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Originally Posted by CAM-FIFTY
IMHO, the fancy bolt-ons thingies are for two reasons:
1) reduce the chance of twisting the pinch welds when you lower on the jack stands
2) reduce the chance of some dealer guy not padding the jack arms and ruining your rocker panels.
The spots you are recommending are not the GM recommended jacking spots.
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Go into the service department of your dealership. Find a Camaro up on a rack. Look where they put the pads of their lift. It's right there where that magnet is sticking. When they installed my brakes, they had mine and another Camaro on a lift.
Yes - the "Owner's Manual" says to use the pinch welds. But, remember, those manuals aren't written for gearheads. They're written for average Joes. And, the average Joe doesn't have a nice floor jack with a wide pad. They are writing the manuals for people that have a scissor jack left over from their 1985 Malibu, or a bottle jack from their dad's 1974 F100.