New member here. Greetings Fiero colleagues. I was just wondering what the best way to tell mechanics how to put the Fiero on lifts. Will be getting tires soon and am worried that some newbie unfamiliar will jack it up and ruin my under car coolant tubes. Thank you!
Press the point that the lower rocker panels are plastic. Local tire shop found this out on my car the hard way. It ended up costing them $1500 for the rocker panel and front fender replacement and repaint.
This was just 5 days after the entire car was just painted so body shop still had the paint in stock.
Press the point that the lower rocker panels are plastic. Local tire shop found this out on my car the hard way. It ended up costing them $1500 for the rocker panel and front fender replacement and repaint.
This was just 5 days after the entire car was just painted so body shop still had the paint in stock.
Jeez, that bites! That is exactly what I was worried about! Thanks for the advice!
One or Two post lifts uses same four spots hitting hard sections of "frame."
Damage pipe by jacking 1 example: See my Cave, Crushed Pipe
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When I buy new tires I never let the tire places put them on my car. They hire cheap labor that knows little of jack points. A friend had four tires put on and the lug nuts were put on so tight it took a three foot breaker bar to get them off I take all four off and take the old tires down to the store, then I reinstall with the new tires in my garage. Only then will my car escape damage and have the lug nuts torqued to spec. This is very important.
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When I buy new tires I never let the tire places put them on my car. They hire cheap labor that knows little of jack points. A friend had four tires put on and the lug nuts were put on so tight it took a three foot breaker bar to get them off I take all four off and take the old tires down to the store, then I reinstall with the new tires in my garage. Only then will my car escape damage and have the lug nuts torqued to spec. This is very important.
When I buy new tires I never let the tire places put them on my car. They hire cheap labor that knows little of jack points. A friend had four tires put on and the lug nuts were put on so tight it took a three foot breaker bar to get them off I take all four off and take the old tires down to the store, then I reinstall with the new tires in my garage. Only then will my car escape damage and have the lug nuts torqued to spec. This is very important.