after I looked under the car that I saw the subframe under the front.

Next time one of you guys have the time to get the jack out of the garage... can you raise the front end at the subframe & snap a quick pic for us... to locate the spot on the subframe?

Page 197 of the 2012 Owners Manual has diagrams of the 3 "jack points" indicated by cross-hatched circles on page 3 of the Vehicle Lift and Support Location document posted by Samtrak. If you look under the car, the front "jack point" is at the center of the front crossmember where you see a raised small rectangle with a hole at its center; the 2 rear "jack points" are the reinforced flat metal vertical brackets (each having 2 small round holes and a larger irregular hole) a few inches ahead of the lower edge of the rear bumper. The same document posted by Samtrak (and Page 2 of the "Sway Bar Kit" instructions) show 6 other "support points" (shown as diagonal-hatched rectangles on the diagrams) which are for safety stands, swing-arm lifts etc.. Also, Page 201 shows using the 4 side rail "support points" as "jack points", using a slotted-top jack head (to avoid weight bearing on the body flange?) for do-it-yourself tire replacement.

shades said:

From my recent experience while rotating the tires, I can definitely tell you, DO NOT place the jack under the crimped metal tabs behind the front wheels. This is where I used to jack up my previous car without any problems, but doing it on the iQ caused the metal to fold over & made the bottom of the fender bulge out.

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This explains why the 2012 iQ that I just purchased had them bulged on both sides. I thought it was accident related. I saw this on two of three iQs that I looked at.

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread. Anybody tried lifting IQ with a QuickJack? Is it even possible?

maksym said:

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread. Anybody tried lifting IQ with a QuickJack? Is it even possible?

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I just looked quickly at the QuickJack website. I guess instead of placing them along the length of the iQ (which would be impossible because it is too short), you could insert the portable one from the sides. The iQ would swing up sideways vs forward/backward but seems doable BL-3500SLX…

jzchen said:

I just looked quickly at the QuickJack website. I guess instead of placing them along the length of the iQ (which would be impossible because it is too short), you could insert the portable one from the sides. The iQ would swing up sideways vs forward/backward but seems doable BL-3500SLX…

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Ha! Yes, QuickJack says on the site people use it to lift older Porsche's sideways. I've since got the long QuickJack and used it on my other car. IQ is so tiny though I'll probably never need to use it for this car

Just ordered these, we’ll see never seen this design before:

Unique Design Universal Car Jack Stand Support Pad Floor Lifting Slotted Frame Rail Protector Guard Pinch Weld Protector Rubber https://a.co/d/4Mv1fsq

I've made something like that on the table saw from hockey packs for my van / Torin jacks. Not sure if they are actually all that necessary on IQ - it's a fairly light car, pinch welds are not exactly likely to mushroom out.