so pissed i need a little help i have a question i had a blow out on my front left hand tyre so i pull over and look for my jack it turns out i dont have there is a spare but no jack WTF !!!!! so i drive it like 1km to my old work and borrow a jack from a friend and start jacking the car up i get it high enough to take the tyre off so i do but it needed to go just a little higher so i start jacking it up a little higher and the jack broke and collapsed the car was sitting on the front bumper and the rotor with a little help from a kiwi delivery guy we use his jack placed just infront of ther rear tyre then use the spare to support the car then moved the jack jacked up the front again got the spare on it and now the left hand front end is bent ( more curve on the wheel arches where the door is) is bent my question is did this **** my chassis and will it make my car no longer rwc ?? cheers jamie
Far out, that sucks balls mate! Hopefully you've just bent the panel out of alignment a bit. Shouldn't make it not roadworthy, but depends what you'd need to do to get it repaired. Where in QLD are you - Brisbane? If so, Northside, Southside....? Quite a few options in Brissie of people who can look at your car and actually know what they're doing.....
I highly doubt your chassis is damaged, you probably bent some suspension components and the panel. Replace the bent ones then the panel, get it wheel aligned and you should be fine. MoulaZX
thanks guys thats good news if any one wants to come look at it in westend brisbane a few beers and lunch ( im a chef ) will be supplied unless it needs to go up on a car lifty thingy. cheers jamie
lol... a hoist... agree with the others... takes a shit load more than that to bend your chassis man.... same with your suspension arms but chances are its one or more of those that are bent... if you are stock then it is easy and cheap to replace, most people upgrade and simply throw the old stock parts away
I think what he is saying is the front guard has bulged out, visible at the vertical gap between the front edge of the door. This could of been done while trying to lift the car by the guard or maybe resting it on a tyre or jacking from below on the guard. No way he has bent suspension or chassis IMHO.
thats the one i was pretty tired and couldnt think of what it was called lol and yes it has bulged at the gap and that is awesome news i was just a little worried that my car was screwed all because a jack collapsed
