dkraines

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.

peasodos

iTrader: (1)

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..

chinee

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.

lexo98

iTrader: (2)

Reminds me I have to order some of these


http://shopfigs.com/v3/jack_frame_adapter

LexusGSboy

My reading of his post indicates its not the pinch weld itself, that still sticks down just fine, but the area on each side (or one side) of the pinch weld. Almost like someone used an adapter that wasn't big enough (and was too tall) to spread/distribuite the weight of the car properly over enough surface area. That basically indented the underside of the car body.

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.

imjohnphan

I wouldn't worry about it .. happens all the time on all my cars.