Maine-iac

A buddy of mine placed the lift arms under my '06 GT today and we we put the car in the air to work on the exhaust. When I got under there I quickly notices the front lift arms were placed under the rear k-Member - right where the two bolts are on the rear. I freaked out and lowered the car to the ground and re-lifeted on the correct frame spot. The "box" areas under the rear of the k-Member definely pushed up a little on both sides.

HOW BAD IS THIS? Can it be fixed or does it even need to be fixed?

moosestang

Are you sure the metal is pushed up? I've supported the car before by the kmember in that same spot. Even if it did get pushed up as you said, I don't think it will hurt anything.

Now on to something important. Where can I see a full size pic of your avatar?

Maine-iac

Yep - it's pushed up for sure had another mustang there to compare it to. Nor really severe, but pushed up a little

Maine-iac

You're welcome...

FrostByte

OH MY

Diabolical!

Can you post pics? I've supported my car from various places all over the K-member before and haven't had problems.

Maine-iac

Here are some pics - but it's hard to show - much more noticeable in person.

duckbubbles

The K-member is integral in setting your wheel alignment. Check that, if it's good, it's your decision to replace it or not. No harm- no foul. If you have a wreck, it will probably fold up easier.

Frank

Maine-iac

I would if I could - but I can't move the car until spring. I have a ton of mods planned for the winter. If this is really bad, it may change my plans. I can't be the first to have this happen - someone must have been through this to know if jacking on this area causes any issues. Don't know how the slight cave-in I got could ever be fixed. I have caster/camber plates - will that allow the car to be properly aligned if the alignment got thown off a little bit?

moosestang

Your pictures are terrible! I can't tell much from those, but here's mine. I'm pretty sure it's always looked like this.