A recent thread in the tools forum has made me start revisiting different jack stand options to work around issues with weak (OEM recommended) pinch weld stand locations on some vehicles. One option is to use stands with larger contact surface area like the ESCO stands with flat circular tops and put them under the frame rails.
But the frame rails are not the factory recommended lift or support points, and bending them or putting divots in them would be even more annoying than minor mutilation of the pinch welds. They look strong but I'm not sure whether the layer on the surface is actually strong enough to support the vehicle without bending.
Does anyone regularly use unibody frame rails as support points? Any good or bad experiences?
But the frame rails are not the factory recommended lift or support points, and bending them or putting divots in them would be even more annoying than minor mutilation of the pinch welds. They look strong but I'm not sure whether the layer on the surface is actually strong enough to support the vehicle without bending.
Does anyone regularly use unibody frame rails as support points? Any good or bad experiences?