Lifting Your Car - Lotus 2005 Elise Owner's Handbook Manual

LIFTING POINTS

Lifting Your Car

WARNING:
• Using a lifting jack can be dangerous. If the car falls off
the jack, you or others could be seriously injured or killed.
NEVER get under a car when it is supported only by a
jack.
• Before raising the car with a jack:
- Turn off the engine;
- Firmly apply the parking brake;
- Engage first or reverse gear;
- Securely chock all wheels not to be lifted.
• Use only those lifting points identified above. Jacking at
any other point, or with a jack improperly positioned, may
damage the chassis or body structure and/or jeopardise
safety.
Care must be taken when using a lifting jack or hoist to po-
sition the device only in one of the areas shown in the illustration.
Use a suitable rubber or timber pad to protect the chassis from
surface damage:
A; Identified by a blue sticker. Beneath crossmember ahead of
fuel tank bay. To be used one side at a time for wheel chang-
ing - lifts both wheels on one side.
B; Garage use with 4-point lift. Beneath the front end of the right
or left hand main chassis rail, behind the front wheelarch.
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