04-17-2015, 06:30 PM | #1 |
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Plastic Jack Points on the X1
Hi, Has anyone used the Plastic Jack Points to lift their X1 up? I attempted to today and noticed that the 4 jack points are plastic and my hydraulic jack stand has a rounded lift point. I assumed it was metal until I started lifting and noticed 2 points in the square plastic lift point started to dent. I am thinking that I need a special adapter (or) if I can just put a piece of wood between my jack stand and the square plastic lift point. If any of you have done this I would appreciate knowing.
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04-17-2015, 09:19 PM | #3 |
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04-18-2015, 12:53 AM | #5 |
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ECS Tuning offers this, but a block of wood works just fine too
http://www.ecstuning.com/ES251251/?g...HEEBoCweDw_wcB |
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04-18-2015, 11:11 AM | #6 |
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that hydraulic jack with round metal has slots where you can lock them in the X1 jack points. I think those jack points are not really plastic, just my opinion, more like some sort of composite made (very hard and strong). I took off all my wheels last week using same hydraulic jack with no block.
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04-19-2015, 06:08 PM | #8 |
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+1 on the jack adapter from ECS.
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04-20-2015, 01:54 AM | #9 |
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I bought a jack pad adapter from Burger Tuning for $19.00.
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04-20-2015, 06:31 AM | #10 |
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Thanks guys, just ordered one from Burger Motorsports via Ebay for $10 including shipping.
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?n...960139&alt=web |
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07-28-2015, 12:10 PM | #12 |
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28i or 35i? on that jack point?
Where do y'all place the jack stands?
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07-30-2015, 09:03 PM | #13 |
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I bought one of those adapters from Fred Gwyn (sp) who advertises in the classified section of Roundel. Fast shipping and he's a BMW supporter.
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