wait wait, im gonna be jacking my car up soon, and i dont understand what casued the bump !??!

 

He jacked it up under the floor board, not the jack points. You need to use the jack points along the side where there is extra metal welded in to make it stronger.

 

dont do the hammer suggestion as you will potentially cause more damage (which will not be easy to repair)... do as memphis suggested... but i just cant understand how a person who is attempting to become a mechanic doesnt know how to jack a car (hell, even my ex-girlfriend could jack a car, and she is about as mechanically inclined as mr. magoo)... good luck with your repairs...

 

Yeah apparently he wasnt going to jack it up from there but his bystanding alcoholic "i know everything" kind of dad thought it would be a great idea to do it his way . Niiiiiice choice buddy go grab another cold one so i can beat you with it. I dont have the money right now, but when I get it I guess im just gunna have to take it to a body shop and play it safe.

Thanks for the input fellas.

 

I disagree with most of the responses. The floorboard area of the back seat is not a strengthened area of the frame, hence the dimple it created. I don't think there would have been any frame damage, and I don't think you will need a ridiculous amount of force to move it back in to place. I would suggest first lifting the carpet to make sure there are no wires or tubes there, and then have at it with a rubber mallet while the carpet is out of the way. Or, lay a small piece of 2x4 over the dimple and wail on that with a heavier hammer like a 3 lb. Yes, the hammer will be strong enough to get it close to where it was, and covering it with carpet after it's relatively flat will take care of the rest. Go ahead, ask me how I know this will work (brother's gen1 RX-7).

 

haha.. that's awesome. punch ur friend first of all. and im sure u can bang it out with a rubber mallet.. unless he bent ur actual frame.. then ur screwed cuz u need that **** to be bent back into place and that uses machines that use precise pressure and force and that means big $$$... but foreal.. punch him.. right in the fokin nose.

 

Chances are, the popping sound you heard was either a weld breaking or the jack slipped from the position he had set it originally. In either case, if it was bent that far, it's only sheet metal. Like someone else suggested, lift the carpet and use a block of wood with a hammer to straighten it out. The sheet metal is stretched so it will not be perfect, but you will be able to get rid of the hump. Look under the car to see if the paint/undercoating is damaged and if so, touch it up to prevent it from rusting.

 

why would you take it to a body shop, and spend $1500 to fix it, when you can just beat it back out yourself? some of you guys kill me sometimes! I will almost guarantee you that the body shop will tell you the same thing, take a sledge hammer(and a block of wood if you want to) and beat it back out. It does not have to be perfect. Its not like its the rocker panel, or something that will be seen.

 

the floorpan, not the frame LOL is bent. If brute force doesnt work, you could try drilling a hole and pulling it out similar to what they do to rock crawlers 4x4's. Then the whole needs to welded shut so as to not have water enter the hole.

 

u sure your friend isnt you.....lol im jk jk

 

its Hammer time!

 

no need to take it any where 3 lbs sledge and a small piece of a 2 x 4

 

indeed


just place a piece of 2x4 to distribute the energy from the hammer through out the bump and hammer away.


might want to check if any undercoating falls of in the process and re spray it if it did.