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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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Where are the jacking points for putting the jack under the soarer. I just tried jacking up the car today and made a massive dent in my front cabin near the accelerator

Theres a rip in the bottom of the car and the floor is all dented up.

My car is lowered, and the jack could not really fit.

Anyway, here are some pics. Should I start to worry?
I tried getting a hammer and hammering the dent out from the inside, it didnt really work though.

The rip
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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Searched for jacking point in this forum and found it right away

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There are others if these don't get you enough detail
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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Ah crap. I am such an idiot.
So how can I repair what I have done?
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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wow dude you screwed up. thats not good. take more pics of how it looks inside and out.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Since hammering inside won't work for you. I suggest you send that to the bodyshop and let them pull it with proper tools.

Just don't overpay.

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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 09:56 PM
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Hmm so how much would I be looking at? I cant drive it around like this because theres a hole right? Will it rust?
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by menty
Hmm so how much would I be looking at? I cant drive it around like this because theres a hole right? Will it rust?
I don't know how much since you are in Aus.

You can drive it but be sure you don't drive on flood haha

Find a bodyshop that will do it the cheapest unless money is not an issue.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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I would pay less than $100... rewelded and sealed.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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ouch! that looks like it hurts..i had that happen once to my friends civic..but instead it left a big fat hole..we just covered it up and i dont know if he got any rust or anything..cuz he ended up selling his car a few months after
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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That's an interesting problem. I did the same thing to my Honda CRX (this is quite a while ago), but it was only slightly bent, not ripped like yours, so I just sprayed the exposed area with undercoating and lived with it.

I can think of a couple of ways to attempt to fix this (one way involves opening the sunroof!), and I'd be interested to hear how a body shop, if you go that route, repairs it.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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heres the thing about lowered cars =p especially wit kits (like mine)... a normal jack wont work haha.. try buying a LOW PRO jack OR.. do what i do.. i use the OEM pyrimad jack and jack the car up high eough so i can fit a regular jack in.. hah double the work but meh beats hacing dents
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by vwynn
heres the thing about lowered cars =p especially wit kits (like mine)... a normal jack wont work haha.. try buying a LOW PRO jack OR.. do what i do.. i use the OEM pyrimad jack and jack the car up high eough so i can fit a regular jack in.. hah double the work but meh beats hacing dents
That's what I do haha... elbow grease lifting
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None of that is necessary.
Just drive the car up on some pieces of wood, elevating it to a normal height.
Here's some "mini-ramps" I made just for that purpose:

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Good improvisation
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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those mini ramps are sweet. As for the hole , I would get that fixed asap.
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