Is this style "lift pad" safe to use on pinch welds?

[austin1346]

All the DIY shops near me have this style of lift pad and I'm hesitant to use it on my pinch welds given how fragile they are. Also metal on metal is rather slippery. I'm pretty sure there are frame rails underneath all the plastic covers but I don't want to deal with them if I don't have to. All the shops that have lifted my car always have some sort of rubber or slotted rubber pad to safely lift from the welds.

Anyone have experience with this? Thanks.

[Nillious]

There are reinforced areas on the pinch welds. As long as they are placed in the right position they should be fine. Nearly every car on the road has been lifted by that style.

[austin1346]

Thanks for the reply. How would you orient them? Are they supposed to run parallel or perpendicular to the pinch weld? I'm not sure if the reinforced part is as long as the pad/feet

[Smac770]

Are they the best fit pad, no. Will you ever see shops spend the time to care, no. There's a reason pinch welds on often worked on cars are always messed up. The one on my niece's malibu was so smashed up, you couldn't even safely use the spare tire jack with it until I did some unsmashing adjustments.

Pinch welds for lifting is cheap lazy piss poor solution to the problem. But do they have to care that want better for your car? No, so they aren't going to do jack about it.

[evanb]

My shop uses blocks of wood. 🤷

[Izzyz28]

Yes, they're fine.

[blackfunk]

Buy a few of these and have them use it when lifting. It's what I do - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1

[austin1346]

Used it today for the first time and can confirm it's fine and did not bend my welds. However it does peel a little paint off some spots but can easily be recoated with spray paint.

[eyab689]

When I'm using my floor jack I bought these round disks kind of like hockey pucks with a slit in them and it lifts at the pinch welds without any issues.

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