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Old 07-14-2014, 08:55 AM
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is there a hole to install them on the c4 in the right place?
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No, there is no slotted hole for it to fit into, like the C5 and C 6 have.
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thanks you saved an old man with a bad back from having to crawl around on the floor.
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Originally Posted by Lloyd Smale
thanks you saved an old man with a bad back from having to crawl around on the floor.
There was a jacking bar I saw with a puck on each end to straddle the pinch weld at each of the front and rear jacking locations and lift both with the jack centered in the middle of the bar (approx the middle of the door). (HINT!)

An alternative would be a small metal puck with a "V" grove in it that would straddle the pinch weld. (HINT-HINT)

But, in lieu of such conveniences, I place the cup of the floor jack on the pinch weld forward and behind the locations indicated on the rocker panel, simply because the cup on my floor jack is so big (about 5-6" diameter) that it also compresses on the rocker and the floor pan before making contact with the pinch weld. Not good!

Someday, I'll make my own C4 "pucks" (and maybe sell a few too!).
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Ideally you could just do 4 composite pucks and using a router configure them for each location and insert a pair of magnets in each. I would think it requires minimal effort and very accurate positioning "every time"!
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I bought one of these from CorvetteMods,one of our site vendors. It replaces the cup on my floor jack and works like a charm on our ZR-1.

http://www.corvettemods.com/C5-C6-Co...te_p_5062.html

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Originally Posted by USAZR1
I bought one of these from CorvetteMods,one of our site vendors. It replaces the cup on my floor jack and works like a charm on our ZR-1.

http://www.corvettemods.com/C5-C6-Co...te_p_5062.html
not sure how it would work on a C4/ZR-1, but i've got one for sale - $10 + shipping. anyone interested, drop me a PM

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If you're home and using a hydraulic floor jack, I prefer the Gadgetman jack adapter with a little mod I put together on it



Disregard the u-joint tool in the pictures.

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