I plan to put my entire car up on stands soon using the figs pinch weld adapters. My jack stands don’t have a landing pad that is big enough for those adapters. Which jack stands do you use that you are comfortable with putting all four corners on? I’m trying to use the figs adapters to preserve the pinch welds that are made of butter.

 

Take it to a body shop and have them reinforced. I am. All four of my are flat and it’s starting to damage the bottom. I use my harbor freight jacks.

 

Hein-Werner HW93506 have a 1.5in wide saddle with a flat profile and would be my choice to combine with Figs Jack Jaw. I bought a pair of the HW's last year intending to use this combination on the rear pinch welds (rears are in decent shape but fronts are mangled). But when I was ready to purchase, Figs was out of stock so I ended up getting Sunex 1006 instead. The Sunex units have nice slots but a deeper overall cup, so I definitely would not use on a flattened pinch weld, especially in the front.

6-ton jack stands are so convenient vs 3-ton, I just had to do the frustratingly simple arithmetic to make sure my floor jack had enough height capability to lift off of ramps onto them for multiple vehicles (requires measurement of suspension droop). My 3-ton set is relegated to backup duty only now.

HW quality seems really good. The paint is nice and seems like 1/8in thick, weld quality seems good though stickers cover the critical seam weld. O'Reilly will beat Home Despot on price, even though they are special order. They gave me free shipping, so it was a no-brainer.

 

Interested to learn what you find out from body shop. Novel race team had nice pucks for their race ISF's. Heck, even C7 Corvettes had trick pucks from the factory.

 

I've had mine for almost 30 years. They're a lot like the Hein Warner units above. I modified two of them for use in the front and would have made them even narrower if I had a bandsaw - something a little more stout than a die grinder with a cutoff wheel. From the factory they're fine for the rear on all three cars, but they're just a little wide for the fronts.


From the factory






Modified to avoid denting the floor pan or smashing the side skirts

 

I use Esco #10498 jack stands. Much more confident using these compared to my old ratchet style.

 

These look awesome. Thanks!

 

No custom slit down the middle for the pinch welds ??

Joe Z

 

I would need to fully flatten the top for that to work. With the indentation, all it would do is cause dents at the ends.

 

These look good for the job. Does the black puck come with them?

 

yes, the jack stands come with the rubber pucks

 

Are these steel or Aluminum? How are the pin-to-through-hole tolerances?

My last set of pin-style jack stands was an OTC Aluminum set bundled with my floor jack, beautiful to look at but absolute junk. They wobbled dangerously with me just standing on the saddle, and the pin didn't go through the upper holes completely. Tossed 'em.

 

Has anyone here purchased these? They are kinda pricey, but they look sturdy as hell.
https://www.etamfg.com/shop.html?sto...ach-p252276669

 

They are steel and rated at 6000lbs EACH.... not per set like most other jack stands. The pin is hardened steel. The stands are seriously heavy duty and much more stable than other 4 legged jack stands I've used. Not knocking other jack stands, but I’m really liking my Esco’s.

Just look up some Esco 10498 jack stand reviews on google and YouTube.

Here’s a link to a good write-up:
https://revlimiter.net/blog/2010/07/...tand-review-1/

 

400 for jack stands... you can get a scissor lift from Costco for 800 during sales. I’m sure their nice, but that hurts my heart.