Jacking up your Blackwing

[dinkman]

GM should be embarrased this thread is on page 19 and still going

 

[raptor5244]

GM should be embarrased this thread is on page 19 and still going

They don't want us working on our own cars.

 

[Tall Steve]

They don't want us working on our own cars.

My hands are to soft and smooth to work on my own car!

 

[AtrociKitty]

GM should be embarrased this thread is on page 19 and still going

I honestly didn't think it was that complicated, at least for a 4BW. I used a regular grooved hockey puck pad when I swapped my wheels and had no issues. I fit the groove on the rear chassis brace, and I used it as a regular pad on the front flat. This thread had me worried I missed something, but I really think some of you are overthinking it. Just avoid the carbon and you'll be fine.

 

[Tall Steve]

I honestly didn't think it was that complicated, at least for a 4BW. I used a regular grooved hockey puck pad when I swapped my wheels and had no issues. I fit the groove on the rear chassis brace, and I used it as a regular pad on the front flat. This thread had me worried I missed something, but I really think some of you are overthinking it. Just avoid the carbon and you'll be fine.

I like your thinking!

 

[dinkman]

I honestly didn't think it was that complicated, at least for a 4BW. I used a regular grooved hockey puck pad when I swapped my wheels and had no issues. I fit the groove on the rear chassis brace, and I used it as a regular pad on the front flat. This thread had me worried I missed something, but I really think some of you are overthinking it. Just avoid the carbon and you'll be fine.

thats good to hear. i was starting to worry that i really needed to read 19 pages!

 

[rubberduck]

GM should be embarrased this thread is on page 19 and still going

From what I’ve seen it’s largely not a GM issue.

 

[jbawden]

If you can't use a pinch weld adapter to lift your BW, you probably should not be doing any services to the car in the first place.

I think the reason we're at 20 pages is people trying to purposely leave tools on their cars when they aren't working on them in the form of pinch weld adapters that are purportedly permanently attached to the car. Walk any track and you'll find these in the run off areas.

 

[rubberduck]

You won't find mine on the track because I'm not going to be on the track. I prefer to have them installed so a numb skull that may need to jack up my car doesn't F it up.

 

[MookdocOE]

You won't find mine on the track because I'm not going to be on the track. I prefer to have them installed so a numb skull that may need to jack up my car doesn't F it up.

Yup! Take it to a dealer if you want to see what can be done? Not in a good way either! I liked your setup with the RennStand? I think I might go that route!

 

[turbotaz]

Thanks to this thread, I have been hesitant to even attempt doing my own seasonal tire swap on my 5BW as I have done on my past cars, but just decided to go for it. I first tried the method listed here for the 4BW in this thread but found that the magnetic puck would not fit around the plastic piece next to the pinch weld. So I followed Mirza's advice by getting this Home Depot block of wood and having them cut it to size. Seemed to work ok for both front and rear.

 

[thefleshrocket]

Thanks to this thread, I have been hesitant to even attempt doing my own seasonal tire swap on my 5BW as I have done on my past cars, but just decided to go for it. I first tried the method listed here for the 4BW in this thread but found that the magnetic puck would not fit around the plastic piece that next to the pinch weld. So I followed Mirza's advice by getting this Home Depot block of wood and having them cut it to size. Seemed to work ok for both front and rear.

I just notched the plastic piece near the pinch weld so that the ZL1 add-ons pucks would fit.

 

[Orange Whip]

Thanks to this thread, I have been hesitant to even attempt doing my own seasonal tire swap on my 5BW as I have done on my past cars, but just decided to go for it. I first tried the method listed here for the 4BW in this thread but found that the magnetic puck would not fit around the plastic piece next to the pinch weld. So I followed Mirza's advice by getting this Home Depot block of wood and having them cut it to size. Seemed to work ok for both front and rear.

Thanks for the pictures. Where you did put your jack stands?

 

[turbotaz]

Didn't need them in my case, I have a separate set of wheels for the winter, so I just did one wheel at a time.

 

[nelson]

Hi everyone, I just read the first 5 pages of this thread and then realized its 20 pages long! I usually do my own tire swaps and need to get all seasons on the 5BW and just started searching for the jacking points and stumbled upon here. Is there a TLDR on what part or tool I need in addition to my jack and jack stands to be successful here? I've never had such a "nice" car so I've always just jacked directly on the pinch welds but I'm guessing there isn't clearance and I don't want to break something. I also don't want the kid at discount to break something either!

 

[Deneed4spd]

If it’s that fancy of a car, you have to put in those 20 pages!!