View Full Version : C8 Corvette Falls Off Lift
WorkinProgress
06-11-2020, 04:49 PM
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articles/c8-corvette-falls-off-lift-dealership/?utm_source=2020611&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content
jandron
07-09-2020, 08:10 AM
The worst nightmare for mechanic guys.
70 copo
07-09-2020, 11:30 AM
Discussion Here: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=161489
JRSully
07-09-2020, 11:33 AM
Find it a bit hard to believe that the dealerships weren't properly schooled on how to properly hoist the new Vette given the radical weight distribution change from the prior model.? Maybe they were, human error.? Tough to look at, but I'm sure he'll get a new one
x33rs
07-09-2020, 01:20 PM
While on a smaller scale, I put my sons air cooled bug on the 2 post lift without any issue. I tend to like to have a full tank of gas in it to offset that a bit (tank is up front) But it's very stable on the lift. I like to rock it back and forth after I get it a couple inches off the ground just to make sure before it goes all the way up.
69SS350
07-10-2020, 12:12 AM
Wouldn't bet on that dealership doing squat.....but then again... it depends.
I remember years ago where someone in Delaware took his brand new ZL1 Camaro in for some warranty work......left it there over the weekend (if it were mine, no way in hell would I have done that).....
Well someone who worked in the shop thought it would be cool to take it for a Sunday drive and proceeded to total the car. The dealership tried to screw the owner over by looking for another used ZL1 that wasn't close to what he had. It was a mess.
Ended up another dealership from another state heard about what happened - stepped in and made it good.....I'm sure it made for some great publicity for that dealership.
I was floored by that ending, but I'm sure there is more to the story than what I just mentioned...
Either way, I hope the guy with the C8 gets treated well by that dealership.
WorkinProgress
07-10-2020, 12:50 AM
That was John Hooper's Camaro. He wrote "The 1969 Camaro Reference Book".
- Warren
https://www.torquenews.com/106/final-update-stolen-and-wrecked-chevrolet-camaro-zl1-delaware
Lee Stewart
07-15-2020, 09:35 PM
Want a Cheap C8 Corvette? Buy the One That Fell Off a Dealer's Lift
https://i.postimg.cc/433xp8XJ/BB16MndF.jpg (https://postimg.cc/5XZJVSHG)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/want-a-cheap-c8-corvette-buy-the-one-that-fell-off-a-dealer-s-lift/ar-BB16MFvI?ocid=msedgdhp&fullscreen=true#image=1
69SS350
07-16-2020, 12:56 AM
I guess if the frame isn't all bent up, it might be repairable.
But falling off a lift......ehhhhh I don't know.
It'll be interesting to see what it'll go for.
68camaroz28
07-16-2020, 02:48 AM
We have a new Corvette since mid March and I’ve had on our two post lift. There are two front and two rear slotted holes which are the cars lift points. There are also four round holes, two forward of the rear slotted holes and two toward the rear of the two forward slotted holes. The car was lifted with the rear lifting arm not placed on the more rearward slotted hole area but the more forward round hole which has no structural strength so it appears the lift arm once the car was raised just tore thru the car. The correct lift point is more rearward just in front of the rear tire. When lifted using the four correct lift points the car is very stable.
70 copo
03-17-2021, 11:44 PM
Happened AGAIN...:eek2:
This time a Rapid blue example.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/research/c8-corvette-falls-off-lift/ar-BB1eshJI?li=BBnbfcL
AnthonyS
03-18-2021, 01:36 AM
Geeze...
70 copo
07-25-2021, 03:20 PM
This one did not fall off the lift. Tragic.
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the427king
07-25-2021, 04:20 PM
The best made 2 post lift is a four post lift.
AnthonyS
07-25-2021, 07:23 PM
Gah. That’s just one town over… tragic.
LT1vette
07-26-2021, 03:22 AM
Come on Guys....Give the dealership a break. If it was a Ferrari would we be talking about it here?
70 copo
07-26-2021, 01:50 PM
Come on Guys....Give the dealership a break. If it was a Ferrari would we be talking about it here?
I started the original thread here to as a service to C-8 owners as to raise awareness of the risk prior to the car's next service appointment.
Original thread: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=161489
Nobody is making fun of the Corvette, but If I was an owner - I would have a local graphics vendor make Lift Point Here" stickers and I would have them placed on the correct areas on the car.
Finally, If Ferrari's were falling off lifts - yes, I suspect we would also be talking about that here as well. Guys on this board also own them too.
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