OEM spare tire install

If you want to put two stands either on the front or rear end, the chassis is stiff enough that raising one wheel on one side high enough will also raise the other wheel on the same side. This allows placement of the jack stand at the jacking point on the same side.

Raising the wheel on the same axle on the other side will allow you to place the second jack stand.

 

I raise either the front or rear of car using front/rear jacking points, put on safety stands “near” the scissor jack placement locations, lower car till it’s on the stands. I could put the stands at the scissor jack locations, but find them way too skittish, use alternative locations. Ended up doing an oil change this afternoon, some pics attached.

 

In this new thread, the OP refers to his 2017 Prime. The photos that he posted show the jacking points of an early TNGA Prius that uses the flat top jack.

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I have reposted his photos here.

 

That additional red downward fil meant that your jackpoint is modified to fit the top of the slotted standard Toyota-Lexus jack, not the smooth top one.

 

image 3762, interesting cat anti theft method.

 

I've seen two different jack designs, but I haven't seen the allegedly different TNGA car design yet. All I've seen clearly are the curved fins like that red one, which is the same as my G5 (apart from colour...)

The two you're saying are different I can't make out well enough to say they're different or not. One pic from the other thread looks the same to me, and the other pic seems to have missed the point altogether. Can you manage a clearer pic to show the alleged difference?

 

Is it possible the reinforced point is just... Longer? With a fun to accomodate the slotted lift and a flat part to accommodate the flat scissor jack/shop lifts? Maybe that's what Hammersmith means by folded over?

 

I've seen the vertical fin (as on G2) and the folded fin (as on G5).

What I haven't seen is the non-fin "smooth rounded section" "early TNGA" jack point that @Georgina Rudkus thinks the flat-top scissor jack is intended for.

 

Lol. The chain will be on the ground after the cat is gone

 

It’ll take some doing, secured with multiple bolts/nuts and the outermost 2 or 3 having red loctite. And it’s virtually always in a secure garage.

 

I think the garage is really what does it

I think its time to swap for the summer all seasons here this week. Have a floor jack on the way and may or may not wait for the jack stands to go on sale and just do 1 tire at a time in the drive way. Checked the grade and the garage itself and first half of my drive way are between a 1 and 2.5 degree slope. It only approaches 3 - 4 degrees slope as you get closer to the street. And funny enough there is in fact a completely flat bit right in front of the garage. Turns out garage has a steady 2 degree grade, in front is flat, for about 5 feet then it slopes again. So jack stands are probably fine on some plywood on the asphalt. Given its such a minor grade.... right?

And this means my 4 right sized winter tires can be in a pinch spares should anything happen and it take a while to get a replacement bridgestone tire in the future.

 

I’m usually an eager beaver about getting the snows off. But a couple of factors delay it for me these days:

1. Our 195/65R15 Michelin X-Ice3 (on Plug-In Prius rims) deliver better mpg than the 215/45R17 Michelin Primacy MXM4 (on stock rims).

2. We’re doing about 4K kms a year. Starts to be immaterial what’s on the car, when you drive once or twice a week.


I’ve got our sons CX-5 snows I’ve washed but still meaning to wax, before I stow them away. After that’s out of the way, next nice day, I’ll get around to ours.

I just get the whole car up on jack stands, makes it easy. Level slab is a big asset. I always need to put 1/4” of shim under the back left corner jack stand, to ensure all four corners are solid; guess the slab has a bit of dip there, out of plane.

 

Well we had a snowstorm last week here so.... glad I didn't change mine.

 

I haven’t been able to buy the parts yet. Last time I tried to do so they were on back order.

 

I have them on order, so I will let you know.

What kind of mileage are you getting on the Michelin Primacy? I was considering a similar size and getting rid of the 19”.

 

Can this thread br pinned, please?

 

A 17” for Gen 5? Check with TireRack or similar, and stick with the specd size (or very close if that’s not possible).

for me anyway, going from the Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 (with Green-X badge) to Primacy MXM4 (with same badge), our mpg dropped abysmally at the outset, gradually recovered. Other’n that good tires though, for road feel, etcetera.

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I tend to agree with GR this is the more appropriate jack for that curved fin jack point. This was the jack style from my wife's Elantra I used remove my LTD flat the other day. It fit perfectly.