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Widowmaker jack damage to body skirts

20K views 35 replies 16 participants last post by  shabazmo  
#1 ·
Some of you might remember my comment that I had done some damage to the skirts when changing out my wheels for winters. I noticed on one of the rears that the thread was rubbing against the skirt, even though I thought I had aligned perfectly (and even had a rag on top of the thread). Now I know that I only damaged one wheel point (nearside rear) and made sure I didn't damage the rest of the jacking points, but low and behold when changing back to summers yesterday (using a trolley jack instead) I noticed that I had damaged three out of the four jacking points (where the thread rubbed)
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I can only assume that the thread rubbed on the way down, rather than on the way up, and to be honest I didn't pay any attention on the way down (just assumed that it would follow the same path).

So my first question is, has anybody else jacked up (a SQ5) with the OEM jack and caused damage? Second question is about SMART repairs in the SE.... any recommendations? Audi Maidstone fixed a scratch on delivery in house, so maybe worth asking them to look?
 
#36 ·
This post got me thinking and I am OCD when it comes to diy.