Bent rear under brace from jacking the car at wrong jacking point.

Bret86944 · 06-10-2013, 02:38 PM

The damage appears to be mostly cosmetic. The bigger problem is that an idiot has been working on your car. If that's the worst thing that is wrong consider yourself lucky. I'd double check whatever work you had done.

1st · 06-10-2013, 02:58 PM

Is it just me or are the jacking points on this car hard to detect? I have heard a lot of horror stories with wrong jack points, scuffed, bent side skirts from supposedly experienced mechanics.

Sh0velMan · 06-10-2013, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 1st

Is it just me or are the jacking points on this car hard to detect? I have heard a lot of horror stories with wrong jack points, scuffed, bent side skirts from supposedly experienced mechanics.

The side points are a little hard to find if you don't actually get down and look underneath the car. A little hard to just "feel". This is because they're recessed down inside the side skirt.

The center points aren't obvious at all if you don't have the FSM to reference.

kenchan · 06-11-2013, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 1st

Is it just me or are the jacking points on this car hard to detect? I have heard a lot of horror stories with wrong jack points, scuffed, bent side skirts from supposedly experienced mechanics.

not really, just low even at stock height and hard to see.

Bret86944 · 06-12-2013, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 1st

Is it just me or are the jacking points on this car hard to detect? I have heard a lot of horror stories with wrong jack points, scuffed, bent side skirts from supposedly experienced mechanics.

Plus I never know where to jack the car up when using jack stands, since I can't do it from the jack points. I always **** a brick until I lower down into the stands.

Sh0velMan · 06-12-2013, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Bret86944

Plus I never know where to jack the car up when using jack stands, since I can't do it from the jack points. I always **** a brick until I lower down into the stands.

Get a more serious jack, then you can jack from the center points and put the jack stands on the side points.

That's what I do, the car sits on 6 ton stands with rubber boots on the ends that hold the pinch welds. Thing doesn't move, at all, and the bottom of the car is a good 16-18 inches off the ground. Far enough up for me to use a creeper without issue.

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06-10-2013, 02:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bret86944 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 64 Drives: 2011-base-PW-6mt Rep Power: 14	The damage appears to be mostly cosmetic. The bigger problem is that an idiot has been working on your car. If that's the worst thing that is wrong consider yourself lucky. I'd double check whatever work you had done.

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1st A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: I 80 Biz U.S. 50 Posts: 1,710 Drives: Platinum Z Rep Power: 1617	Is it just me or are the jacking points on this car hard to detect? I have heard a lot of horror stories with wrong jack points, scuffed, bent side skirts from supposedly experienced mechanics.