Jacking Up

[Glyn84]

I had some new tyres fitted yesterday at a local garage and while they appeared to be looking for the jacking points from what I could see from the waiting room, I thought I'd check afterwards as I read Monkfish saying it's easy to damage the skirts. Apart from a bit of under seal scraping which is fairly normal (I assume?) I saw this on the front left, which shows exactly what happens if you don't hit the jack point

I've linked the pictures to keep the full res for detail.

http://www.glyndo.com/images/monarosideskirtdamage...

http://www.glyndo.com/images/monarosideskirtdamage...

http://www.glyndo.com/images/monarosideskirtdamage...

This is what the skirt looks like. You can't really see it in the photo, but it doesn't fit quite as well as the opposite one, and creeks when you press on the plastic.
http://www.glyndo.com/images/monarosideskirtdamage...

They did jack up the front left so I'm quite interested to know if it's possible to tell if this is old damage or recent (it was a 2 mile drive back home from the garage on clean roads). The other skirts are fine so I'm really hoping it wasn't them. Finally, how much of a problem is this, if any, and what sort of £££ are we looking at to fix?

Cheers

Neil

[El Diablo]

So where is the jacking point? I am having some tyres fitted on fri at a local garage. I dont wanna come across as a paronoid owner but I do want to tell him where he should jacking.

any advice would fantastic. I don't wanna have a day of bein happy cos i've had 4 Pzero's fitted but then have a headache cos the underside of the car is caved in.

Nic.

[gsd2000]

It looks like they missed the jacking point. The jacking point at the rear is where the metal folds just above the first picture. You can also jack the rear up from just behind the diff

[El Diablo]

great, cheers mate.

[gsd2000]

I have a picture of all the jacking points on a pontiac gto, i will post the picture up later unless i can find it on the american forums

[gsd2000]

www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=326096&highlight=jacking

try this

[SimonV8ster]

Looks like thats only if you have a 'proper' jack ? Not likr thr things they give you with the car.

It looks as though its just pushed the skirt up next to the metal sill - hence bowing out a little in the last photo. Can you not pull it down and it should re-shape I would have thought ?

[MadMaxHSV]

Unless you've made up some special shaped jacking blocks I wouldn't go anywhere near the folded tin foil jacking points with a conventional trolley jack. You should use the chassis rail at the front and the sub-frame mounts at the rear.
Unfortunately not all garages are sensible and will sling a jack under the car wherever and jack until the wheels lift-off.

[gsd2000]

I use pieces of hardwood that i have trimmed so that it fits in between the side skirt and the body. The seem to work okay ive bent the front jacking point bit of metal when i didnt have my piece of wood but other than that its worked fine.