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I plan on installing side skirts when i get my 2016 in a few weeks, do the pucks interfere at all? Or is it easier to just roll the tires over some 2x4s?
This is slightly off topic in a way, but it reminded me of something I was curious about.
Is it true that when you put a C7 (or C5 or C6) up on jackstands (or on a hoist) and the suspension is dangling, that when you bring the car back down it will sit slightly higher than it did before, and then takes a few hundred miles of driving for it to settle to it's previous lower ride height?
Jake,
You have more nerve than I do by pivoting the car on jack stands.
I would only trust jack stands to hold the car if the whole car is raised and then lowered straight down onto the stands..
Also, when you raise one side, doesn't that make the other side even lower to get a jack under?
This is slightly off topic in a way, but it reminded me of something I was curious about.
Is it true that when you put a C7 (or C5 or C6) up on jackstands (or on a hoist) and the suspension is dangling, that when you bring the car back down it will sit slightly higher than it did before, and then takes a few hundred miles of driving for it to settle to it's previous lower ride height?
No, not true. Won't take a few hundred miles, more like a few feet.
Jake, when ya raise one side, doesn't that make the other side even lower to get a jack under?
Actually makes the opposite side sit higher. No nerve required...simple & super stable. Tire rotation, tread inspection, wheel cleaning, aero install, oil change, exhaust work, sway bar install, CAGS, lowering, brake pads, etc. I do my own stuff & this set-up is ideal.
No better location for the stands...screw the owners manual
Those points are not identified as jacking locations in the OM, at least for 2015. They're probably fine, and plenty strong enough, but they're certainly not the GM recommended locations.
Those points are not identified as jacking locations in the OM, at least for 2015. They're probably fine, and plenty strong enough, but they're certainly not the GM recommended locations.
True, but I think the procedure is valid. Just put the stands in the recommended places.
07-15-2015, 06:08 PM
How to put a C7 on (4) jack stands in 2 minutes
No nerve required...simple & super stable. Tire rotation, tread inspection, wheel cleaning, aero install, oil change, exhaust work, sway bar install, CAGS, lowering, brake pads, etc. I do my own stuff & this set-up is ideal. 
installed rockers/splitter with stands @ 21"
