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Rant: I thought jack stands were overkill until I saw my buddy's pinch weld fold like paper
I used to just slide the spare tire under the frame and call it good when I changed oil in my driveway. Then last Saturday my buddy Dan had his Civic up on two jack stands in his garage in Akron and I watched one of them dig a half inch into the pinch weld and bend it like a soda can. He had been using the same stands for maybe 4 years with no pads, just metal on metal, and the seam was rusted and crushed after that long. I borrowed his floor jack the next day and bought a pair of rubber slotted pads for $14 at the parts store, and the seam on my car looked clean when I checked it after. I know this sounds like basic stuff to the old timers on here but I really thought the pads were just a gimmick for people with nice cars. Has anyone actually welded a plate on a crushed pinch weld to bring it back, or is that a body shop job at that point?
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