Request: Aluminum Jack Points

longodj · 07-20-2008, 03:58 PM

Can someone please for the love of every that is good and holy make aluminum (or some metal) jack points for the E9x chassis? My jack points are now basically flat because BMW chose to make another part on this f*cking car plastic. I jack my car up at every jack point multiple times a day almost every weekend with a racing jack and jack stands and these points are just not up to par. Please, PLEASE someone machine these in metal!

simp0man · 07-20-2008, 05:26 PM

Maybe you should have applied some support so it wouldn't have bent. Just a thought, I don that. Apply a thing wide plate.

bolinp78 · 07-20-2008, 06:03 PM

Two words:

hockey puck

slupie · 07-20-2008, 06:45 PM

My e39 had plastic jack points, 155k miles and many, many times on floor jack and jack stands and never had a problem. Wifes e90 no problem with the lift blocks and my e91 no problem either. I think it comes down to how you place a floor jack and how big is the jack pad. My floor jack has a 4.5" square pad so the whole jack block is supported on the flat of the jack pad.

halB · 07-20-2008, 07:30 PM

Get replacement plastic cups from BMW and PM him to see if he has any of these adaptors left:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148408

If you can't get it, cut a rectangular piece of hardwood that fits exactly into the hole will do too.

tintivilus · 07-21-2008, 12:25 PM

I think what he's asking for is a pad (though I'd vote for plastic/rubber over aluminum) that would snap into the factory unibody hole to replace the stock cup... which I think is a fantastic idea

Kind of like the flat jack pads for E36's.

Besides, the cup+adapter scheme requires more ground clearance or a lower jack saddle than a plain pad-to-pad setup.

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longodj Major 77 Rep 1,287 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rochester, NY iTrader: (3) Garage List 2007 335xi [0.00] 1974 VW Beetle [0.00]	Request: Aluminum Jack Points Can someone please for the love of every that is good and holy make aluminum (or some metal) jack points for the E9x chassis? My jack points are now basically flat because BMW chose to make another part on this fcking car plastic. I jack my car up at every jack point multiple times a day almost every weekend with a racing jack and jack stands and these points are just not up to par. Please, PLEASE someone machine these in metal! __________________ Performance:* UUC Sways CDV Mod KW V3 Vorshlag plates Pagid Yellow VK OC Hotchkis Brace STETT IC/CAI Braille B2015 VK Catless DP BMS JB3 M-Tech #1 Mod: AutoX/HPDE HPDE 3 Many Thanks: **********s UUC Motorwerks VK Motorwerks HP Autowerks SOLD
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simp0man Not looking 2 SPEED, just looking GOOD 47 Rep 2,513 Posts Drives: 07 328i Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Stockton, Ca iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 328i [0.00]	Maybe you should have applied some support so it wouldn't have bent. Just a thought, I don that. Apply a thing wide plate. __________________
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bolinp78 G35 convertee 69 Rep 1,008 Posts Drives: 2008 335i (AW) Join Date: May 2008 Location: . iTrader: (1)	Two words: hockey puck __________________
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slupie Lieutenant 106 Rep 476 Posts Drives: 07 328iT, Montego Blau Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bartlett, IL iTrader: (2)	My e39 had plastic jack points, 155k miles and many, many times on floor jack and jack stands and never had a problem. Wifes e90 no problem with the lift blocks and my e91 no problem either. I think it comes down to how you place a floor jack and how big is the jack pad. My floor jack has a 4.5" square pad so the whole jack block is supported on the flat of the jack pad.
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halB Colonel 55 Rep 2,384 Posts Drives: W211 E350 4M MkV GTI 987.2 S Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Just north of Toronto iTrader: (0)	Get replacement plastic cups from BMW and PM him to see if he has any of these adaptors left: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148408 If you can't get it, cut a rectangular piece of hardwood that fits exactly into the hole will do too. __________________ 07 E93 335i - Returned at lease end 09 W211 E350 4Matic Avant Garde - Blk/Blk, AMG pkg w/18". Sport Susp. F1 Asym. Debadged. 09 MkV GTI w/Leather & 18" Huffs. F1 Asym 10 987.2 S w/Leather sport seat, Sport Chrono, 19" Carrera S II wheels Last edited by halB; 07-20-2008 at 09:00 PM..
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tintivilus Lieutenant Colonel 26 Rep 1,826 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lake County, IL iTrader: (0) Garage List 2007 E92 335i [0.00] 2003 325i [0.00]	I think what he's asking for is a pad (though I'd vote for plastic/rubber over aluminum) that would snap into the factory unibody hole to replace the stock cup... which I think is a fantastic idea Kind of like the flat jack pads for E36's. Besides, the cup+adapter scheme requires more ground clearance or a lower jack saddle than a plain pad-to-pad setup.
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