09-09-2020, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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Save some cash on lift pads.
I saw this on another thread a few months back and decided to order them. Just put them on and there 100% fine. I used rubber pucks before and actually forgot to use them a couple of times, old age. lol
They are half the price of other companies, I will let you decided which one to buy. The amazon product is fine. A must for garage monkey types like me, save your pinch weld and once you have mounted them they are permanently there.
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09-09-2020, 03:16 PM | #2 |
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those things look like they are putting all the lifting force on the metal leading to the pinch weld instead of the pinch weld.
Not sure if it'll matter. But other types of lift pads like these: https://www.amazon.com/Byenins-Slott.../dp/B073SQRYB3 Will still put all the lifting force on the pinch weld while saving your pucks/rubber from getting cleaved by the welds or requiring a lot of clearance around the weld. |
09-09-2020, 03:42 PM | #3 |
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I have both of these. They don't put the lifting pressure on the pinch welds ( it looks like they do but don't) . The pinch welds are guides. You dont want to put pressure on them. It will bend / crush them. The pressure has to go on each side of the pinch weld to lift the car safely.
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09-09-2020, 04:35 PM | #5 | |
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09-09-2020, 04:43 PM | #6 | |
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I dont think the pinch welds are meant to be guides. They're meant to be structurally sound places to hold the weight of the car against the pressure of jacks/lifts. As long as the force is not applied perpendicular to the pinch rail, you should be fine as a vertical length of metal is unlikely to deform from force applied along that edge aside from some minor depressions for when you're going metal on metal and supporting all the weight on tiny contact points of a jack or stand. The adapters that support the weight to the sides of the weld are probably ok in most situations since they're so close to the welds that deforming the metal is unlikely but still, that's not where you really should be applying force. It also requires a lot of clearance around the pinch welds which isn't always the case given underbody panels and side-skirts and such. The kind I linked to would be more likely to be usable anywhere along the pinch weld rather than just a few places that have areas cleared for standard lift/jack points. That last point is extremely useful for when factory areas for lift pads aren't usable and you have side skirts and other plastic in the way everywhere else (leers at new chargers). |
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09-09-2020, 04:51 PM | #7 |
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I have the Amazon ones, they work fine. You just need to make sure they are installed bottomed out against the bottom of the car, and I'd also smear some anti-seize along the pinch weld and loctite on the threads. Even if you don't strictly need them, they are worth it in case you need to bring the car to the dealer, tire shop, etc. to make it easier for the tech to not damage your car by lifting it improperly, which seems pretty common.
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