Hi all,

Has anyone jacked up their A6 and then put axle stands in?
I recently painted my calipers but ended up doing it with two jacks holding one side of the car up - bad mistake on a 2-ton car obviously. Nothing happened but it's an accident waiting to happen.
Need to do a few more coats but want to do it properly.
I've seen Halfords are doing a Big Red 3 pc (2x axle stands + trolley jack) which I'm thinking of getting but need a hand on how the heck you jack up this car and then replace the jack with the stands? I'm assuming there is a secondary place for them?

On another note, do you guys use anything on the trolley jacks? I see most of them have a round shape whereas the Audi one in the boot is oval. The guy who jacked the car up did not notice the points being oval and started to jack it up before noticing the side skirts were bulging as a result of the edge going into it. Thankfully it's all black so you can't tell (I know it's there!) but don't want to do this again

Cheers