Hey,
I went to jack my car up, put it on horses, and did what needed to be done...now it looks as though the jack points have bent...WTF!?!?!? this happen to anyone else, were can i put stands under the car? Also, now my driver side fender sticks out a little past the door, how can i fix this...rubber hammer?
Thanks...

 

I don't think you had the correct jack points if your sides have bent out. A muffler shop bent mine out by placing the lift in an incorrect position. They had to unscrew it from the body, bend the brackets back and the screwed it back on. I was p**sed to say the least and have never gone back.

As for jack points, now that I have SLP diamond sub frame connectors I usually use those but before I would put the jack on the piece of steel about 1.5' from the side of the car. Never failed.

 

When the people who designed the jacking points on these cars, must have came in that day with a big hangover. Because sure as hell they didn't know what they were doing.

 

When I switch my autox or snow tires I use a sears floor jack at the correct jack points meaning not the thing that looks like a jack point under the fender.

I bent one. the problem is the rickety factory jack is a slit for the piece of bent metal/seam of two pieces to slip into, and all normal jacks are pretty much flat. as i jacked the car the weight went from straight up and down to a slight angle and the seam bent.

Im glad I am no longer alone

 

i always jack my drivers side up first using a frame rail that back and towards the middle of my car from my front drivers side wheel. then i can slid the jack under the front and use the crossmember that goes under the engine. but be carefull b/c my exhaust is right there and you don't want to get that at all or itll bend your pipe.

 

Jack just behind the "egg crates" that say "DO NOT JACK HERE" on them.

 

Put a block of wood against the vertical lip under the car where the plastic fender connects to the body. Give the block a few wacks with a hammer until the fender is lined up again...

Dave

 

Or just install a set of sub-frame connectors. You can jack anywhere along the rails then.

 

I usually slide my hack under the pumpkin and then put jackstands under the plastic pick points or under the axle.

 

Why do you say that? They put nice pads behind the front fenders for lifting the car.

The part on the fender bottom that says "do not jack here" means don't be stupid and jack on the bottom of the fender lip! Use the plastic pad behind it for what it was intended.

 

My 93 Formula has no nifty plastic pads My Z28 does though BUT....now that the Z28 has ground effects, jacking the car up has become quite the challenge I think when I sell my Formula I'll put some money into a nice 2 post lift.