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Do an all forum search for lifts and you will find lots of discussion.  I posted in one of these in the last couple of years what I do.  There are good discussions of where to jack the car so that the body isn't damaged.

I have a pair of aluminum stands with long removable ramps that I got from I believe Discount Ramps.  I usually drive the front of the car (mine has an air dam-no clearance problems) up on these stands although I can drive the rear up.  I also have two long low hydraulic floor jacks that I got at Harbor Freight.  I have a couple of 2x6 boards that are cut to fit under the lower a arms and spread the load from the hydraulic  jack pads.  I jack up both jacks at the rear together until I can get a set of stands under the rear tires.  Set it down, remove the aluminum ramps to the front stands and you have total access to underneath the car. 

If you want to take off a wheel and work on brakes then just use the floor jacks and boards under the lower a arms.  I don't think my method stresses the body like using jacking points.  Be sure to read all the discussions about the damage that can be done using wrong jacking points.  I didn't spend over $500 on the aluminum ramp stands and hydraulic jacks.

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