So I jacked up my car as usual, using that little spot in the front, towards the driver side to jack up my car and the whole core support frame bent. Resulting in me having to hammer the radiator support back down in order to get the hood to close.

The car had been in prior collisions so I'm under the impression that a weaker replacement was used. What are my options for jacking the car up now? I'm told the front tow hook/points and LCAs are not viable locations.

 

underneath the car... a few inches from the front wheel well.

 

Can you be a little more specific?

 

Behind the front tire under where the door and fender meet under the side skirt you will find a metal tab hanging down

 

 

Oh there, yeah that's where I place my jackstands once the car is jacked up. Am I just gonna have to lift the car on each side one at a time from now on.

 

Last resort would be where the front LCA mounts/bolts to, lift it up just enough to fit a jack stand at the side point.

 

I am guessing your car was wrecked before and had the core replaced or something

I use the front jack point on both my 95 integra and 93 si all the time without issue, it is literally there so you can use it

 

Yeah the car has been in previous front end collisions but I hadn't heard that bodyshops used cheaper (and weaker) replacement core support frames until now. I had been using that front jack point for many years before this.

 

My floor jack only lifts about 16 inches so I put a hockey puck in the dish and I lift the front lower control arm just behind (engine side) of the lower ball joint, This gets me a few more inches of lift for putting in the jack stand at a reasonable height. That's a trick I've been doing for ages now.