Doh - Just crushed the sill

Shock · 1 Feb 2006 at 17:51

Borrowed the neighbours trolley jack and didn't realise it wasn't a wise move to jack on the jacking point. Now it's all bent and there's bare metal showing. What's a good thing to put over it so it doesn't rust?

Lopéz · 1 Feb 2006 at 17:52

Paint.

Shock · 1 Feb 2006 at 17:54

Hammerite it is then.

Firestar_3x · 1 Feb 2006 at 17:55

If any of the paint has come away from the metal get that all off first then paint on the new paint, otherwise it could rust from the inside out (bubble the paint off).

Will Gill · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:09

Lopéz said:
Paint.

damn

I went with the next option of peanut butter

will this have any adverse effects? aside from the underbody attention from canines and squirrels?

chopchop · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:11

Lashout_UK · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:22

Nail varnish. No jokes, either.

Tesla · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:44

I am still unsure about trolley jacking, I use a piece of wood between the car and jack to avoid any damage. Then lower it onto an axel stand at the jacking point.

Would like to know the correct method though.

Will Gill · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:46

Lashout_UK said:
Nail varnish. No jokes, either.

funny story

I rented a car with some mates and we drove to Courchevel in France for some skiing, we pranged the car whilst we were there, wasnt too bad until you went over 100 then it was like a mad black mamba ***** on full kick mode (so im told, honest) so we had bent something in the trannie nps they cant test for that, anyway, there were also a few scrapes and dents - eager to not have to lose our deposit we set about trying to match the colour to paints in shops, none of them cut the mustard, nearly out of options (and deposit) we had a brain wave on the ferry back and raided the beauty duty free thingy, 4 guys all running round comparing each others nail varnish to get the best match, was an honestly hysterical site.....Plus it worked a treat, Avis never noticed and we all learnt a lot about nail varnish

maybe its not that funny to read, but christ I still laugh hard thinking about it

chopchop · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:53

Tesla said:
I am still unsure about trolley jacking, I use a piece of wood between the car and jack to avoid any damage. Then lower it onto an axel stand at the jacking point.

Would like to know the correct method though.

rear of front subframe, where it bolts to the car body.

Siliconslave · 1 Feb 2006 at 18:58

Will Gill said:
maybe its not that funny to read, but christ I still laugh hard thinking about it

nope, the mental image is enough to almost have me in stitches after a pretty bad day

happytechie · 1 Feb 2006 at 19:42

Tesla said:
I am still unsure about trolley jacking, I use a piece of wood between the car and jack to avoid any damage. Then lower it onto an axel stand at the jacking point.

Would like to know the correct method though.

I always jack the bottom of the wheel attachment bit of the suspension

(sorry about the technical terms

)

HT

commited · 1 Feb 2006 at 20:03

What car is it? That's pretty nasty