I have a harbor freight aluminum floor jack with ears that extend a bit above the rubber pad.
Crosstrek floor jack points.
The video above shows you where the jack and jack kit is located in your xv crosstrek how to assemble the components of the jack kit and safety precautions to take when using your jack.
I have a floor jack that i ve had for quite a few years.
Most subaru jack kits include the jack a jack handle and a lug nut wrench.
It s fine but on the small side.
It would be nice if it was similar hence i mentioned i presume i looked under the 18 crosstrek and it looks quite similar atleast for the front.
You can get a floor jack adapter for the pinch welds to keep from crushing them or a hockey puck with a slit in it.
If you have a fat cow of a floor jack like i do you will want to jack up the front of your car first.
Yeah it seems that the ascent relies on the pinch weld jack points.
If you jack up the rear first the front end of the car will be so low to the ground that you are unable to get the jack point behind the oil pan.
But if you haven t bought the jack yet then check out the lift height of the jack.
Keep you jack stands set as low as possible to achieve your job.
You lift at the same points the owner s manual tells you to lift with the oem jack.
They are the same ones that are used for the road side emergency jack.
Still it would lift a car much heavier than the crosstrek.
I know my18 is based on the new global platform.
This is how to lift up your subaru impreza forester outback anything and put it on jackstands so you can safely work under it and install your cool mods and.
I use a hockey puck on a floor jack when jacking at the front center and rear center jacking points.
The hockey puck works much better than the piece of 2x4 i was previously using.