bent my jacking point underneat
 

well i bought these jack at checkers and tried them out. well turns out that was a bad idea. lesson learned use original jack for vehicle
http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1250685277

heres the damage grrrr i tried bending it back with vice grip but damn thing is solid i guess i need 3 tons of pressure to push it back to original. maybe someone can help is that bent piece attach to the main frame or are they replaceable
http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1250685277

i feel like i got butterflies in my stomach my car is not perfect anymore

If you are going to be lifting your Z with a normal garage jack this is going to happen. Hell it happens with the supplied scissor jack.

Get over it.

.....Use a grooved jack pad..

Get a grooved low profile jack and some stands - you will not need much else - listen to the shack man :p

Don't feel bad it happened to me also.

Should have gotten an aluminum floor jack.... $80 at harborfreight.

Where can I get one? I've looked through autoparts stores whenever I'm in there and all I see are jacks with the flat, round pad.

Here's one source: Jack Pads

Do a Google search on "Jack Pads" and you'll find a ton more..

so far i still feel sick to my stomach grrrrrrrr i wanted my z to be perfect for along time but i keep having bad luck. any tips on how i can bent it to normal

So those muscles are just for show I guess................:bowrofl:

if its REALLY bothering you that much - you could mallet and hammer it back after using a torch on it - im kidding - dont do it lol. take it to a shop and have them bend it back ... if they can

LMAO i was about to - but you went there first hahaa

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http://www.the370z.com/attachments/n...-picture-3.jpg

I only use the front and rear jacking points with a floor jack.

I've heard a hockey puck works pretty well. Just cut a slot into it and it should come out cheaper than those in the link.

lol its easy lifting stuff but me trying to squeeze something im total weak. i actually broke my fingers when i was in high skool. like one of my fingers is bent to the left and my pinky knuckle nad other nuckle next to it are like crush together

Oh, I know. I was just picking with you. I mean when you have a pic in your avatar like that you gotta expect a little hate from a hater. :happydance: Good luck man.

Hmm, doesn't a thin block of wood work also?

I myself did the same thing when I Installed my hfc's. I used the largest size vise-grips with cardboard on the insides of the jaws to avoind damaging the paint mine were as bent as yours. So cheer up it's an easy fix all you need to do is to muscle it back into place. good luck

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Stay away from using those types of bottle jacks there designed for solid frame cars.

That's actually what I use.

2x4
 

Gang,

I took a 2X4 block of wood and cut it to fit my floor jack lift pad. Then I lowered the blade on my table saw and cut a 3/8 inch slot about 1/2 inch deep completely across the top. When placed into the jack lift pad and under the side of the Z, it lifts the car correctly to the height that I want and with no damage to the car. I did that about 7 years ago for My 350Z and I am still using it on the 370. It's cheap and you probably have the materials you need right there at home.

Food for thought...............

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Save yourself some trouble and some money and go to a sporting goods store and buy a pair of hockey puck's. I use them all the time and their only a couple dollars.:tup:

WShade, I can't tell exactly where the front garage jack point is on the drawing. It's not the lower suspention frame that looks like its cast aluminum that tie the front suspention together is it?
The only other point that I think that it is, is a dimple that protrudes down on a sheet metal cover of some sort that is right in front of that suspention frame that I mentioned above. Can you steer me in the right direction? Kind of hard to tell from the picture that is in the service manual.
Thanks!

I put a request in another thread for someone to circle a photograph to show jack points: http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...ml#post1403540

Hopefully someone answers the call

Thanks EazyD!!!

Meh.. they're jack points. Nobody's lookin

to get that dent out get a steel bar park close to a thick wall or something like a curb. put your jack on a angle with a price of steel going from the jack to the dent. start jacking the dent should come out

Could be Worse
 

There was a post here a few months ago where a guy said his roommate assured him he know how to jack up the poster's Z...and put a big dent in the driver's side floor pan. Since the damage to your car is neither visible nor structural, don't get so down.

Like, the other day I'm walking back to my car in a market parking lot, and I see this brain-dead bitch just let go of her cart without looking, whereupon it rolls straight for the side of a car. Luckily, I reached the cart before it hit the car. I was ready to give that dumb c##t a word or two, but I just let it go, and avoided maybe getting into trouble.

Same thing happened to my z when installed bunch of stuffs under the car. I tried to bent it back. But some how. Decided to leave it alone. Because it won't back to normal figure and just mess it more. So just leave it alone and maybe spray something like rubber to cover it and to avoid rust. Get over it buddy!

Good idea, thanks.... But don't you still have to be careful where you put the wood block? If you put it under the front floor plan you will buckle it for sure. So do you have a tip for placing the block, please? TIA