Speacial Lift for C5 ?

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Sep 13, 2007 | 06:57 PM

Mudvayne387

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Speacial Lift for C5 ?

I went to my buddys garage the other day to install my new straight pipes. (Car sounds great!) Anyways we were ready to put the vette on the lift and we realized it was not going to work. He called up his buddy from the local chevy dealer and he said that you need a speacial arm to put the C5'S on a lift. Is this true? if so why would chevy do that. We ended up jacking the car up and changing the exhaust that way, but it was kind of a pain. Thanks Gary

Sep 13, 2007 | 07:04 PM

utryd2

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You can use a lift if you have the jack pucks

Sep 13, 2007 | 07:05 PM

02MillenniumVette

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Originally Posted by utryd2

You can use a lift if you have the jack pucks

The dealership probably wanted you to bring it to them so they could over charge you.

Sep 13, 2007 | 07:26 PM

Chevy Guy

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If you have the jacking pucks installed you can get the car to work on almost any lift. I use a two post lift using wood blocks under the pucks.

Sep 13, 2007 | 07:40 PM

Mudvayne387

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Thanks, good to know for my next mod

Sep 13, 2007 | 07:42 PM

vetter79

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A 2 post lift w/ 2x4's works great too!!

Sep 13, 2007 | 10:17 PM

Bill Dearborn

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Or a scissors lift or a 4 post lift. Have never heard of needing a special lift. The pucks are required in the rear shipping slots to protect the fiberglass rocker panel from the lift pads. There is enough room in the front for the lift pads to clear the fiberglass so the pucks are not required in the front.
Bill