Just wondering if anyone using these jack pads on their GSF's? Link below.

I already bought these, so just wanna see if anyone had experience with them. Did they do their job right? The jack pads seem to be held on by hex screws that tighten against the pinch weld. I'm not sure if they'll be tight enough, maybe one can lose these while driving?


I'm also looking to get the Figs Jack Jaw, anyone have experience with those?

 

I do my best to never lift from the body seams. I am sure these help, but lifting from the differential or the front subframe ensures the body seams don't fold over. I made small ramps just make it possible to do this with my 2 1/2 ton floor jack - it's not low profile at all.

 

When you settle the car down on jack stands, do you use the pinch welds? Or another spot?

 

I rest on the OEM seam jack points, but I am very careful to not stress them sideways. Ideally I'd have jack stands with a "jack jaw" top on them. I just haven't got that far with my die grinder yet.

I did remove a significant amount of metal from my jack stands as it was only denting the floor pan.

 

This is the exact method I do, either the front sub frame or rear diff. Best way IMO. My pinch welds were bent when I got the car....

 

I would not use jack pads, I would lift from the frame or suspension:

 

This video definitely has staying power! I don’t think Jack pads at fault In his accident. The jack didn’t recenter itself (didn’t budge) under the jack point, most likely due to the pits in the floor.

 

Poor Bullets Garage I was a subscriber before this happened and i remembered when he first posted it. I am surprised he posted it at all; sucks people are making fun of his mistakes. I was going to get jack stand but I decided against at after this.

 

I love Bullets's enthusiasm. I wish he would subscribe to TIS and better understand the fundamentals.

 

Aint nothing wrong with jack stands.

Those trollers just haven’t had it happen to them...yet.

 

In a later video, he showed that he was using two separate hockey pucks. That was a spell for disaster.

The jack pads in the Amazon link I posted are being screwed onto the pinch welds underneath the car. They work totally different vs the hockey pucks.

Here’s that video that he explained and showed the hockey pucks.

 

I use the ZL1 addon's Lift Pads and they work well. I did have to shim them a bit so that they would bite nice. But they work well. The most important thing is to use a jack that is even and not with double pads on it, like in the video above.

 

Bullets garage lacks common sense. He needs to take up needle point. One vid. he gets under the car with only a floor jack holding it with no jack stand. He totally molests his GSF.

 

I work on my IS-F and Supra fairly often. One of the best investments I've made is getting a QuickJack portable lift. You can find them for $1000 at Costco: https://www.costco.com/QuickJack-5,0...100460313.html (delivered is a bit more expensive)
Doubles as a jack and jack stands so you can work underneath the car safely. Plus it's pretty low profile, so it'll work easily even if your lowered. Yes, much more expensive than a jack and a set of stands, but it's another option to consider if you work under your car often.

 

That's a cool solution! Do they store well in your garage? Or do you just leave them in place in a collapsed position?