Jack stands on factory jack points

[MC Hammered]

A hockey puck makes a great jackpad.

I bought a pinch weld jackpad (puck with a slot) similar to this ebay one and it prevents damage on the rockers.

[Aleman]

A hockey puck makes a great jackpad.

I bought a pinch weld jackpad (puck with a slot) similar to this ebay one and it prevents damage on the rockers.

Perfect! Where do you get those?

[BenDem]

Those are safe to use on jackstands ? In my minds eye, I'm seeing a not so secure interface between the stand and the puck.

I totally see this working great with a floor jack. I'm going to start hunting now.

[MC Hammered]

Perfect! Where do you get those?

Hockey pucks are $2.00 and can be found everywhere in Canada.

The jackpad shown in the pic is on ebay.

Those are safe to use on jackstands ? In my minds eye, I'm seeing a not so secure interface between the stand and the puck.

I totally see this working great with a floor jack. I'm going to start hunting now.

I apologize for the reading comprehension fail, the hockey puck/jackpad suggestion was for the floor jack.

[squidmaster]

My jack stands have notches in them to fit right over the jack points. Works well for me. I believe I got them from autozone or advance auto parts about a decade ago.

[KIRIEIW]

I'm happy I read this cause I have a crap job a head of me, rear sub frame replacement. I'm assuming its worth just bringing the frame to the shop to install the new bushings and I reinstall after?

[Aleman]

I'm happy I read this cause I have a crap job a head of me, rear sub frame replacement. I'm assuming its worth just bringing the frame to the shop to install the new bushings and I reinstall after?

I'm doing my rear end bushings later this summer, and I plan to take the trailing arms and subframe to a shop to press out the old & press in the new bushings. Seems like the most headache-free way to go.

[BenDem]

I'm going to give the akg RTAB tool a shot...

http://www.akgmotorsport.com/rtabremove.html

[long tall eta]

A hockey puck makes a great jackpad.

I bought a pinch weld jackpad (puck with a slot) similar to this ebay one and it prevents damage on the rockers.

do these fit our cars? the comparability list says no.

[BLACKCHARM88]

Cut a slot in a piece wood and put it on a jack stand and you can save your rocker panels from being crushed.

That's pretty risky to trust wood like that, man.

[rcsoundn1]

came back here to post a F/U. My red car, the stands would crush the rockers, the white car, I used the factory jack points and it has been fine for 4mnths on them.

[animal]

It really depends where you're located too. I'm from the midwest so using jack points can get you in trouble fast because lots of old cars like e30's have rust.

Now that I live in Cali - I still rarely use jack points - I prefer the subframe since I've seen frame rails get folded, or jack points sink lol.

My main contribution though - is get some hockey pucks. They're cheap, and are strong so when possible I use a hockey puck when jacking - a lot nicer than metal on metal. ESPECIALLY when I'm lazy and jack from the rear diff!