Where Do you lift the vette's with a Jack!
10-07-2009, 11:28 PM
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Where Do you lift the vette's with a Jack!
Hey guys my new wheels came in and am wondering where are the lifting points on these C5s! I know that you must use a hockey puck in between the jack and the car, but where are you guys liftin' em from? Any advice is greatly appreiciated! Thanks, Guys
10-08-2009, 06:39 AM
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READ the owners manual ( if you have one), if not, look under the rocker panels on each side of the car, you'll find 2 slots on per side, 1 close to the front wheel and 1 close to the rear wheel. That's where the hockey pucks go!
10-08-2009, 06:48 AM
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You can ALSO lift the entier rear of the car by placing your jack dead center of the rear cross member....
10-08-2009, 08:41 AM
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There are four points under the rockers that are supposed to be used (they have holes in them) and the rockers are notched back. Before you do it, go get yourself some Elite Engineering http://www.eliteengineeringusa.com jacking pucks or frame sliders. If you don't, you run the risk of cracking the rockers underneath, which might have already been done by a dealer or shop. Jeff's a forum vendor and great guy to deal with!
10-08-2009, 10:44 AM
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Done it both ways and it works just fine.
10-08-2009, 11:02 AM
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There are four points under the rockers that are supposed to be used (they have holes in them) and the rockers are notched back. Before you do it, go get yourself some Elite Engineering http://www.eliteengineeringusa.com jacking pucks or frame sliders. If you don't, you run the risk of cracking the rockers underneath, which might have already been done by a dealer or shop. Jeff's a forum vendor and great guy to deal with!
I'll be sure to put up pics so you guys can see it with the new wheels!
I have heard that the hockey puck works just fine, Any input on that!
10-08-2009, 11:51 AM
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I used a hockey puck also on the jack. I made my own pucks with eyes bolted through the center to fit in the slots cost $6.00 (since I'm from Canada we all have pucks kicking around the garage)
10-09-2009, 12:12 AM
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You can also lift the front of the car from the center of the cross member. However, most jacks, even low profile jacks wont fit, since its so far from the front of the car. I drive my front wheels up on a couple 2x4's. This 1.5 inches gives me enough room to get my low profile jack under the car far enough to get to that jacking point. You will have to fold the center air dam back. It's spring loaded to fold backwards, dont try and pull it toward the front.
10-09-2009, 07:05 AM
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I have an NHL Hockey puck in my tool box just in case I need that extra space. If you are careful, you can put the floor jack head right on the frame where the rectangular slots are being sure it touches no parts of the rocker itself, then jack it up. For added comfort, placing the hockey puck on the jack head makes sure there are no mistakes...
10-09-2009, 07:58 PM
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