Guide; Jacking and Support

[Niall]

Damn, seems that everything I try to do is extremely dangerous lol! If only the sill jacking point was longer we wouldn't have these problems. Good advice on the rear mounting bolt, I will try that but I think the "cup" of my stands might be too deep and it might just end up resting on the edges of the stand cup which would also be dangerous Edit: That stand was not intended to be a "middle" stand, I didn't realise it would hold the whole front of the car up.

It would be a lot safer than it is in that photo. You want to spread the weight as evenly as possible and if that means the subframe sitting on the two top parts of the cup, thats fine. its designed for that. Where you have it at the moment is stressing one side of the cup and potentially putting it off balance.
Obviously all this has to be done on flat, solid ground. if you have to do it on a slight incline, make sure the rear wheels are chocked after jacking very well!