Celica Forums General Discussion General I AM A COMPLETE RETARD...

i have to suck up a lot of pride and post this so i can gain some more help...here is the deal i just bought a jack from walmart that will actually fit under my car...but not all the way...anyway i (like the retard i am) jacked up the car under the drivers side floor mat...which is just thin metal...anyway today i went in my car for the first time since that and there is a huge hump where i bent the metal (it is located right by the plug)...

this is where i need your help...i am pretty sure that i just bent the floor sheet metal and it hasnt caused any damage to my actual frame...but if anyone knows for sure let me know ASAP...i resolved the issue by lifting the carpet up and beating back down with a rubber mallet(its still not level but it will have to do until i have time)... should i just try to beat it as level and possible and try and forget it every happened or should i think about cutting out a square in the area it was bent and weld some sheet metal onto it??? (i am a certified welder...but far from a certified mechanic)

I say, try to level it out using the rubber mallet as best you can. If you are satisfied then leave it as that. But since you are a certified welder, during your spare time, I would weld some new sheet metal onto it to make it even.

that happened to me too. i just stomped it back down

good atleast im not the only one...i have had this car 5 yrs and done all the work myself and i cant believe i did that

Ahh, its no big deal, just hammer the shit out of it tell its to your liking and leave it be. I did the same one time to my Tacoma, hammer works great!!!

UR FUNNY

Ouch; don't be too hard on yourself. If I had a dollar for every dumb thing I ever did I could pay cash for a new EVO 8.

^^Nice post. Now I won't be "retarded" when I go to jacker-up!

Wow thanks GTS2003BLK this is great info seeing how im getting 4 new tires and rims to install thursday and i was wondering about that... apprecaite the visuaL

hehe just go buy aluminum floormats and cover the hump

ewwhh...lol...i just pounded it down some and recovered it with carpet

what kind of shift knob is that g96818 and oh yeah put that jack right next time retard

lol ur not retarded, im retarded, when i was jacking up my car to change my rims the jack fell over and my car landed rite on the part underneath the brake rotor and left a divet in the concrete. forgot to chalk the back tires

I think that is a B&M SS Knob.

it takes a real man to admit hes made a mistake

im pretty sure you can jus level it out w/ a hammer and pretend it never happend. jus dont ever do it again because next time you might really do some damage

thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!! you just ended my dull morning at work with a great laugh (not laughing at you...just at the thought of the matter...i would have squerted my pants if i had done that! )

great now you did the same thing to me!! but im at school..so it was more embaressing when i started laughing my ass off!!