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Old Jan 2, 2022 | 08:22 AM
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we want to buy a set of those jacking pucks ,the ones that are permanent, I heard that they can break or crack ,does anyone know anything about these? thanks
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I bought these a couple years back . They work great and dealer tech even made comment on how nice they were constructed.

Puck on my 17 GS !


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Not sure which manufacturer would be involved in the breaking pucks, but I have been using the same BMW jacking pucks for better than ten years covering my C5s and now my C7. No problems at all with them cracking/breaking.

Besides the plastic ones, you can get a set of aluminum ones that securely mount on the car.
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Old Jan 2, 2022 | 09:26 AM
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^^^ Same. Never had a problem and I have the hard plastic ones that pop in on both cars C5 and C7.

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I've used the BMW plastic pucks for years. C5, C6 and now my C7. It's the SAME set all these years and they are fine....still.
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is the bmw pucks really for BMW cars?
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Never heard of a jacking puck, cracking/breaking however do know someone who had a permanent puck come lose causing an ugly gash in their rocker.
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is the bmw pucks really for BMW cars?
Well, I bought them at the local BMW dealer but these are the same..........
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Originally Posted by Kevin A Jones
Never heard of a jacking puck, cracking/breaking however do know someone who had a permanent puck come lose causing an ugly gash in their rocker.
I had a plastic one crack.
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I use a hockey puck with my jack.
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Been using them for years. Even bought my Vette tech a set (long time friend as well as tech)...
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I use a hockey puck with my jack.
Yup. Can't beat a DYI for 99 cents.
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im more concerned that if I take it to a dealer , they wont want to use my hockey pucks!!
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I bought these a couple years back . They work great and dealer tech even made comment on how nice they were constructed.

Puck on my 17 GS !



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Originally Posted by Borntorun04/17
I bought these a couple years back . They work great and dealer tech even made comment on how nice they were constructed.

Puck on my 17 GS !
Those are nice. Strongly considering a set for my car, as I jack it up a lot for various things.

I made a plywood disc that sits in the center of the jack's cup, to get a little more bite on the pucks. Those lines are from the pinch seam of a previous car.


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^^ I'm very happy with these pucks. I check every spring when car comes out of storage to check that bolts are tight and I have never had to retighten.
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If you are using the cheap plastic ones, they can definitely break. If you get yourself some of the ACS or other aluminum ones, you shouldn't have any issues. Also, if you plan on permanently leaving them, I would add a little bit of blue loctite before installing, just for safe measures.
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Frid what does the ACS stand for?
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I had the plastic ones and a few of them broke! replaced with the Zl1 never had a problem since
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