I’ve used bottle jacks to lift various cars/trucks a lot over the years. The basic problems are where to place the jack and how much of the piston will be exposed when you reach the desired height.

The more piston showing, the less stable the jack. I try to limit the exposed piston to a few inches (e.g. 1-3in). This means I need to place the jack under a suspension member, so 100% of the lift goes to raising the wheel/tire.

On my 88 Pathfinder, the suspension bits are steel and it is easy to find a good lift point that won’t damage the suspension. On the X5 35d not so much.

If I can’t use my 3 ton Service Jack and jack stands, I stick to the OEM screw jack. It’s slow and tedious but it has a socket that keeps it stable and hence safer.

FWIW I built a simple wooden plug to place in the jack socket that allows me to place the jack stands directly under the "approved" jack socket.

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