Sleep on it, may look better in the morning. As mentioned above, you may be able to beat some of that bulge back down. Fingers crossed for you mate.
gutted for you mate !! but at least you werent under it when it fell !! i know all to well what its like having a car fall off the jack onto you!! luckily the spare wheel was still attached to the car (peugeot 306) and im a big lad so could support the cars weight throught it.
it was a very scary few moments !! good job my mates were there to lift off of me!!
i learnt very quickly how to jack up and support cars!!
hope you can get it sorted easily though !!
it was a very scary few moments !! good job my mates were there to lift off of me!!
i learnt very quickly how to jack up and support cars!!
hope you can get it sorted easily though !!
Just a thought
Are you insured comprehensively with no claim bonus protection, it was an accident after all !!!!!
Are you insured comprehensively with no claim bonus protection, it was an accident after all !!!!!
Still puts your premium up, protected ncb or otherwise.
Have you had another look, will it fill or need pulling?
Have you had another look, will it fill or need pulling?
not sure what is worse;
the car damage or the reflection of his underpants in the panel
Seriously though the standard jack is absolute pants used it to jack one side of my car up (jack at front axle stand at rear to swap the wheels over. When it came to removing the axle stand by jacking up it started to folder under the car. As a result nearly ended up with the same problem!
They are so crap!
Feel for you. Hope its just fixed with replacement skirts
the car damage or the reflection of his underpants in the panel
Seriously though the standard jack is absolute pants used it to jack one side of my car up (jack at front axle stand at rear to swap the wheels over. When it came to removing the axle stand by jacking up it started to folder under the car. As a result nearly ended up with the same problem!
They are so crap!
Feel for you. Hope its just fixed with replacement skirts
not sure what is worse;
the car damage or the reflection of his underpants in the panel
Now why the bloody hell did I go back to the picture and look....
shouldnt be a fail in its current state no, but if its rusts you could be pulled up on having corrosion at the seat belt mounting point. if its even near there.
are the sills on these cars double skinned?
are the sills on these cars double skinned?
FR_Flavoured
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Dodgy socks, and now the underpants (I havent looked back at the pics to see those as well)!? 
What is the secret motive in you posting these pics.............. apart from sill damage??
Seriously though, can a bodyshop simply drill a hole into the sill and insert a puller, to then 'pull out' the dent, or will it not work the same on the Sill as it would a body panel ?
Looks alot of 'void' to simply build up with filler and respray (for a quick fix).
What is the secret motive in you posting these pics.............. apart from sill damage??
Seriously though, can a bodyshop simply drill a hole into the sill and insert a puller, to then 'pull out' the dent, or will it not work the same on the Sill as it would a body panel ?
Looks alot of 'void' to simply build up with filler and respray (for a quick fix).
You should see some of the voids I've had filled in the past.... (oh dear I've just read that out loud....)
Combination of pulling it and filling it should see him right.
Combination of pulling it and filling it should see him right.
Bingo.... mental
Anyway
Buy skirts, get the repair done by the bodyshop (pull, fill & paint) & at the same time fit the skirts saving on two paint jobs.
Next time, don't use the Z jack of death.
Out of intrest what jacks do people recommend using instead of the standard one?
I seem to have used mine an awfull lot on my car and it has been fine for me. (painting calipers, rotating wheels, puntures, fitting spacers etc)
I always make sure i have it positioned on level ground and on the correct jacking points.
Most of the time i would put my axel stand underneath and relieve tension from the jack, but ive never found to to be that dangerous without?
I seem to have used mine an awfull lot on my car and it has been fine for me. (painting calipers, rotating wheels, puntures, fitting spacers etc)
I always make sure i have it positioned on level ground and on the correct jacking points.
Most of the time i would put my axel stand underneath and relieve tension from the jack, but ive never found to to be that dangerous without?
It's just a matter of time...
I've had one bend over in half on me, and have seen countless others bend etc
All I use one for now is to raise it up just enough to slide a trolley jack under, but never to lift the car clear of the ground.
ecksjay
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this is why you should always use an axle stand, even for short wheel changes. it makes so much sense, and they're about a quid.
jack it up somewhere sturdy, not the sill (either chassis rail or on one of the lower arms), and chuck an axle stand somewhere handy, like the main chassis rail or lower arm, wherever the jack isnt.
the jacks you get with the cars are crap and shouldnt really be relied upon, as stuff like this happens. shame really, decent trolley jacks and axle stands are so cheap.
jack it up somewhere sturdy, not the sill (either chassis rail or on one of the lower arms), and chuck an axle stand somewhere handy, like the main chassis rail or lower arm, wherever the jack isnt.
the jacks you get with the cars are crap and shouldnt really be relied upon, as stuff like this happens. shame really, decent trolley jacks and axle stands are so cheap.
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