Pinch weld jack point paint damage?
 

So I jacked my car up this weekend to do the usual tire-swapping work, starting at the front and then moving to the back. I picked up some jack stand pads, thinking they would protect the finish.

Turns out no.

The pinch weld cut down in to the pad, and the pad material A) kind of scraped away at some of the paint, causing some to flake off and B) caused the layers of metal to separate slightly at one corner, kind of peeling apart. When I took the jack stands out the stupid pads were stuck to the car :@

Anyway, how should I go about touching up an area like this? I figured I would clean it with dawn dish soap, wipe down with alcohol, and then apply... something.

Any ideas?

I believe they make a rubberized under body paint in a rattle can. Or you can just go with the regular primer/paint setup.

Yeah, sort of what I figured.

Should I try to flatten it all back out?

Did you bend the pinch weld? I was under the impressions you just scrapped the paint off.

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I bent one layer I think? It sort of turned up a layer of metal like a book page (slightly though, it didn't even bend all the way to the weld).

I will take a pic this afternoon to illustrate what I'm talking about. Describing it is difficult :(

That happened to me before on a past car. The previous owner must have jacked the car up from that side to do his oil changes. If it bothers you, you can use vice clamps to straighten the pinch weld back out, then coat it with underbody spray. May want to think about using a pinch weld adapter of some sort.

I fixed mine because the factory jack wouldn't work with the bent pinch weld.

I use hockey pucks. They are harder and will not cut. So far on my BRZ no damage to the pinch weld or the paint.

Get one of these:

http://www.purems.com/images/product...34235_1_dp.jpg

http://www.purems.com/Products/PROTE...-Lift-Jack-Pad

Those look great but are so spendy. It's just a chunk of poly, after all.

I'm not sure how you guys are installing hockey pucks on a jack stands. Anyone have a link to a DIY? I've only seen how to do it for jacks

Lift it from the front subframe and rear diff instead...pinch weld damage is always bound to occur.

Of course :) got a floor jack just for this but I hate the idea of working supported only by the jack. So I put the stands on and this jazz happens.

For swapping wheels/tires, I never use jack stands, because I'm never under the car. Just a floor jack with a hockey puck (with a slit cut in it) to protect the pinch weld, and I lift one side of the car at a time. Works great, no damage to the pinch weld or paint.

When I do need to use jack stands, I have some poly jack stand pad protectors that I believe are made by Prothane, that I bought at Summit. They do not get cut by the pinch weld when supporting the weight of the car, even on much heavier cars like my Mustang.

I may end up using this method and just using the front and back jack points to quickly swap the tires. Seems like the best alternative, and honestly I spend more time farting around with jack stands than I do changing the tires!