Yea I don’t love using them either. Some cars like the Miata, that’s all they have. I have big rubber pads from the quickjack with a slot in them that go around the pinch weld and seem to use it more for alignment and less for lifting. But it seems weird to design a car to be lifted by a small perpendicular joint.
I touched on that in the video, Agm says they’ve tested this and shown it exceeds the weight rating of the jack. If you’re concerned I would do a single front wheel jack and that version of the stand. Truly I’m using this as a safety incase my floor jack fails, so I feel it’s reasonable. I would love any input from anyone who has experienced a failure.
I have yet to use pinch welds( with an appropriate jack pad). Just doesn't feel right. Not sure why.
Yea I don’t love using them either. Some cars like the Miata, that’s all they have. I have big rubber pads from the quickjack with a slot in them that go around the pinch weld and seem to use it more for alignment and less for lifting. But it seems weird to design a car to be lifted by a small perpendicular joint.
I've read that you aren't supposed to use the cross bar and a load point. Not sure it's designed for this purpose.
I touched on that in the video, Agm says they’ve tested this and shown it exceeds the weight rating of the jack.
If you’re concerned I would do a single front wheel jack and that version of the stand.
Truly I’m using this as a safety incase my floor jack fails, so I feel it’s reasonable. I would love any input from anyone who has experienced a failure.