trolley jacking & axle stand points

anyone know the best jacking points (front and rear) on a v40 (1998) for use with a trolley jack, and for the axle stands when i get it up? thanks!

You can use the towing eyes to jack car up as they are at front and rear in middle, then you can either put axle stands on sills or at front where bottom arms bolt on at the back with the 2 bolts either side,

Will the towing eyes take the weight of the car? I've always jacked and secured at the sills, with the assumption that the eyes aren't reinforced to cope with weight on their vertical axis? Purely a suggestion, happy to be proven wrong.

The jacking points are around four to five inches from the ends of the sills. If you have plastic sideskirts on they have arrows indictaing them. Use the wishbone and rear trailing arm mounts for the axle stands. They're strong enough and shouldn't deform. They're called towing eyes for that reason, i personally wouldn't trust them tohold the car. I always use the wheels as a stop gap under the sill just incase. If in doubt try a ramp.

On looking at the towing eyes, i wouldn't jack there either! Sorted this with the sill jacking points and a hardwood block routed to match the profile of the jacking point, works nice. Cheers for the input. Jim

I've never had a problem jacking up there, if they can take the weight of your car been towed or of you towing one then they carn't be that weak, plus the rear ones used as a towbar anchorage when you have one fitted, Sills on cars arn't that strong they do tend to bend quiet easy when using things like trolley jacks on them,