2013 GS350 F Sport Side Pinch Jack Points Crushed
I jacked up my GS350 from the front center jack location. I noticed the side pinch locations around the car were all crushed in (not the pinch weld, they still hang down, but the body next to the pinch weld was indented/crushed the body up, I estimate a a varied 1/4" to 1/2" or so on all 4 side jack locations). The vehicle was always serviced by a Lexus dealership (leases before I purchased), I'm sure they used the rubber pinch adapters on the lift, but these definitely caused damaged.
Anybody else see this, it doesn't seem right, I know the vehicle is heavy. |
If they jacked it up properly it would not be crushed. I use a rubber puck with a slot and the pinch weld goes into the slot with zero weight directly on it.
Also the lifts at the dealership don't jack up the car at the pinch welds.. |
It seems like jacking up a car is lost on most folks today. Thus messing up the pinch welds and the surrounding areas seem to be common. Just get a set of vise grips and some elbow grease and straighten it up. Post some pics too.
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Originally Posted by chinee
(Post 11107072)
It seems like jacking up a car is lost on most folks today. Thus messing up the pinch welds and the surrounding areas seem to be common. Just get a set of vise grips and some elbow grease and straighten it up. Post some pics too.
Or, I'm wondering, someone didn't have an adapter at all and didn't want to crush the pinch weld so instead they tried to catch the area just on one side of the weld with part of the saddle of the jack. PS - this is where pics are super helpful. |
I wouldn't worry about it .. happens all the time on all my cars.
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