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Originally Posted by Deepbluegxp

I still haven't gotten it back, I asked Achieftain to start a poll for me on this
Damage due to improper jacking, I'd appreciate everyone who has had this problem visit the poll.

And as I noted in the poll, FWIW, Skys might be more prone to this type of issue so don't include yourself here or it will skew data. Also be certain that your damage was caused while the car was at the dealership at not from hopping a curb, hitting a parking bumper, running over a squirrel the size of a horse.

Whether a dealer uses the rubber bumpers or not makes less of a difference than if they do not use a swing arm for lifting that does not have enough clearance to keep from contacting body panels. The rubbers will help, but are not the cure-all for using the same setup last used on a larger car and kicking the lift supports into the panels. That's one way this poarticular damage can occur. Another is that without enough vertical offset when lifting the car the normal flex in the lifts arms may allow contact with the body.

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	achieftain Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: turning right to go left	Quote: Originally Posted by Deepbluegxp I still haven't gotten it back, I asked Achieftain to start a poll for me on this Damage due to improper jacking, I'd appreciate everyone who has had this problem visit the poll. And as I noted in the poll, FWIW, Skys might be more prone to this type of issue so don't include yourself here or it will skew data. Also be certain that your damage was caused while the car was at the dealership at not from hopping a curb, hitting a parking bumper, running over a squirrel the size of a horse. Whether a dealer uses the rubber bumpers or not makes less of a difference than if they do not use a swing arm for lifting that does not have enough clearance to keep from contacting body panels. The rubbers will help, but are not the cure-all for using the same setup last used on a larger car and kicking the lift supports into the panels. That's one way this poarticular damage can occur. Another is that without enough vertical offset when lifting the car the normal flex in the lifts arms may allow contact with the body. __________________ When more than one friend wants to ride shotgun No, I do not work for GM, but if I did, the G8 ST would not be DOA!